Anna Van Bellinghen

Anna Van Bellinghen, sometimes written as Anna Vanbellinghen (born 10 March 1994) is a Belgian weightlifter. She is a silver medalist at the European Weightlifting Championships. She also represented Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

Van Bellinghen represented Belgium at the 2013 Summer Universiade held in Kazan, Russia and finished in 12th place in the women's 75kg event. In 2015, she won the bronze medal in the Clean & Jerk in the women's under-23 +75kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Klaipeda, Lithuania. In that year, she also competed in the women's +75kg event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships held in Houston, United States.

In 2017, Van Bellinghen represented Belgium at the Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan in the women's 90kg event. She finished in 5th place. In that same year, she also competed in the women's 90kg event at both the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships held in Split, Croatia and the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships held in Anaheim, United States.

Van Bellinghen competed in the women's 90kg event at the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. A few months later, she won the gold medal in the women's 90kg event at the FISU World University Weightlifting Championships held in Biała Podlaska, Poland. She also competed in the women's 81kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

At the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships held in Batumi, Georgia, she won the bronze medal in the women's 81kg event. This became the silver medal after disqualification of the original gold medalist Eleni Konstantinidi of Greece for after testing positive for prohibited substances. She also won the gold medal in the Snatch event and, as a result of the disqualification, the bronze medal in the Clean & Jerk. In that same year, she also competed in the women's 81kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand without winning a medal. In this competition, she lifted 99kg in the Snatch event but failed to register a successful result in the Clean & Jerk.

In 2020, she won the bronze medal in the women's 81kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.

Van Bellinghen represented Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 11th place in the women's +87kg event. In December 2021, she finished in 7th place in the women's 81kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Summer Olympics 2021 Tokyo, Japan +87 kg 96 100 100 115 119 123 219 11 World Championships 2015 Houston, United States +75 kg 98 100 100 27 123 126 129 25 229 26 2017 Anaheim, United States 90 kg 97 101 101 9 117 121 124 10 222 10 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 81 kg 98 98 102 11 117 120 122 11 220 12 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 81 kg 99 102 102 13 117 118 118 — — — 2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 81 kg 97 100 102 7 116 120 123 7 222 7 European Championships 2017 Split, Croatia 90 kg 102 106 107 4 122 127 129 3 229 4 2018 Bucharest, Romania 90 kg 97 100 102 117 122 125 4 224 4 2019 Batumi, Georgia 81 kg 98 101 103 118 121 121 221 2021 Moscow, Russia +87 kg 90 90 94 7 107 111 114 9 208 7 World Cup 2020 Rome, Italy 81 kg 100 103 105 117 122 122 227