Pawina Thongsuk
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Born | Sikhoraphum, Thailand | April 18, 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Allegiance | Thailand |
Branch/service | Royal Thai Army |
Rank | Captain[1][2] |
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]
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
[edit]- Clean and Jerk: 155.0 kg
- Snatch: 122.5 kg
- Total: 272.5 kg
- Olympic (full) Front Squat: 190.0 kg approx.
- (Full) Back Squat: 222.5 kg approx.
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "ทบ.พิจารณาบรรจุนักยกน้ำหนักหญิงเข้าเป็นทหาร". 31 August 2016.
- ^ "ทำเนียบนักกีฬา – Olympic Committee Thailand".
- ^ a b "THONGSUK Mawina". International Weightlifting Federation.
- ^ "Progress of World Records, Women". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-08-17.