Yekta Jamali Galeh (, born December 16, 2004, in
Sedeh Lenjan,
Isfahan
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) is an Iranian-born weightlifter.
Career
She won a bronze medal at the 2021 Junior World Championships in the 87 kg weight division.
Her medal was Iran's women team's first ever in the sport.
She represented the
Refugee Olympic Team
The Refugee Olympic Team is a group made up of independent Olympic participants who are refugees. In March 2016, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach announced the creation of the Refugee Olympic Athletes Team, as a symbol ...
at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, after being granted asylum in Germany in 2022.
She lifted 231 kg in total and placed ninth.
Major results
References
External links
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2004 births
Living people
Iranian female weightlifters
Place of birth missing (living people)
Sportspeople of Iranian descent
Iranian refugees
Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Iranian emigrants to Germany
21st-century Iranian sportswomen
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