Soraya Jiménez
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| Born | 5 August 1977 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 March 2013 (aged 35) Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Soraya Jiménez Mendivil (a twin sister born 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. Jiménez became the first ever female athlete from Mexico to win an Olympic gold medal.
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.
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 2003 |  Vancouver, Canada |
58 kg | 90 | 5 | 110 | 11 | 200 | 11 | ||||
| 2002 |  Warsaw, Poland |
58 kg | 87.5 | 90 | 9 | 110 | 9 | 200 | 9 | |||
| 1999 |  Piraeus, Greece |
58 kg | 85 | 8 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 7 | 197.5 | 8 | |||
| 1998 |  Lahti, Finland |
58 kg | 70 | 72.5 | 12 | 80 | 85 | 14 | 157.5 | 13 | ||
References
- ^ Ordorica, Ana Paula (29 March 2013). "El noticiero con Lolita Ayala". El noticiero con Lolita Ayala (in Spanish). Mexico City. Televisa. XEW-TV.
- ^ "Soraya JIMENEZ MENDIVIL". Olympics.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Soraya Jiménez". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ Profile: "Soraya Jimenez" Archived 11 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved 19 January 2008)
- ^ "2003 Weightlifting World Championships – Mendivil Soraya Jimenez". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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