Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 53 kg

Weightlifting – Women's 53 kg at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue General Motors Centre
Dates July 12
Competitors 8 from 6 nations
Medalists
   Colombia
   Venezuela
   Dominican Republic
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62 kg 53 kg
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77 kg 63 kg
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The women's 53 kg competition of the weightlifting events at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held on July 12 at the General Motors Centre. The defending champion was Yuderquis Contreras from Dominican Republic.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 12, 2015 14:00 Final

Results

8 athletes from six countries took part.[1]

Rank Name Country Group B.weight (kg) Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total (kg)
1st, gold medalist(s) Rusmeris Villar ColombiaA 52.56 86 115 PR 201
2nd, silver medalist(s) Génesis Rodríguez VenezuelaA 52.97 92 109 201
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Yafreisy Silvestre Dominican RepublicA 52.73 80 103 183
4 Rosane Santos BrazilA 52.67 82 100 182
5 Jessica Ruel CanadaA 52.94 81 96 177
6 Leticia Laurindo BrazilA 52.18 75 96 171
7 Melanie Roach United StatesA 52.54 72 96 168
8 Yuderqui Contreras Dominican RepublicA 52.92 DNF

New record

The following record were established and improved upon during the competition.

Clean & Jerk 115.0 kg  Rusmeris Villar (COL) PR

References

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