Romela Begaj

Romela Begaj

Personal information
Nationality	Albanian
Born	(1986-11-02) 2 November 1986 Tirana, Albania
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Albania
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	63kg
Coached by	Gazmend Haksan
Achievements and titles
World finals	1
Highest world ranking	1
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing Albania World Championships Disqualified 2017 Anaheim –69 kg European Championships Silver medal – second place 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro –58 kg Silver medal – second place 2010 Minsk –58 kg Silver medal – second place 2012 Antalya –58 kg Bronze medal – third place 2009 Bucharest –58 kg Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tirana –58 kg Mediterranean Games Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara –58 kg Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almería –58 kg

Romela Aleksandër Begaj (born 2 November 1986) is an Albanian weightlifter. On 11 November 2014 in Almaty she became world champion in the Snatch style for the category up to 63 kg. Previously Begaj represented Albania at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships where she took home the silver medal. She also represented Albania at 2008 Olympic Games in China where she finished 6th in the under 58 kg category. In the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships she got bronze medal in snatch. Begaj, 28, became the first Albanian woman to win a World Championship gold medal by lifting 113 kg in the snatch. However, Begaj failed an anti-doping test for this event and her results will likely be expunged.

2008 Olympic Games in Beijing

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Romela Begaj	-58 kg	98	4th	118	7th	216	6th

External links

• Romela BEGAJ at the International Weightlifting Federation (archive)
• Romela BEGAJ at Olympics.com
• Romela BEGAJ at Olympic.org (archived)
• Romela BEGAJ at Beijing2008.cn at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 August 2008)
• Romela Begaj at Olympedia (archive)