# Eygló Fanndal Sturludóttir

Eygló Fanndal Sturludóttir (born 25 June 2001) is an Icelandic weightlifter competing in the -71kg weight category. She has won the U23 European championship twice, in 2022 and 2024. She currently holds the Nordic senior record in the snatch 106kg and the total at 237kg in the women's -71kg category.

## Career

Eygló began weightlifting in 2018 after having trained in artistic gymnastics from a young age and a short career in crossfit. She lifted 54kg in the snatch and 70kg in the clean and jerk during her first competition. 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 -71kg category with 89kg snatch and 108kg clean and jerk. That year, she also competed in her first World Championship in weightlifting in the -71kg category in Tashkent where she placed 20th with a 92kg snatch and a 110kg clean and jerk setting Nordic junior records in the -71kg category.
In 2022 she competed for the first time at the Senior European Championships where she placed 9th with a 205kg total in the -71kg category. Later that year, she became the first Icelander to win a continental championship in any age or weight category in weightlifting when she lifted 97kg in the snatch and 120kg in the clean and jerk. At the 2022 World Championships in Bogotá, which was the first qualifying tournament for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, Eygló lifted a 213kg 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 -71kg category with a 217kg total. Next was the 2023 IWF Grand Prix I in Havana, where she placed 7th with a 220kg total. The 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships took place in Riyadh, where Eygló lifted a 225kg 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 104kg in the snatch and 127kg clean and jerk.
In 2024 she competed at the European Weightlifting Championships, placing 4th with 105kg snatch, which set a new Nordic senior record and a 125kg in the clean and jerk. In the final 2024 Paris Olympic qualifying competition, the IWF World Cup in Phuket, Eygló lifted 106kg in the snatch, improving her Nordic Senior record by 1kg, and achieved a 236kg 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. Iceland applied for a universality 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, achieving a respectable 236kg total and a 3kg improvement in the clean and jerk, finishing in fourth place. She became 2024 Nordic Senior Champion in the -71kg category and earned the highest points among all female competitors across all weight categories after lifting 234kg total in Runavík. Eygló also claimed the 2024 European U23 Weightlifting Championship title in the -71kg category in Raszyn where she lifted a 237kg in the total and, improving her own Nordic senior record by 1kg. She was awarded the prize for Best Female Athlete across all weight categories, scoring 625.15 Robi points
In December 2024 Eygló ended up in 4th place at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships in Manama, Bahrain. Lifting yet another personal best in the snatch 107kg, 132kg in the clean and jerk and a new personal best total of 239kg.

## Personal life

Eygló was born in Iceland and studies medicine at the University of Iceland.
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.
She was voted Reykjavík's Sportswoman of 2024 in December 2024.

## Achievements

| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank |
| Year | Venue | Weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| World Championships |||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 71 kg | 84 | 88 | 92 | 13 | 104 | 108 | 110 | 21 | 202 | 20 |
| 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 71 kg | 90 | 94 | 98 | 25 | 115 | 119 | 123 | 19 | 213 | 19 |
| 2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 71 kg | 95 | 99 | 102 | 16 | 116 | 120 | 123 | 21 | 225 | 17 |
| 2024 | Manama, Bahrain | 71 kg | 101 | 104 | 107 | 5 | 129 | 132 | 134 | 4 | 239 | 4 |
| IWF World Cup |||||||||||||
| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 71 kg | 103 | 106 | 108 | 10 | 130 | 134 | 134 | 10 | 236 | 11 |
| European Championships |||||||||||||
| 2022 | Tirana, Albania | 71 kg | 89 | 89 | 94 | 10 | 112 | 116 | 120 | 5 | 205 | 9 |
| 2023 | Yerevan, Armenia | 71 kg | 93 | 96 | 99 | 8 | 116 | 119 | 121 | 6 | 217 | 6 |
| 2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 71 kg | 99 | 102 | 105 | 4 | 125 | 129 | 129 | 5 | 230 | 4 |