Rebeka Ibrahima

Rebeka Salsabil Ibrahim (born Rebeka Koha; 19 May 1998) is a Latvian and Qatari weightlifter, two time Junior World Champion and two time European Champion competing in the 58 kg division until 2018 and 59 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

She was coached by Eduards Andruškevičs, who has also been coaching Olympic medalist Viktors Ščerbatihs and Artūrs Plēsnieks.

In 2023, Rebeka returned to weightlifting representing Qatar and winning Qatar Cup and West Asian Championships.

Career She currently has junior world records in the clean & jerk and total in the 59 kg division.

Olympics In 2016, she competed at the Summer Olympics in the 53 kg division placing fourth overall. She was named Latvian Rising Star of the Year in 2016 after her performance at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

World Championships In 2017, she competed at the World Weightlifting Championships winning the bronze medal in the snatch and total.

In 2018, the IWF restructured the weight classes, and Koha competed in the newly created 59 kg division. She followed up her bronze medal performance in 2017 with stronger performance at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships winning another bronze medal in the snatch and total and setting junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total.

European Championships In 2016, she competed at the European Weightlifting Championships winning a bronze medal in the total in the 53 kg category. The following year she competed at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships winning a gold medal in the snatch, and silver medals in the clean & jerk and total in the 58 kg category.

At the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships, Koha swept gold in all lifts (snatch, clean & jerk, and the total) and became European Champion in the 58 kg division.

Other Competitions She competed at the 2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, winning silver medals in the snatch and clean & jerk, but a gold medal in the total, becoming Junior World Champion in the 58 kg division.

In 2018, coming off her Junior World Championships gold medal, she defended her title as the Junior World Champion by winning gold medals in all lifts at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships.

Major results Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 53 kg 87 87 90 103 107 110 197 4 World Championships 2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 53 kg 76 78 80 16 92 94 96 25 174 22 2015 Houston, United States 53 kg 84 86 87 9 101 105 107 16 192 10 2017 Anaheim, United States 58 kg 94 98 101 114 118 121 5 222 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 59 kg 98 102 103 117 121 124 6 227 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 59 kg 92 95 97 4 112 115 118 12 215 8 European Championships 2016 Førde, Norway 53 kg 87 90 92 102 105 108 198 2017 Split, Croatia 58 kg 92 95 97 110 114 118 213 2018 Bucharest, Romania 58 kg 90 95 100 110 115 120 220 2019 Batumi, Georgia 59 kg 97 101 104 116 120 125 221 2025 Chișinău, Moldova 59 kg 88 91 93 105 108 113 4 206 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 2017 Tokyo, Japan 58 kg 93 96 99 111 117 120 219 2018 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 58 kg 95 99 103 113 117 120 219 2014 Youth Olympics 2014 Nanjing, China 48 kg 71 73 75 86 90 94 165

Private life In spring of 2020 Koha became engaged with the Qatari discus thrower Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim and on July 26 announced via her Instagram account she had converted to Islam.

On August 5 of 2020 she announced her retirement from the sport, later deciding to make a comeback for the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships.