Patricia Strenius
Patricia Strenius (born 23 November 1989 in Karlskrona) is a Swedish female weightlifter.
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| Birth name | Patricia Caroline Strenius | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 November 1989 Karlskrona, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | –76 kg | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Strenius competed at the women's 69 kg event at the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania, winning a silver medal in the snatch competition (99 kg), a gold medal at the clean and jerk competition (131 kg) and a gold medal in the total score (230 kg). The last time Sweden had a European weightlifting champion was in 1949, when Arvid Andersson won the title.[1] Strenius also set a new Swedish and Nordic record with the 131 kg lift at the Clean & Jerk competition. The lift total of 230 kg is also a new Swedish record.[1]
References
- "Historiskt EM-guld till Strenius". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 30 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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