Soraya Jiménez
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Mendívil.
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| Born |
5 August 1977 Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
28 March 2013 (aged 35) Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 was the first female athlete from Mexico to ever win an Olympic gold medal.[3]
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 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 Jiménez". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
- ↑ Profile: "Soraya Jimenez" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 19 January 2008)
- ↑ "2003 Weightlifting World Championships - Mendivil Soraya Jimenez". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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