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Full name | Laura Nascimento Amaro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 27 October 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Carlos Aveiro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Laura Nascimento Amaro (born 27 October 2000)[1] is a Brazilian weightlifter.
She won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg Snatch event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2] She won the silver medal in women's 87 kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[1][3] She is a three-time bronze medalist at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships.[4][5][6]
In 2023, Amaro won the bronze medal in the women's 81 kg event at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[7] In February 2024, she won the bronze medal in her event at the 2024 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.
In August 2024, Amaro competed in the women's 81 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[8] She lifted 240 kg in total and finished seventh among 13 participants.
She also competed in the girls' skeleton event at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics held in Lillehammer, Norway.[9]
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2024 | Paris, France | 81 kg | 105 | — | 130 | 135 | — | 240 | 7 | |||
World Weightlifting Championships | ||||||||||||
2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 76 kg | 103 | 106 | 108 | 126 | 132 | 4 | 240 | 4 | ||
2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 81 kg | 110 | 8 | 137 | 8 | 247 | 8 | ||||
2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 81 kg | 108 | 7 | 133 | 5 | 241 | 5 | ||||
IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 81 kg | 107 | 110 | 112 | 7 | 137 | 141 | 6 | 253 | 8 | |
Pan American Games | ||||||||||||
2023 | Santiago, Chile | 81 kg | 105 | 110 | — | 132 | — | 242 | ||||
Pan American Championships | ||||||||||||
2021 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 76 kg | 101 | 106 | 122 | 130 | 5 | 236 | ||||
2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 81 kg | 105 | 130 | 138 | 243 | ||||||
2023 | Bariloche, Argentina | 81 kg | 107 | 5 | 135 | 6 | 242 | 6 | ||||
2024 | Caracas, Venezuela | 81 kg | 108 | 133 | 135 | 243 | ||||||
South American Games | ||||||||||||
2022 | Asunción, Paraguay | 87 kg | 106 | 109 | — | 130 | 136 | 138 | — | 247 | ||
Youth World Weightlifting Championships | ||||||||||||
2016 | Penang, Malaysia | 63 kg | 75 | 14 | 90 | 96 | 13 | 171 | 13 |