Soraya Jiménez

Soraya Jiménez
Personal information
Born 5 August 1977
Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico[1]
Died 28 March 2013(2013-03-28) (aged 35)
Mexico City, Mexico
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Mexico
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney– 58 kg
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo – 58 kg

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
123Rank123Rank
World Championships
2003Canada Vancouver, Canada58 kg9092.592.551101101101120011
2002Poland Warsaw, Poland58 kg87.59092.5911011511592009
1999Greece Piraeus, Greece58 kg8587.587.58107.5112.5112.57197.58
1998Finland Lahti, Finland58 kg7072.5751280808514157.513

References

  1. ↑ Ordorica, Ana Paula (29 March 2013). "El noticiero con Lolita Ayala". El noticiero con Lolita Ayala (in Spanish). Mexico City. Televisa. XEW-TV. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ↑ "Soraya Jiménez". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  3. ↑ Profile: "Soraya Jimenez" Archived 11 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 19 January 2008)
  4. ↑ "2003 Weightlifting World Championships - Mendivil Soraya Jimenez". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.


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