Zarema Kasaeva (born February 25, 1987) is a Russian weightlifter. Kasaeva became an Olympic medalist during the 2004 Summer Olympics when she won the bronze medal in the women's -69 kg class.[1]

Zarema Kasayeva
Personal information
BornFebruary 25, 1987 (1987-02-25) (age 37)
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens – 69 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Doha – 69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Santo Domingo – 75 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Sofia – 69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Loutraki – 69 kg

At the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships she won the gold medal in the 69 kg category, with a world record clean and jerk of 157 kg, and a total of 275 kg.[1][2][3]

Kasaeva participated in the women's -75 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Cao Lei and Nadezhda Evstyukhina. She snatched 110 kg and clean and jerked an additional 136 kg for a total of 246 kg, 22 kg behind winner Cao.[4][5]

Career statistics

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Date Tournament Venue Weight category Snatch Rank Clean and jerk Rank Overall Rank
2002-11-23 World Championships Warsaw, Poland -69 kg 100.0 kg 7th 125.0 kg 9th 225.0 kg 7th
2003-04-22 European Championships Loutraki, Greece -69 kg 105.0 kg 4th 130.0 kg 3rd 235.0 kg 3rd
2003-11-17 World Championships Vancouver, Canada -69 kg 112.5 kg 5th 132.5 kg 5th 245.0 kg 5th
2004-08-15 Olympic Games Athens, Greece -69 kg 117.5 kg - 145.0 kg - 262.5 kg 3rd
2005-04-22 European Championships Sofia, Bulgaria -69 kg 120.0 kg 1st 145.5 kg 1st 265.5 kg 1st
2005-11-09 World Championships Doha, Qatar -69 kg 118.0 kg 2nd 157.0 kg 1st 275.0 kg 1st
2006-10-02 World Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic -75 kg 110.0 kg 4th 136.0 kg 3rd 246.0 kg 3rd
2007-04-17 European Championships Strasbourg, France -69 kg 100.0 kg 4th 128.0 kg 4th 228.0 kg 4th

References

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  1. ^ a b "KASAEVA Zarema". International Weightlifting Federation.
  2. ^ "Russian Kasaeva takes women's 69kg in weightlifting worlds". People's Daily. Xinhua. 2005-11-14. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  3. ^ "Progress of World Records, Women's 69 kg". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on August 17, 2008.
  4. ^ 75th MEN'S and 18th WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -75 KG WOMEN Archived December 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, iwf.net
  5. ^ "Kasaeva Zarema (RUS)". IAT Weightlifting Database.