Pawina Thongsuk (born April 18, 1979 in

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, Surin) is a Thai

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. She is a

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in the

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. At the

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, she won an Olympic gold medal with 122.5 kg snatching and 272.5 kg total in the 75 kg category. In 2005, she won the

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in the 63 kg category. In the

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she won the gold, as well as set a new world record for the 63 kg women's weight class with a clean and jerk of 142 kg.

Weightlifting career - personal best lifts

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: 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

1979 births Living people Pawina Thongsuk Pawina Thongsuk Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pawina Thongsuk World record setters in weightlifting Olympic medalists in weightlifting Asian Games gold medalists in weightlifting Asian Games silver medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2006 Asian Games Pawina Thongsuk Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pawina Thongsuk Pawina Thongsuk Pawina Thongsuk Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Pawina Thongsuk Pawina Thongsuk SEA Games medalists in weightlifting Pawina Thongsuk Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games World Weightlifting Championships medalists Pawina Thongsuk Pawina Thongsuk {{Thailand-weightlifting-bio-stub