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Pawina Thongsuk

Pawina Thongsuk

Thai weightlifter (born 1979)

Pawina Thongsuk (born April 18, 1979 in Sikhoraphum, Surin) is a Thai weightlifter. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she won an Olympic gold medal with 122.5 kg snatching and 272.5 kg total in the 75 kg category.[3] In 2005, she won the World Championship in the 63 kg category.[3]

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In the 2006 Asian Games in Doha she won the gold, as well as setting a new world record for the 63 kg female weight class with a clean and jerk of 142 kg.[4]

Weightlifting career - personal best lifts

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    "ทบ.พิจารณาบรรจุนักยกน้ำหนักหญิงเข้าเป็นทหาร".
  2. [2]
    "ทำเนียบนักกีฬา – Olympic Committee Thailand".
  3. [3]
    "THONGSUK Mawina". International Weightlifting Federation.
  4. [4]
    "Progress of World Records, Women". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-08-17.
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