Elena Erighina
Moldovan weightlifter (born 1996)
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Elena Erighina (née Cîlcic, born 3 June 1996)[1] is a Moldovan weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[2][3]
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| Born | 3 June 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Moldova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 87 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
She won the bronze medal in the under-23 women's 75 kg event at the 2018 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Zamość, Poland. In 2019, she won the gold medal in the under-23 women's 87 kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[4]
She also competed in the women's 81 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and in the women's 87 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.[5]
In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's 87 kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.[1][6]
She represented Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 8th place in the women's 87 kg event.[7]
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 87 kg | 105 | N/a | 130 | 135 | N/a | 240 | 8 | |||
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Moscow, Russia | 87 kg | 103 | 107 |  | 129 | 134 | 138 |  | 245 |  | |
| 2023 | Yerevan , Armenia | 81 kg | 100 | 104 | | 125 | 130 | 4 | 234 | | ||
| 2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 81 kg | 99 | 103 | | 126 | 129 | 131 | | 234 | | |
| 2025 | Chișinău, Moldova | 81 kg | 103 | 106 | | 130 | 134 | 136 | | 242 | | |
