Rebeka Ibrahima

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Rebeka Koha
Personal information
Nationality Latvia
Born (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 27)
Ventspils, Latvia
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight58.70 kg (129 lb)
Sport
Country Latvia
 Qatar
SportWeightlifting
Event
–59 kg
Coached byEduards Andruškevičs
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Representing  Qatar
West Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Doha –59 kg
Representing  Latvia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Anaheim –58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ashgabat –59 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bucharest –58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Batumi –59 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Split –58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Førde –53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Chișinău –59 kg
Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanjing –48 kg

Rebeka Salsabil Ibrahim (born Rebeka Koha; 19 May 1998) is a Latvian and Qatari weightlifter, two time Junior World Champion and two time European Champion competing in the 58 kg division until 2018 and 59 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[1]

She was coached by Eduards Andruškevičs, who has also been coaching Olympic medalist Viktors Ščerbatihs and Artūrs Plēsnieks.[2]

In 2023, Rebeka returned to weightlifting representing Qatar and winning Qatar Cup and West Asian Championships.[3]

Career

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She currently has junior world records in the clean & jerk and total in the 59 kg division.[4][5]

Olympics

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In 2016, she competed at the Summer Olympics in the 53 kg division placing fourth overall.[6][7] She was named Latvian Rising Star of the Year in 2016 after her performance at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8]

World Championships

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In 2017, she competed at the World Weightlifting Championships winning the bronze medal in the snatch and total.[9][10][11]

In 2018, the IWF restructured the weight classes, and Koha competed in the newly created 59 kg division. She followed up her bronze medal performance in 2017 with stronger performance at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships winning another bronze medal in the snatch and total and setting junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total.[12]

European Championships

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In 2016, she competed at the European Weightlifting Championships winning a bronze medal in the total in the 53 kg category. The following year she competed at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships winning a gold medal in the snatch, and silver medals in the clean & jerk and total in the 58 kg category.[13][14]

At the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships, Koha swept gold in all lifts (snatch, clean & jerk, and the total) and became European Champion in the 58 kg division.[15][16]

Other Competitions

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She competed at the 2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, winning silver medals in the snatch and clean & jerk, but a gold medal in the total, becoming Junior World Champion in the 58 kg division.[17]

In 2018, coming off her Junior World Championships gold medal, she defended her title as the Junior World Champion by winning gold medals in all lifts at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships.[18]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 53 kg 87 87 90 — 103 107 110 — 197 4
World Championships
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 53 kg 76 78 80 16 92 94 96 25 174 22
2015 Houston, United States 53 kg 84 86 87 9 101 105 107 16 192 10
2017 Anaheim, United States 58 kg 94 98 101 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 114 118 121 5 222 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 59 kg 98 102 103 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 117 121 124 6 227 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019 Pattaya, Thailand 59 kg 92 95 97 4 112 115 118 12 215 8
European Championships
2016 Førde, Norway 53 kg 87 90 92 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 102 105 108 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 198 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017 Split, Croatia 58 kg 92 95 97 1st place, gold medalist(s) 110 114 118 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 213 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018 Bucharest, Romania 58 kg 90 95 100 1st place, gold medalist(s) 110 115 120 1st place, gold medalist(s) 220 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Batumi, Georgia 59 kg 97 101 104 1st place, gold medalist(s) 116 120 125 1st place, gold medalist(s) 221 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2025 Chișinău, Moldova 59 kg 88 91 93 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 105 108 113 4 206 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
2017 Tokyo, Japan 58 kg 93 96 99 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 111 117 120 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 219 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 58 kg 95 99 103 1st place, gold medalist(s) 113 117 120 1st place, gold medalist(s) 219 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014 Youth Olympics
2014 Nanjing, China 48 kg 71 73 75 — 86 90 94 — 165 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Private life

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In spring of 2020 Koha became engaged with the Qatari discus thrower Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim and on July 26 announced via her Instagram account she had converted to Islam.[19] On August 5 she announced her retirement from sport.[20]

References

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  1. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 59 kg
  2. ^ Medaļniece, rekordiste, skolniece Archived 2016-04-04 at the Wayback Machine Sporto.lv
  3. ^ Goodbye Rebeka Koha, hello Rebeka Ibrahima - a happy return for weightlifting star
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