Alla Ivanovna Vazhenina (born May 29, 1983) is a

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

competing for

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. She was born in

Shadrinsk Shadrinsk (russian: Ша́дринск) is a town in Kurgan Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Iset River ( Ob's basin) northwest of Kurgan. Population: History Shadrinsk was founded in 1662 as an agricultural and trade settle ...

Kurgan Oblast Kurgan Oblast (russian: Курга́нская о́бласть, ''Kurganskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan. In June 2014, the population was estimated to be 874,100,Kurgan ...

. When she was not selected for the Russian national team, she decided to compete for Kazakhstan.http://www.kurganobl.ru/5937.html , Russian lang. She won the silver medal in the 75 kg category at the

2008 Asian Weightlifting Championships The 2008 Asian Weightlifting Championships were held at Ishikawa Sports Center in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture Japan between April 26 and May 5 2008. It was the 39th men's and 20th women's championship. Much of the responsibility for the e ...

, with a total of 266 kg. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

she won the silver medal in the 75 kg category, again with a total of 266 kg. Recipient of the

Order of Parasat The Order of Parasat ( kk, Парасат ордені, ''Parasat ordeni''; the Order of Nobility) is an order awarded by the government of Kazakhstan. It was established in 1993. The order is awarded to notable figures in the fields of science, ...

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at beijing2008 People from Shadrinsk Living people 1983 births Recipients of the Order of Parasat Russian female weightlifters Kazakhstani female weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Kazakhstan Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Kazakhstan Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kurgan Oblast {{Russia-weightlifting-bio-stub