Ilke Lagrou

Career Lagrou picked up hammer throwing at around the age of 12. Later she also competed in the heptathlon but the main focus remained on the hammer throw. She holds all four national titles in age categories U16 through U23 in the hammer throw.

Sensing no more progress in her performances, she switched to weightlifting in September 2022 and a mere 1.5 years later she surprised herself by picking up a bronze medal in the snatch at the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank European Championships 2024 Sofia, Bulgaria 81 kg 97 100 103 123 125 125 — — — 2025 Chișinău, Moldova 81 kg 98 101 104 5 128 128 134 238 NR