Kristina Şermetowa

Kristina Shermetova (Turkmen: Kristina Şermetowa; born 25 May 1993 in Ashgabat) is a Turkmen weightlifter. Her best results was a silver medal at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim.

Kristina Shermetova

Personal information
Native name	Kristina Şermetowa
Nationality	Turkmen
Born	(1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Turkmenistan
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	55 kg
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing Turkmenistan World Championships 2017 Anaheim 53 kg Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 53 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya 55 kg Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017 Ashgabat 53 kg
Updated on 11 November 2018.

Biography

She was born on 25 May 1993, in Turkmenistan capital city Ashgabat. Since childhood, she has been engaged in sports and dancing. She started weightlifting in 2007, because of a friend of her father opened a weightlifting school for girls in Ashgabat.

The first coach is Armen Stepanyan.

Career

Kristina Şermetowa at the 2020 Summer Olympics (first on the right)

The first international success in her career was the bronze medal of the 2009 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championship in the category up to 48 kg.

Due to injuries, she missed 2015 and 2016 seasons.

2017 turned out to be successful for Kristina Shermetova. The athlete became the third at the 2017 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the category up to 53 kg, and at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim she won silver.

In July 2021, she represented Turkmenistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 6th place in the women's 55 kg event.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Representing Turkmenistan
Olympic Games
2021	Tokyo, Japan	55 kg	90	93	93	5	111	115	117	5	205	6
World Championships
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	55 kg	83	83	86	14	107	110	110	12	196	11
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	55 kg	90	93	95	9	113	117	120	7	210	8
2017	Anaheim, United States	53 kg	88	91	91		109	111	113		204
Asian Games
2018	Jakarta, Indonesia	53 kg	88	91	93	1	110	113	116	3	206
Asian Championships
2022	Manama, Bahrain	55 kg	82	83	83	6	104	105	107	—	—	—
2021	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	55 kg	88	90	90	6	110	113	113	7	198	7
2019	Ningbo, China	55 kg	63	68	72	12	98	104	—	6	172	8
2017	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	53 kg	78	81	81	5	100	104	106		182
2012	Pyeongtaek, South Korea	58 kg	77	81	83	8	95	100	100	8	183	8
Islamic Solidarity Games
2022	Konya, Turkey	55 kg	85	87	89		103	105	111		194

External links

• Kristina Şermetowa at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Kristina Şermetowa at Olympics.com
• Kristina Şermetowa at Olympedia