1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg

1999 World Weightlifting Championships
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 kg	53 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	+75 kg
	+105 kg

The Women's Middleweight Weightlifting Event (63 kg) is the fourth women's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 63 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on 23 November 1999.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Chen Jui-lien (TPE)	107.5 kg	Valentina Popova (RUS)	105.0 kg	Xiong Meiying (CHN)	105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chen Jui-lien (TPE)	132.5 kg	Xiong Meiying (CHN)	132.5 kg	Ioanna Chatziioannou (GRE)	127.5 kg
Total	Chen Jui-lien (TPE)	240.0 kg	Xiong Meiying (CHN)	237.5 kg	Valentina Popova (RUS)	232.5 kg

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record	Snatch	Lei Li (CHN)	110.0 kg	Chiba, Japan	2 May 1999
	Clean & Jerk	Lei Li (CHN)	129.0 kg	Chiba, Japan	2 May 1999
	Total	Lei Li (CHN)	237.5 kg	Chiba, Japan	2 May 1999

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Chen Jui-lien (TPE)	62.17	105.0	107.5	110.5		125.0	130.0	132.5		240.0
	Xiong Meiying (CHN)	62.83	105.0	105.0	110.0		127.5	132.5	135.0		237.5
	Valentina Popova (RUS)	62.69	100.0	105.0	105.0		122.5	125.0	127.5	4	232.5
4	Karnam Malleswari (IND)	62.72	102.5	107.5	107.5	4	120.0	127.5	132.5	5	230.0
5	Ioanna Chatziioannou (GRE)	62.01	95.0	100.0	100.0	5	120.0	125.0	127.5		222.5
6	Saipin Detsaeng (THA)	62.65	95.0	95.0	102.5	6	120.0	125.0	127.5	7	215.0
7	Kim Yong-ok (PRK)	60.92	90.0	97.5	97.5	8	120.0	120.0	120.0	6	210.0
8	Dominika Misterska (POL)	61.16	90.0	95.0	95.0	9	115.0	120.0	122.5	9	205.0
9	Eszter Krutzler (HUN)	61.64	87.5	90.0	92.5	7	107.5	112.5	112.5	14	200.0
10	Josefa Pérez (ESP)	62.44	85.0	87.5	90.0	10	102.5	107.5	110.0	16	197.5
11	Miel McGerrigle (CAN)	60.45	85.0	87.5	90.0	12	107.5	112.5	112.5	12	195.0
12	Yumiko Kobayashi (JPN)	62.23	80.0	85.0	85.0	17	105.0	110.0	112.5	10	195.0
13	Yoon I-sook (KOR)	62.83	85.0	90.0	92.5	11	105.0	110.0	110.0	18	195.0
14	Gretty Lugo (VEN)	59.80	82.5	85.0	85.0	14	102.5	102.5	107.5	11	192.5
15	Tina Chima (NGR)	61.12	75.0	80.0	—	25	107.5	112.5	117.5	8	192.5
16	Gergana Kirilova (BUL)	62.15	85.0	85.0	90.0	16	102.5	107.5	107.5	15	192.5
17	Alejandra Perea (COL)	61.23	82.5	87.5	87.5	20	102.5	107.5	110.0	13	190.0
18	Aneta Szczepańska (POL)	61.81	85.0	87.5	87.5	15	105.0	110.0	110.0	17	190.0
19	Sención Quezada (DOM)	62.69	80.0	85.0	87.5	13	102.5	107.5	107.5	19	190.0
20	Katia Iacuzzo (ITA)	62.54	80.0	85.0	87.5	19	100.0	105.0	105.0	20	185.0
21	Claudia Müller (GER)	62.48	77.5	80.0	80.0	21	97.5	102.5	102.5	21	175.0
22	Heidi Kanervisto (FIN)	62.92	75.0	75.0	77.5	24	92.5	95.0	97.5	23	172.5
23	Jay Saxton (AUS)	62.55	75.0	80.0	80.0	26	95.0	100.0	102.5	22	170.0
24	Svitlana Sinishyna (UKR)	62.60	70.0	75.0	77.5	22	90.0	95.0	95.0	25	167.5
25	Luz Acosta (MEX)	62.63	75.0	77.5	80.0	23	90.0	95.0	95.0	26	167.5
26	Aiza Kutysheva (KAZ)	61.34	67.5	72.5	72.5	27	80.0	85.0	87.5	27	160.0
27	Monika Solcianská (SVK)	61.81	62.5	67.5	67.5	33	85.0	90.0	95.0	24	157.5
28	Kesaia Tawai (FIJ)	63.00	72.5	72.5	77.5	30	85.0	90.0	90.0	30	157.5
29	María Gómez (MEX)	62.43	72.5	75.0	75.0	28	82.5	85.0	85.0	31	155.0
30	Yvonne van der Stoep (NED)	62.59	60.0	67.5	70.0	34	80.0	85.0	90.0	29	152.5
31	Mette Pedersen (DEN)	62.65	67.5	70.0	72.5	29	80.0	80.0	85.0	34	152.5
32	Lucia Trojčáková (SVK)	62.54	65.0	70.0	72.5	31	80.0	80.0	82.5	33	150.0
33	Samira Chaiter (ALG)	62.96	65.0	65.0	70.0	35	82.5	87.5	87.5	32	147.5
34	Jonna Lomma (FIN)	60.41	65.0	65.0	67.5	32	72.5	75.0	77.5	36	142.5
35	Rikke Moosdorf (DEN)	62.48	60.0	60.0	62.5	36	72.5	67.5	80.0	35	137.5
—	Laure Mary (FRA)	62.40	82.5	85.0	87.5	18	105.0	105.0	105.0	—	—
—	Janice López (PUR)	61.75	70.0	70.0	70.0	—	85.0	90.0	95.0	28	—

New records

Clean & Jerk	130.0 kg	Chen Jui-lien (TPE)	WR
	132.5 kg	Xiong Meiying (CHN)	WR
Total	240.0 kg	Chen Jui-lien (TPE)	WR

References

• Weightlifting Databank
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 21