Kamila Konotop

Kamila Sergiivna Konotop (, born 23 March 2001 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She is a five-time medalist, including four gold medals, at the European Weightlifting Championships. Konotop represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

Konotop is from Kharkiv. In 2016, at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Eilat, Israel, she won the bronze medal in the women's 53kg event. The following year, at the 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, she also won the bronze medal in the women's 53kg event. In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's junior 53kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Zamość, Poland. Konotop also competed in the women's 55kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan without winning a medal.

In 2019, Konotop competed in the women's 55kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand. In that same year, she won the gold medal in the women's junior 55kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania. At the 6th International Qatar Cup in Doha, Qatar, she won the silver medal in the women's 55kg event.

Konotop won the silver medal in the women's 55kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy. In April 2021, she secured the gold medal in her event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia. In May 2021, Konotop also won the gold medal in her event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She also set a new junior world record of 212kg. At the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, she won the gold medal in her event with a total result of 209kg.

Konotop won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania. In that same year, she won the bronze medal in the women's 59kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.

Konotop won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia. She also won the gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events. She finished in 7th place in the women's 59kg event with a total result of 227kg setting an Olympic record of 104 kg in the Snatch that was later beaten by other athletes.

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Summer Olympics 2021 Tokyo, Japan 55 kg 91 94 96 106 110 112 206 5 2024 Paris, France 59 kg 104 106 106 123 129 132 227 7 World Championships 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 55 kg 78 81 81 24 92 94 96 33 177 27 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 55 kg 83 86 88 12 100 104 106 18 192 16 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 59 kg 98 101 102 116 119 121 8 223 6 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 59 kg 103 106 106 126 130 135 236 IWF World Cup 2020 Rome, Italy 55 kg 88 90 90 103 103 106 5 196 2024 Phuket, Thailand 59 kg — — — — — — — — — — European Championships 2021 Moscow, Russia 55 kg 90 93 95 108 111 113 208 2022 Tirana, Albania 55 kg 90 90 94 107 111 113 207 2023 Yerevan, Armenia 59 kg 100 104 106 120 125 129 235 2024 Sofia, Bulgaria 59 kg 102 105 108 121 125 –– 230