2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg

The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey from November 4 to November 11. The women's competition in 69 kg division was staged on 8 November 2001.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Valentina Popova (RUS)	115.0 kg	Eszter Krutzler (HUN)	110.0 kg	Svetlana Khabirova (RUS)	110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Valentina Popova (RUS)	142.5 kg	Svetlana Khabirova (RUS)	140.0 kg	Eszter Krutzler (HUN)	130.0 kg
Total	Valentina Popova (RUS)	257.5 kg	Svetlana Khabirova (RUS)	250.0 kg	Eszter Krutzler (HUN)	240.0 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Valentina Popova (RUS)	113.5 kg	Brisbane, Australia	1 September 2001
	Clean & Jerk	Valentina Popova (RUS)	143.5 kg	Brisbane, Australia	1 September 2001
	Total	Valentina Popova (RUS)	255.0 kg	Brisbane, Australia	1 September 2001

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Valentina Popova (RUS)	67.98	107.5	112.5	115.0		135.0	142.5	—		257.5
	Svetlana Khabirova (RUS)	68.26	105.0	107.5	110.0		130.0	135.0	140.0		250.0
	Eszter Krutzler (HUN)	67.04	105.0	107.5	110.0		130.0	135.0	135.0		240.0
4	Huang Shih-chun (TPE)	68.12	102.5	102.5	105.0	4	122.5	122.5	127.5	5	232.5
5	Maria Tatsi (GRE)	67.80	95.0	95.0	95.0	9	125.0	130.0	132.5	4	225.0
6	Vanda Maslovska (UKR)	67.90	95.0	100.0	105.0	5	120.0	125.0	130.0	7	225.0
7	Tulia Medina (COL)	68.36	97.5	97.5	100.0	6	115.0	115.0	120.0	9	220.0
8	Madeleine Yamechi (CMR)	68.52	92.5	97.5	97.5	10	120.0	125.0	127.5	8	217.5
9	Madiha Abdelmoneim (EGY)	68.78	92.5	95.0	97.5	8	120.0	125.0	125.0	10	217.5
10	Sibel Şimşek (TUR)	68.32	92.5	97.5	100.0	7	115.0	115.0	115.0	12	212.5
11	Katalin Laczi (HUN)	68.96	90.0	95.0	95.0	11	115.0	120.0	—	11	210.0
12	Cinthya Domínguez (MEX)	68.28	85.0	87.5	87.5	12	102.5	107.5	107.5	14	195.0
13	Katerina Rezynova (UKR)	65.18	82.5	82.5	82.5	15	105.0	107.5	110.0	13	192.5
14	Hanna Keränen (FIN)	68.80	85.0	87.5	87.5	13	100.0	105.0	110.0	17	192.5
15	Aiza Kutysheva (KAZ)	67.86	80.0	85.0	87.5	14	100.0	105.0	105.0	16	190.0
16	Teresa Ernster (NED)	65.66	77.5	80.0	80.0	17	97.5	102.5	105.0	15	185.0
17	Lessya Karasseva (KAZ)	66.14	72.5	77.5	82.5	16	92.5	97.5	100.0	18	180.0
18	Michelle York (GBR)	64.42	67.5	70.0	72.5	18	80.0	85.0	87.5	19	155.0
—	Yu Honglian (CHN)	67.82	105.0	105.0	105.0	—	125.0	130.0	130.0	6	—

New records

Snatch	115.0 kg	Valentina Popova (RUS)	WR
Total	257.5 kg	Valentina Popova (RUS)	WR

References

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Pages 32–33