Eygló Fanndal Sturludóttir

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Eygló Fanndal Sturludóttir
Personal information
Born (2001-06-25) 25 June 2001
Reykjavík, Iceland
Home townKópavogur, Iceland
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryIceland
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
-71 kg
ClubLyftingafélag Reykjavíkur
Coached byIngi Gunnar Ólafsson
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Iceland
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Chișinău71 kg
European Junior & U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Durrës71 kg
Gold medal – first place2024 Raszyn71 kg

Eygló Fanndal Sturludóttir (born 25 June 2001) is an Icelandic weightlifter competing in the -71 kg weight category. She is the 2025 European Champion in -71 kg category. She has won the U23 European championship twice, in 2022 and 2024. She currently holds the Nordic senior record in the snatch 109 kg, the c&j 135 kg and the total at 244 kg in the women's -71 kg category.[1] She was named the 2025 Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year.

Career

Eygló began weightlifting in 2018 after having trained in artistic gymnastics from a young age and a short career in crossfit.[2] She lifted 54 kg in the snatch and 70 kg in the clean and jerk during her first competition.[3] She competed in the Nordic Junior Championships in 2019 and 2020 but first major international competition was the European Junior Championship in 2021 where she placed 6th in the -71 kg category with 89 kg snatch and 108 kg clean and jerk.[3] That year, she also competed in her first World Championship in weightlifting in the -71kg category in Tashkent where she placed 20th with a 92 kg snatch and a 110 kg clean and jerk setting Nordic junior records in the -71 kg category.[1]

In 2022 she competed for the first time at the Senior European Championships where she placed 9th with a 205 kg total in the -71 kg category. Later that year, she became the first Icelander to win a continental championship in any age or weight category in weightlifting[2] when she lifted 97 kg in the snatch and 120 kg in the clean and jerk. At the 2022 World Championships in Bogotá, which was the first qualifying tournament [4] for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, Eygló lifted a 213 kg total for 19th place.

In the year 2023, she participated in four Olympic qualifiers, increasing her personal best in every competition. The first was the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, where she placed 6th in the -71 kg category with a 217 kg total. Next was the 2023 IWF Grand Prix I in Havana, where she placed 7th with a 220 kg total.[5] The 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships took place in Riyadh, where Eygló lifted a 225 kg in the total for 17th place. The year ended with the IWF Grand Prix II in Doha, where she placed 11th with yet another improvement: a 104 kg in the snatch and 127 kg clean and jerk.

In 2024 she competed at the European Weightlifting Championships, placing 4th with 105 kg snatch, which set a new Nordic senior record[1] and a 125 kg in the clean and jerk. In the final 2024 Paris Olympic qualifying competition, the IWF World Cup in Phuket, Eygló lifted 106 kg in the snatch, improving her Nordic Senior record[1] by 1 kg, and achieved a 236 kg total-a new Nordic senior record previously held by former two-time European Champion Patricia Strenius of Sweden. This result earned her the 11th place at the IWF World Cup and 12th place in the final ranking for the 2024 Paris Olympics, where only the top 10 were guaranteed a spot.[6] Iceland applied for a universality[7] place for Eygló, but since France used their host nation spot in the -71kg category for Marie Fague, no universality athlete was included in that weight class.

Eygló competed in Meissen at the 2024 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter,[8] achieving a respectable 236 kg total and a 3 kg improvement in the clean and jerk, finishing in fourth place. She became 2024 Nordic Senior Champion in the -71 kg category and earned the highest points among all female competitors across all weight categories after lifting 234 kg total in Runavík.[9] Eygló also claimed the 2024 European U23 Weightlifting Championship title in the -71 kg category in Raszyn where she lifted a 237 kg in the total and, improving her own Nordic senior record by 1 kg.[10][1] She was awarded the prize for Best Female Athlete across all weight categories, scoring 625.15 Robi points[11]

In December 2024 Eygló ended up in 4th place at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships in Manama, Bahrain.[12] Lifting yet another personal best in the snatch 107 kg, 132 kg in the clean and jerk and a new personal best total of 239 kg.

At the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships she won gold in the -71 kg category with a 244 kg total, she took silver in snatch with 109 kg and gold in the clean and jerk with 135 kg. In doing so she became the first Icelander to win a medal at a senior continental championship [13]

For her achievements, she was named the 2025 Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year.[14]

Personal life

Eygló was born in Iceland and studies medicine at the University of Iceland.[15]

She represents the weightlifting club Lyftingafélag Reykjavíkur (LFR), which operates out of Crossfit Reykjavík, a gym partially owned by Icelandic crossfit star Anníe Mist Þórisdóttir, whom Eygló has mentioned as a positive influence on her weightlifting career.[2]

She was voted Reykjavík's Sportswoman of 2024 in December 2024.[16]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021Tashkent, Uzbekistan71 kg848892131041081102120220
2022Bogotá, Colombia71 kg909498251151191231921319
2023Riyadh, Saudi Arabia71 kg9599102161161201232122517
2024Manama, Bahrain71 kg101104107512913213442394
IWF World Cup
2024Phuket, Thailand71 kg103106108101301341341023611
European Championships
2022Tirana, Albania71 kg8989941011211612052059
2023Yerevan, Armenia71 kg939699811611912162176
2024Sofia, Bulgaria71 kg99102105412512912952304
2025Chișinău, Moldova 71 kg 1031061092nd place, silver medalist(s)1291331351st place, gold medalist(s)244 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  4. "2022 World Weightlifting Championship: Top Things You Need To Know About The Olympic Qualifier". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  5. "2023 IWF Grand Prix I Results Book" (PDF). www.iwf.sport. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. "Paris 2024 Olympic Qualification Ranking (IWF)" (PDF). www.iwf.sport. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  7. "What are Universality Places and Who Can Obtain One?". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  8. "pokal-der-blauen-schwerter.de".
  9. "Nordic Senior Championships 2024". nordicweightlifting.com. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  10. Jóhann Páll Ástvaldsson (31 October 2024). "Eygló er Evrópumeistari ungmenna í ólympískum lyftingum". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  11. "THE EUROPEAN JUNIOR AND U23 CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE ENDED SUCCESSFULLY". www.ewf.sport. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  12. Valur Páll Eiríksson (21 December 2024). "Ég er ekki búin að kaupa eina einustu jólagjöf". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  13. Brian Oliver (17 April 2025). "Chisinau Day 5: Champion Eyglo is a national hero after first ever medals for Iceland – and Reyes wins again for Italy".
  14. Jóhann Páll Ástvaldsson (3 January 2026). "Eygló Fanndal er íþróttamaður ársins". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  15. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (17 June 2024). "Norðurlandamethafinn útskrifuð með BS gráðu í læknisfræði". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 February 2025.
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