Soraya Jiménez

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 became the first ever female athlete from Mexico to win an Olympic gold medal.[3]

Soraya Jiménez
Personal information
Born5 August 1977
Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico[1]
Died28 March 2013(2013-03-28) (aged 35)
Mexico City, Mexico

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
2003 Vancouver, Canada58 kg9092.592.551101101101120011
2002 Warsaw, Poland58 kg87.59092.5911011511592009
1999 Piraeus, Greece58 kg8587.587.58107.5112.5112.57197.58
1998 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. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  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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