Yuliya Vitaliïvna Dovhal ( uk, Юлія Віталіївна Довгаль; born June 2, 1983 in
Kirovohrad
Kropyvnytskyi ( uk, Кропивницький, Kropyvnytskyi ) is a city in central Ukraine on the Inhul river with a population of . It is an administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast.
Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its nam ...
) is a
Ukrainian-Azerbaijani
weightlifter
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.
Career
Dovhal represented
Ukraine
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, where she competed for the
women's super heavyweight category (+75 kg), along with her compatriot
Olha Korobka, who eventually won the silver medal. Dovhal placed seventh in this event, as she successfully lifted 118 kg in the single-motion
snatch, and hoisted 140 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead
clean and jerk, for a total of 258 kg.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1983 births
Living people
Ukrainian female weightlifters
Azerbaijani female weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters of Ukraine
Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Kropyvnytskyi
Ukrainian emigrants to Azerbaijan
Naturalized citizens of Azerbaijan
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