Patricia Strenius (born 23 November 1989 in Karlskrona) is a Swedish weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[1][2]
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| Birth name | Patricia Caroline Strenius | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 November 1989 Karlskrona, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –76 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Strenius competed at the women's 69 kg event at the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania, winning a silver medal in the snatch competition (99 kg), a gold medal at the clean and jerk competition (131 kg) and a gold medal in the total score (230 kg). The last time Sweden had a European weightlifting champion was in 1949, when Arvid Andersson won the title.[3] Strenius also set a new Swedish and Nordic record with the 131 kg lift at the Clean & Jerk competition. The lift total of 230 kg is also a new Swedish record.[3]
She represented Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 76 kg event.[4][5]
During the Olympics in Tokyo 2021, she managed to place 4th with a snatch of 102 kg on her 3rd attempt, and 133 kg in the clean and jerk. She did make an attempt at 138 kg but failed. Her score resulted in placing 4th with a total score of 235 kg.
Major results edit
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2020 |  Tokyo, Japan |
76 kg | 102 | 7 | 130 | 133 | 4 | 235 | 4 | |||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2015 |  Houston, United States |
63 kg | 85 | 88 | 25 | 115 | 118 | 14 | 206 | 17 | ||
| 2017 | Anaheim, United States |
69 kg | 94 | 10 | 121 | 127 | 6 | 221 | 7 | |||
| 2018 |  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
71 kg | — | 125 | 128 | 131 | 5 | — | — | |||
| 2019 |  Pattaya, Thailand |
76 kg | 98 | 102 | 9 | 129 | 8 | 231 | 7 | |||
| 2021 |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
71 kg | 98 | 101 | 104 |  |
127 | 5 | 231 |
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References edit
- ^ Oliver, Brian (13 December 2021). "Landmark weightlifting medal for Britain's Davies as American Alwine takes gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Historiskt EM-guld till Strenius". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 30 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (1 August 2021). "Weightlifter Dajomes wins landmark gold for Ecuador as American Nye takes silver". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Women's 76 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
External links edit
- Patricia Strenius at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Patricia Strenius at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Patricia Strenius at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Patricia Strenius at Olympedia
- Patricia Strenius at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
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