Pawina Thongsuk

Pawina Thongsuk
Personal information
Born (1979-04-18) April 18, 1979
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 12 in)
Sport
Country  Thailand
Sport Weightlifting

Pawina Thongsuk (born April 18, 1979 in Si Khoraphum, Surin province) 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.[1] In 2005, she won the World Championship in the 63 kg category.[1]

In the 2006 Asian Games in Doha she won the gold, as well as set a new world record for the 63 kg female weight class with a clean and jerk of 142 kg.[2]

Weightlifting career - personal best lifts

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "THONGSUK Mawina". International Weightlifting Federation.
  2. "Progress of World Records, Women". International Weightlifting Federation.
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