Ghofrane Belkhir

Ghofrane Belkhir (born 11 August 2001) is a Tunisian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 55kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She also won the gold medal in the 58kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Belkhir broke the world record for the snatch, clean and jerk, and total in the women's 59-kilogram class weightlifting event at the 5th International Solidarity Weightlifting Championship in Cairo, Egypt in December 2018.

Career

At the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain, she won the gold medal in the 63kg Snatch event and the bronze medal in the 63kg Clean & Jerk event. At the 2019 African Weightlifting Championships in Cairo, Egypt, she competed in the women's 59kg event where she failed to register a successful result in the Snatch event.

In 2021, Belkhir won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She won the gold medal in the women's 59kg Clean & Jerk event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank World Championships 2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 55 kg 90 92 — 111 111 115 4 203 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 59 kg 90 90 90 — — — — — — — Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran, Algeria 59 kg 91 91 91 4 112 115 —