Patricia Strenius

Patricia Strenius (born 23 November 1989 in Karlskrona) is a Swedish weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

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. 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.

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 Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo, Japan 76 kg 102 102 102 7 130 133 138 4 235 4 World Championships 2015 Houston, United States 63 kg 85 88 91 25 115 118 118 14 206 17 2017 Anaheim, United States 69 kg 94 99 99 10 121 127 127 6 221 7 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 71 kg 97 97 97 — 125 128 131 5 — —2019 Pattaya, Thailand 76 kg 98 102 105 9 129 129 129 8 231 7 2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 71 kg 98 101 104 127 130 130 5 231