Kristel Ngarlem

Kristel Ngarlem
Personal information
Born	July 20, 1995 (age 28); Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing Canada
Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Championships
Pan American Championships
IWF World Cup

Kristel Ngarlem (born July 20, 1995)^[1] is a Canadian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.^[2] She is a bronze medallist at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships. She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

Ngarlem represented Canada in the women's 69 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland where she finished in 5th place.^[3] In 2015, she competed in the women's 69 kg event at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada where she finished in 4th place. At the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan, she finished in 4th place in the women's 75 kg event.^[4]

In 2020, Ngarlem won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.^[1]

In June 2021, Ngarlem was named to Canada's Olympic team at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[5]^[6] She competed in the women's 76 kg event.^[7]

She was born to a Chadian father and white-Québécois mother.^[8]

She studied criminology at the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[9]

^ ^a ^b "2020 Roma World Cup" (PDF). Federazione Italiana Pesistica. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
^ Houston, Michael (August 2, 2022). "Opeloge family claim another weightlifting title as Don strikes gold at Birmingham 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
^ "Women's 69 kg Results". 2014 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on May 27, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
^ "Women's 75 kg Results" (PDF). 2017 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 27, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
^ "Tokyo 2020 Absolute Ranking Lists" (PDF). www.iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
^ Awad, Brandi (June 18, 2021). "Five Team Canada weightlifters set to show their strength at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
^ "Women's 76 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
^ Martínez, Paloma (February 6, 2016). "Kristel Ngarlem, sport et joie de vivre métissés". Radio Canada International.
^ Barnes, Dan (January 10, 2020). "Canadian weightlifter Kristel Ngarlem draws inspiration from her mom and Joannie Rochette". Toronto Sun. Archived from the original on May 31, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.