Romela Aleksandër Begaj (born 2 November 1986) is an Albanian

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 lif ...

. 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 Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

at 2008 Olympic Games in China where she finished 6th in the under 58 kg category. In the

2011 World Weightlifting Championships The 2011 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Disneyland Paris in Paris, France. The event took place from November 5 to 13, 2011. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking by all medals: ...

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

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* * * * 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Tirana Albanian female weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Albania Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Albania Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Albania Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Albania Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games World Weightlifting Championships medalists Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting European Weightlifting Championships medalists {{Albania-sport-bio-stub