ZAMMIT STEVENS Yasmin

Malta

Weightlifting

Date of Birth: 21 Apr 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of residence : SAN PAWL IL-BAHAR

Residence Country:

Malta

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Weightlifting	Women's 64kg	13

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo International Forum	Women's 64kg Group B	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	64kg - Total	64kg - Snatch	64kg - C&J	71kg - Total	71kg - Snatch	71kg - C&J
2019	Pattaya, THA	-	-	-	17th (190)	18th (85)	17th (105)
2018	Ashgabat, TKM	38th (179)	39th (80)	40th (99)	-	-	-

European Championships - Part one

Year	Location	64kg - Total	64kg - Snatch	64kg - C&J	71kg - Total	71kg - Snatch	71kg - C&J
2021	Moscow, RUS	-	-	-	21st (190)	15th (88)	23rd (102)
2019	Batumi, GEO	18th (189)	18th (86)	15th (103)	-	-	-

European Championships - Part two

Year	Location	63kg - Total	63kg - Snatch	63kg - C&J
2017	Split, CRO	15th (166)	16th (76)	17th (90)

Legend
C&J - Clean & Jerk, (---) - no valid result, DSQ - Disqualified

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Mathematics, Statistics - University of Malta, Msida, MLT

Languages spoken:

English, Maltese

Coach:

Jesmond Caruana [national], MLT

Injuries:

She underwent surgery on her wrist in February 2021. (Malta Independent, 12 Apr 2021)

She sustained an injury in late 2017, and returned to competition at the 2018 Italian Championships in Rome. (independent.com.mt, 27 Feb 2018)

Start:

She took up the sport in 2015. (lovinmalta.com, 05 Sep 2017)

Reason:

"I initially got into weightlifting through CrossFit, which includes weightlifting as part of its training. My friend from university suggested I try out these really intense classes he was doing that involved endurance training, body weight exercises, gymnastics and weightlifting, and I thought, 'Why not?' Eventually, my coach recognised that I was naturally better at the strength and weightlifting part of every session, and insisted that I try out a weightlifting competition." (lovinmalta.com, 05 Sep 2017; eve.com.mt, 09 Jan 2017)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (zaar.com.mt, 27 Aug 2018; novamlt.com, 01 Aug 2017)

Hero:

Latvian weightlifter Rebeka Koha, US weightlifter Martha Rogers. (gc2018.com, 22 Feb 2018; eve.com.mt, 09 Jan 2017)

Influence:

Her parents. (timesofmalta.com, 27 Nov 2017)

Ritual:

She watches Disney movies the night before a competition. (results.gc2018.com, 01 Apr 2018)

Philosophy:

"If you work hard enough, and do whatever you do with a lot of love and passion, then you can do anything." (timesofmalta.com, 27 Nov 2017)

Award:

She was named the 2017 Sportswoman of the Year at the SportMalta Awards. (lovinmalta.com, 28 Jun 2018; iwf.net, 19 Feb 2018)

General Interest

General
WEIGHTLIFTING STEREOTYPES
She believes the stereotype of weightlifting being a 'masculine' sport is an outdated misconception. "I think this stereotype is slowly fading, and I rarely get any surprised reactions when I tell people what I do. I obviously get the occasional, 'Oh wow, you don't look like a weightlifter'- thinking I'll take this as a compliment. But, by saying that they're assuming to be a weightlifter you have to be masculine, which is ridiculous. I've always loved doing sports, and never thought of any sport as being more appropriate for girls or boys. For me, I just always did whatever I enjoyed doing." (novamlt.com, 01 Aug 2017)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied a course in foundations in coaching at the University of Malta. (Facebook profile, 11 Sep 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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