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[10] [11] In 2017, Lydia won the World Weightlifting Championship held in Anaheim, United States. [ 3 ] At the European Championships , she won four gold medals for the total in 2014 , 2015 , 2017 and 2018 three silver medals (in 2008 , 2012 and 2013 ) and three bronze medals (in 2007 , 2009 and 2011 ), with three gold and four silver medals in ...
Soraya Jiménez Mendivil (a twin sister born 5 August 1977 [2] – 28 March 2013) was a Mexican weightlifter and Olympic champion. She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won a gold medal. [3] Jiménez became the first ever female athlete from Mexico to win an Olympic gold medal. [4]
Pages in category "Spanish female weightlifters" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The following are the national records in Olympic weightlifting in Spain. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts by the Spanish Weightlifting Federation (Federación Española de Halterofilia).
Spanish female weightlifters (5 P) Sri Lankan female weightlifters (2 P) Swedish female weightlifters (4 P) Syrian female weightlifters (1 P) T.
Mejía took up weightlifting at the age of 16. Her aunt encouraged her to get involved in a sport to get out of the house while she was taking care of her ailing grandmother. [4] Mejía won the silver medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador. [5]
Carolina Valencia Hernández (born February 8, 1985, in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico) is a female weightlifter from Mexico. [1] She won the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games for her native North American country in the − 48 kg weight division.
Other weightlifting sports include stone lifting, powerlifting, kettlebell lifting, and para powerlifting—the weightlifting sport practiced at the Paralympic Games. Different weightlifting sports may be distinguished by the different ways of lifting a weight, and/or the objects lifted. Weightlifting events are key elements of strength athletics.