Italian weightlifter (born 2001)
Giulia Imperio (born 7 December 2001)[1] is an Italian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania.[2][3] She also won two gold medals at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[4]
Career
In 2018, Imperio won the silver medal in the under-17 girls 48 kg event at the European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in San Donato Milanese, Italy. She competed in the 48 kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1] She also competed at the 2018 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Zamość, Poland and in the women's 49 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[5]
Imperio competed at the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Suva, Fiji where she won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg Snatch event.[6][7] She also won the bronze medal in the junior women's 49 kg Snatch event at the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[8]
In 2021, Imperio competed at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[9] She won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg Snatch event.[9] She also competed at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[10] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Rovaniemi, Finland.[11]
Imperio won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg Snatch and Clean & Jerk events at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[4] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.[12] She finished in 12th place in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[13]
Imperio won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[14][15] She also won the silver medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[15]
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