Soraya Jiménez
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Born |
5 August 1977 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Died |
28 March 2013 35) Mexico City, Mexico | (aged|||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Soraya Jiménez Mendivil (5 August 1977 – 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.[2] Jiménez was the first female athlete from Mexico to ever win an Olympic gold medal.[3]
She died at age 35 on 28 March 2013 at her home in Mexico City after suffering a heart attack.
Major results
She competed at world championships, most recently at the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships.[4]
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2003 | ![]() | 58 kg | 90 | 5 | 110 | 11 | 200 | 11 | ||||
2002 | ![]() | 58 kg | 87.5 | 90 | 9 | 110 | 9 | 200 | 9 | |||
1999 | ![]() | 58 kg | 85 | 8 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 7 | 197.5 | 8 | |||
1998 | ![]() | 58 kg | 70 | 72.5 | 12 | 80 | 85 | 14 | 157.5 | 13 |
References
- ↑ Ordorica, Ana Paula (29 March 2013). "El noticiero con Lolita Ayala". El noticiero con Lolita Ayala (in Spanish). Mexico City. Televisa. XEW-TV.
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(help) - ↑ "Soraya Jiménez". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
- ↑ Profile: "Soraya Jimenez" Archived 11 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 19 January 2008)
- ↑ "2003 Weightlifting World Championships - Mendivil Soraya Jimenez". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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