Nina Sterckx

Nina Sterckx
Personal information
Born (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002 (age 22)
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
  • 49 kg
  • 55 kg
  • 59 kg
Coached byTom Goegebuer[1]
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Yerevan 59 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Moscow 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tirana 55 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Heraklion 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tashkent 55 kg
European Junior & U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bucharest 49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Durrës 55 kg

Nina Sterckx (born 26 July 2002)[2] is a Belgian weightlifter. She is a three-time medalist at the European Weightlifting Championships[3] and achieved 5th place representing Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She also represented Belgium at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

In 2019, Sterckx won the gold medal in the women's junior 49 kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[2] She also won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece.[4]

  1. ^ "Nina Sterckx". Team Belgium (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  4. ^ Oliver, Brian (3 May 2022). "Sensational comeback by American weightlifter Morris and landmark gold for Belgium at Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.