Famous Female Weightlifters
Jessica Burns
Updated on January 17, 2026
Birthdate: November 8, 1992
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Chișinău, Moldova
Azerbaijani-Romanian weightlifter Cristina Iovu, who competes in 53-kg division, won gold at the European Weightlifting Championships in 2012 and 2016, bronze at the Olympics in 2012 and silver at Universiade in 2013. She was stripped of her Olympic medal after her re-tested 2012 Olympics sample tested positive for Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone. In December 2018, IWF banned her until 2026 for Blood substitution.
