2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg

The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The women's 53 kilograms division was staged on 1 and 2 October 2006.

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
1 October 2006	20:00	Group C
2 October 2006	12:00	Group B
	16:00	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Qiu Hongxia (CHN)	98 kg	Raema Lisa Rumbewas (INA)	95 kg	Suda Chaleephay (THA)	92 kg
Clean & Jerk	Qiu Hongxia (CHN)	128 kg	Suda Chaleephay (THA)	115 kg	Raema Lisa Rumbewas (INA)	115 kg
Total	Qiu Hongxia (CHN)	226 kg	Raema Lisa Rumbewas (INA)	210 kg	Suda Chaleephay (THA)	207 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Ri Song-hui (PRK)	102 kg	Busan, South Korea	1 October 2002
	Clean & Jerk	Li Xuejiu (CHN)	127 kg	Warsaw, Poland	20 November 2002
	Total	Yang Xia (CHN)	225 kg	Sydney, Australia	18 September 2000

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Qiu Hongxia (CHN)	A	52.52	95	98	103		120	125	128		226
	Raema Lisa Rumbewas (INA)	A	52.92	90	90	95		115	115	115		210
	Suda Chaleephay (THA)	A	52.11	87	92	95		112	112	115		207
4	Yuderqui Contreras (DOM)	A	52.36	90	92	95	4	110	113	113	5	205
5	Amnuaiporn Maneewan (THA)	A	51.70	82	82	86	5	110	110	113	4	199
6	Fang Hsin-tzu (TPE)	A	52.16	81	85	87	6	105	110	112	7	195
7	Fetie Kasaj (ALB)	A	52.77	82	86	86	10	108	112	116	6	194
8	Okta Dwi Pramita (INA)	A	52.37	85	88	90	7	106	106	111	8	191
9	Rusmeris Villar (COL)	B	52.90	80	83	84	9	100	104	106	10	187
10	Ana Margot Lemos (COL)	B	52.90	79	82	82	12	100	104	106	9	185
11	Soumaya Fatnassi (TUN)	A	52.30	80	83	83	8	100	104	104	15	183
12	Melanie Roach (USA)	B	52.90	73	76	76	16	98	100	103	13	179
13	Kumie Matsumiya (JPN)	B	52.55	70	73	73	20	100	103	106	11	176
14	Inmara Henríquez (VEN)	B	52.75	73	77	77	22	98	100	103	12	176
15	Marilou Dozois-Prévost (CAN)	C	52.65	73	76	78	13	93	97	100	17	175
16	Tseng Tzu-jung (TPE)	C	52.57	72	76	80	11	90	94	96	19	174
17	Maryse Turcotte (CAN)	B	52.05	68	71	73	25	97	101	101	14	172
18	Svetlana Vinogradova (KAZ)	C	52.96	65	70	75	18	90	97	101	18	172
19	Betsi Rivas (VEN)	B	51.45	73	76	76	19	97	97	98	16	170
20	María de la Puente (ESP)	C	51.61	70	74	77	15	90	93	95	20	170
21	Claritza Francisco (DOM)	B	52.80	75	78	79	17	90	90	93	23	168
22	Virginie Lachaume (FRA)	B	52.60	73	76	76	21	93	95	95	22	166
23	Estelle Lechat (FRA)	C	52.52	69	72	72	23	89	93	93	21	165
24	Oxana Zolotaryova (KAZ)	C	52.54	65	70	72	24	85	90	90	24	162
25	Maria Pipiliaridou (GRE)	C	51.80	62	66	68	26	81	86	88	25	152
26	Nadeene Latif (AUS)	C	52.83	66	67	67	27	83	86	86	26	149
27	Saula Nascimben (ITA)	C	51.37	60	63	65	28	75	80	83	27	145
28	Enrica De Luca (ITA)	C	48.38	55	60	60	29	65	70	75	28	130
—	Nataliya Trotsenko (UKR)	B	52.85	75	78	80	14	90	90	90	—	—

New records

Clean & Jerk	128 kg	Qiu Hongxia (CHN)	WR
Total	226 kg	Qiu Hongxia (CHN)	WR

References

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 59
• Results