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Irene Ajambo
Irene Ajambo (born ) is a Ugandan female Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter, competing in the 69 kg category and representing Uganda at international competitions. She participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg, 69 kg event. She competed at world championships, most recently at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships. Major results References External links * * http://allafrica.com/stories/200408230147.html * http://www.weinformers.com/2010/12/29/ugandas-weightlifting-clubs-in-shambles-as-shown-by-black-monster-club-in-jinja/ * http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ugandas-irene-ajambo-powers-a-lift-during-the-womens-69-kg-weightlifting-121485011.html * http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/weightlifting/results/3532094.stm *http://ugandaradionetwork.com.dedi3883.your-server.de/story/woman-weightlifter-irene-ajambo-to-miss-algeria-games * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ajambo, Irene 1987 births Living people Uga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Weightlifting
Weightlifting (often known as Olympic weightlifting) is a competitive strength athletics, strength sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with the aim of successfully lifting the heaviest weights. Athletes compete in two specific ways of lifting the barbell overhead. The ''Snatch (weightlifting), snatch'' is a wide-grip lift, in which the weighted barbell is lifted overhead in one motion. The ''clean and jerk'' is a combination lift, in which the weight is first taken from the ground to the front of the shoulders (the ''clean''), and then from the shoulders to over the head (the ''jerk''). The sport formerly included a third lift/event known as clean and press. Each weightlifter gets three attempts at both the snatch and the clean and jerk, with the snatch attempted first. An athlete's score is the combined total of the highest successfully-lifted weight in kilograms for each lift. Athletes compete in various we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
