Ayesha Shahriyar Mohammed Al-Balooshi (born ) is an Emirati

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 in the 58 kg category and representing United Arab Emirates at international competitions. She competed at world championships, most recently at the

2014 World Weightlifting Championships The 2014 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event took place from November 8 to 16, 2014. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking ...

. She placed 16th in the women's 58 kg event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. She won the silver medal at the

2011 Pan Arab Games The 2011 Pan Arab Games also known as the 12th Pan Arab Games took place in Doha, Qatar from 6 to 23 December 2011. This was the first time that the country had hosted the multi-sport event. Khalifa International Stadium was the main venue for th ...

but was caught using performance-enhancing drugs and was stripped of her medal.Athletes Test Posivtive for Doping at Arab Games
The Daily Star. Retrieved on 2011-12-23.

Major results

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External links

*http://www.thenational.ae/sport/olympics/uae-at-rio-2016-weightlifter-aisha-al-balooshi-at-start-of-a-journey-in-olympics *http://www.emirates247.com/sports/emirati-weightlifter-aisha-al-balushi-qualifies-for-rio-olympics-2016-06-30-1.634574 *http://sport360.com/article/olympics/188641/ayesha-al-balushi-bows-out-on-high-after-achieving-personal-best-at-rio-2016/ *http://sport360.com/article/other/more-sports/184708/interview-aisha-al-balushi-out-to-upset-the-apple-cart-at-rio-olympic-games-after-dream-qualification/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20170821002402/https://vision.ae/sport/all/rio-2016-aisha-al-balooshi-ready-for-lift-off *http://stepfeed.com/uae-s-amna-al-haddad-has-lifted-a-nation-3000 1992 births Living people Emirati female weightlifters Place of birth missing (living people) Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for the United Arab Emirates Doping cases in weightlifting 21st-century Emirati women {{UnitedArabEmirates-weightlifting-bio-stub