Agata Wróbel

Agata Ewa Wróbel (born August 28, 1981 in Żywiec ) is a Polish weightlifter.

Career

Agata Wróbel grew up in Zywiec in southern Poland. She started lifting weights at the age of 15 and a short time later became Polish champion in the - open top - heavyweight division (at that time over 83 kg body weight). She later moved to the training center for Polish weightlifters in Siedlce in eastern Poland. She won medals at many international championships and won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics and bronze in 2004. At the World Championships in 2003 and 2005 she finished 7th and 5th respectively. At the European Championships in 2006 in Władysławowo , she was not at the start. In 2004/2005 her body weight was around 120 kg.

In 2006 Agata Wrobel had to end her career due to a persistent injury. The Polish Weightlifting Association then stopped financial support for them. Since Agata Wrobel saw no way of making a living in Poland, she went to England and worked there in a garbage sorting plant in Peterborough . Meanwhile, it is fitness trainer and participates in England in competitions in powerlifting (powerlifting).

At the 2010 European Weightlifting Championships in Minsk , she reached 8th place with 215 kg in the overall ranking (= 95 kg + 120 kg) in only one valid attempt.

International successes / all-around

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, KG = body weight)

• 1997, 6th place , EC in Seville , over 83 kg body weight, with 180 kg, winner: Nurcihan Gonul , Turkey , 237.5 kg ahead of Stamatio Bontozi, Greece , 212.5 kg;
• 1997, 9th place , World Championships in Chiangmai / Thailand , over 83 kg body weight, with 212.5 kg, winner: Runmei Ma , People's Republic of China , 252.5 kg ahead of Nurcihan Gonul, 242.5 kg;
• 1998, 3rd place , EM in Riesa , over 75 kg body weight, with 225 kg, behind Monique Riesterer , Germany , 225 kg and Erika Takacs , Hungary , 225 kg;
• 1998, 2nd place , June World Championships in Sofia , over 75 kg body weight, with 225 kg, behind Nan Zhang , China, 257.5 kg and in front of Lourdes Gorestegui, Spain , 222.5 kg;
• 1998, 4th place , World Championships in Lahti , over 75 kg, behind Tang Gonghong , China, 255 kg, Chen Hiao-Lien , Taiwan , 245 kg and María Isabel Urrutia , Colombia , 242.5 kg;
• 1999, 1st place , EM in A Coruña , over 75 kg body weight, with 262.5 kg, ahead of Albina Chomitsch , Russia , 260 kg and Vita Rudenok, Ukraine , 235 kg;
• 1999, 1st place , June World Championships in Savannah / USA , over 75 kg body weight, with 265 kg, ahead of Cheryl Haworth , USA, 250 kg and Mun Kyung-Ae , Korea , 227.5 kg;
• 1999, 2nd place , World Championships in Athens , over 75 kg, with 280 kg, behind Meiyuan Ding , China, 285 kg and in front of Balkusu Musa, Nigeria , 252.5 kg;
• 2000, unplaced , EM in Sofia , over 75 kg body weight, 3 failed attempts in snatching, gold medal with 160 kg in pushing (world record);
• 2000, 1st place , June World Championships in Prague , over 75 kg body weight, with 290 kg, ahead of Cheryl Haworth, 252.5 kg and Viktoria Varga, Hungary, 227.5 kg;
• 2000, silver medal , OS in Sydney , over 75 kg body weight, with 295 kg, behind Meiyuan Ding , 300 kg and in front of Cheryl Haworth, 270 kg;
• 2001, 1st place , June EM in Kalmar / Sweden , over 75 kg body weight, with 250 kg, ahead of Vasiliki Kasapi, Greece, 232.5 kg and Kathleen Schöppe, Germany, 200 kg;
• 2001, 2nd place , World Championships in Antalya , over 75 kg body weight, with 275 kg, behind Albina Chomitsch, 282.5 kg and in front of Chen Hsiao-Lien, 262.5 kg;
• 2002, 1st place , EM in Antalya, over 75 kg body weight, with 282.5 kg, ahead of Viktoria Varga, 275 kg and Albina Chomitsch, 270 kg;
• 2002, 1st place , World Championships in Warsaw , over 75 kg body weight, with 287.5 kg, ahead of Albina Chomitsch, 282.5 kg and Gonghong Tang, 277.5 kg;
• 2003, 2nd place , EM in Loutraki , over 75 kg body weight, with 277.5 kg, behind Albina Chomitsch, 285 kg and in front of Derya Açıkgöz, Turkey , 270 kg;
• 2003, 7th place , World Championships in Vancouver , over 75 kg, with 270 kg, winner: Meiyuan Ding, 300 kg, ahead of Albina Chomitsch, 290 kg;
• 2004, 1st place , EU championship, over 75 kg body weight, with 275 kg, ahead of Katerina Roditi, Greece, 235 kg and Kathleen Schöppe, 225 kg;
• 2004, 1st place , EM in Kiev , over 75 kg body weight, with 287.5 kg, in front of V. Shaymardanowa, Ukraine, 277.5 kg and Derya Açıkgöz, 270 kg;
• 2004, bronze medal , OS in Athens , over 75 kg body weight, actual body weight 124.68 kg, with 290 kg, behind Gonghong Tang, 305 kg and Jang Mi-Ran, Korea, 302.5 kg;
• 2005, 5th place , World Championship in Doha with 275.0 kg, over 75 kg body weight, actual body weight 118.05 kg, winner Jang Mi-Ran , 300 kg ahead of Mu Shuangshuang, China, 300 kg and Cheryl Haworth, 287.5 kg
• 2010 8th place , EM in Minsk with 215 kg in the overall ranking (= 95 kg + 120 kg)

Medals individual disciplines

(World Cup medals are no longer awarded at the Olympic Games)

• World Cup gold medals: 1998, snatch, 115 kg - 2002, push, 162.5 kg
• World Cup silver medals: 1999, snatch, 127.5 kg - 1999, push, 152.5 kg - 2001, snatch, 125 kg - 2001, push, 150 kg - 2002, snatch, 125 kg
• EC gold medals: 1998, snatch, 105 kg - 1999, snatch, 120 kg - 2000, push, 160 kg - 2002, snatch, 125 kg - 2002, push, 157.5 kg - 2004, snatch, 130 kg
• European Championship silver medals: 1999, push, 142.5 kg - 2003, snatch, 125 kg - 2004, push, 157.5 kg
• EM bronze medal: 2003, pushing, 152.5 kg -

Polish championships

(all heavyweights over 83 or 75 kg body weight)

• 1997, 1st place, with 195 kg;
• 1998, 1st place, with 242.5 kg;
• 1999, 1st place, with 255 kg;
• 2000, 1st place, with 270 kg;
• 2002, 1st place, with 275 kg, in front of M. Dreger, 215 kg;
• 2003, 1st place, with 270 kg in front of M. Ufnal, 195 kg;
• 2005, 1st place, with 250 kg in front of M. Ufnal, 225 kg

References

Web links

• Agata Wróbel at Sports Reference

Footnotes

1. ↑ tvp.pl, Mińsk: Wróbel wróciła na pomost , April 10, 2010