Mihaela Cambei

Mihaela Cambei
Cambei at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full nameMihaela Valentina Cambei
Born (2002-11-18) 18 November 2002
Dofteana, Romania
Sport
CountryRomania
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
53 kg
Coached byValeriu Calancea
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 Paris49 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 Førde53 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Yerevan49 kg
Gold medal – first place2024 Sofia49 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Chișinău49 kg
Silver medal – second place2026 Batumi53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Moscow49 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Bucharest49 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Durres53 kg
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 Tashkent49 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Durres49 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Bucharest49 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place2018 Buenos Aires48 kg
Youth World Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Las Vegas49 kg
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Pristina48 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 San Donato48 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Eilat49 kg

Mihaela Cambei (born 18 November 2002)[1] is a Romanian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[2] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Career

In 2018, Cambei won the bronze medal in the 48 kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3][4][5]

At the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, she won the silver medal in the women's junior 49 kg event in the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total.[6] In 2021, Cambei won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[7] She also won the silver medal in her event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[8]

Cambei won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.[9]

Cambei won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[10][11] She won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[2][12] She also won the gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[12] Cambei won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg Snatch event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[13]

In August 2024, Cambei competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[14] She lifted 93 kg in the Snatch placing first provisionally.[14] She later lifted 112 kg in Clean & Jerk which resulted in the second-place finish behind China's Hou Zhihui who was 1 kg ahead in total.[14]

In 2025, Cambei won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Chișinău, Moldova.[15] She won gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events, lifting a total of 190 kg.[15] At the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships held in Førde, Norway, Cambei competed in the women's 53 kg event and won the silver medal in the total with 208 kg.[16] She also won the gold medal in the Snatch, setting the European record with 94 kg, and the silver medal in the Clean & Jerk events.[16]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2024Paris, France49 kg899193N/a106110112N/a2052nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2022Bogotá, Colombia49 kg8689902nd place, silver medalist(s)10410710881944
2023Riyadh, Saudi Arabia49 kg9094943rd place, bronze medalist(s)10510810891955
2025Førde, Norway53 kg909394
ER		1st place, gold medalist(s)1081111142nd place, silver medalist(s)208
ER		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2024Phuket, Thailand55 kg8891932nd place, silver medalist(s)1031081103rd place, bronze medalist(s)2012nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships
2021Moscow, Russia49 kg8084844961001022nd place, silver medalist(s)1803rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023Yerevan, Armenia49 kg8590921st place, gold medalist(s)1001031061st place, gold medalist(s)1981st place, gold medalist(s)
2024Sofia, Bulgaria49 kg8590931st place, gold medalist(s)1001051091st place, gold medalist(s)1991st place, gold medalist(s)
2025 Chișinău, Moldova 49 kg 85 85 85 1st place, gold medalist(s) 97 100 105 1st place, gold medalist(s) 190 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2026 Batumi, Georgia 53 kg 90 93 95 1st place, gold medalist(s) 110 114 117 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 209 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Start Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 Oliver, Brian (15 April 2023). "First ever medal for Ireland and records for Romania at European Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "2018 Buenos Aires Results". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mexican lifter Hernandez worth her weight in gold". Olympic News. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  10. ↑ Oliver, Brian (6 December 2022). "Gold for China and Chanu recovery lights up weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  12. 1 2 "2023 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). EWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  14. 1 2 3 "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  15. 1 2 "2025 European Weightlifting Championships Results". Weightlifting House. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  16. 1 2 "Glory And Grit In The 53s: Category Recap 2025 IWF World Championships". Torokhtiy Weightlifting". Retrieved 10 October 2025.
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