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Weightlifting At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 Kg
The women's 48 kilograms weightlifting event is the lightest women's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 48 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on August 9 at 10:00 and was the first Weightlifting event to conclude. It was the second set of medals to be awarded at the Games, a few moments after the women's 10m Air Rifle. Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted. Chen Xiexia and Sibel Özkan initially won the gold and the silver medals, but in 2016 their results were annulled due to a doping violation from a reanalysis of samples from 2008. Schedule All times are China Standard Time ( UTC+08:00) Records Results * Chen Xiexia of China originally won the gold medal, but she was disqualified f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beihang University Gymnasium
Beihang University Gymnasium (, sometime listed as the Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Gymnasium) is a 5,400-seat indoor arena located on the campus of Beihang University in Beijing, China. It hosted weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics and powerlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was .... ReferencesBeijing2008.cn profile Venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics Sports venues in Beijing Indoor arenas in China Olympic weightlifting venues University sports venues in China Sports venues completed in 2001 2001 establishments in China {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weightlifting At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China were held from August 9 to August 19. Competitions were conducted at the Beihang University Gymnasium. The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following re-analysis of competitors samples in 2015, 2016 and 2017. 26 lifters were disqualified as a result of these tests, including 16 medalists and four lifters who stood to inherit forfeited medals. Events 15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events: Qualification Medalists Men Women * Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample. * Andrei Rybakou of Belarus originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample. * Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan and Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia originally won the gold and medal bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genny Pagliaro
Genny Caterina Pagliaro (born 15 October 1988) is an Italian weightlifter. Genny is the sister of the other Italian weightlifting champion Alessandra Pagliaro. Biography She won four bronze medals for the 48 kg division at the European Weightlifting Championships (2006, 2007, 2009, and 2011). Pagliaro is a member of the weightlifting team for Centro Sportivo Esercito, and is coached and trained by Giuseppe Minissale. Pagliaro represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... in Beijing, where she competed for the women's flyweight category (48 kg). Pagliaro, however, did not finish the event, after failing to lift a single-motion snatch of 82 kg in three attempts. References External links * * * * {{DE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pramsiri Bunphithak
Pramsiri Bunphithak ( th, เปรมศิริ บุญพิทักษ์; born January 13, 1984, in Suphan Buri Province) is a Thai weightlifter. She won the gold medal for the 48 kg class at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos, and silver at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with a total of 194 and 196 kg, respectively. Bunphithak represented Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's flyweight category (48 kg), along with her teammate Pensiri Laosirikul Pensiri Laosirikul ( th, เพ็ญศิริ เหล่าศิริกุล, born January 17, 1984, in Nakhon Si Thammarat) is a Thai weightlifting athlete, and is of Chinese descent. She is 4'9" (144 cm) tall and weigh .... Bunphithak, however, did not finish the event, after failing to lift a single-motion snatch of 84 kg in three attempts. References External linksNBC 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karla Moreno
Karla Moreno Rodríguez (born March 15, 1988, in Managua) is a weightlifter from Nicaragua. At the 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships she won bronze in the 48 kg category, with a total of 143 kg. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ..., in the weight class of -48 kg, where she finished in 11th place, with a total of 150 kg. References * External links Athlete bio at 2008 Olympics site 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Managua Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Nicaragua Nicaraguan female weightlifters {{Nicaragua-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilou Dozois-Prévost
Marilou Dozois-Prévost (born May 11, 1986) is a Canadian weightlifter. Dozois-Prévost won a silver medal in the women's 48 kg division at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. She finished in 10th place on the 48 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... in Beijing. She won the gold medal at the Commonwealth game in New-Delhi in 2010. Prevost was born in Montreal, Quebec. Notes and references External links Profile on CBC official siteAthlete Biographyat beijing2008 Part One of Interview with Marilou Dozois-Prévostat Bleacher Report Part Two of Interview with Marilou Dozois-Prévostat Bleacher Report 1986 births Living people Canadian female weightlifters Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marzena Karpińska
Marzena Karpińska (Polish pronunciation: ; born 19 February 1988, in Biłgoraj) is a Polish weightlifter. She won a gold medal at the 2012 European Championships in Antalya, Turkey with a 187 kg total. She weighed in at 47.74 kg and had snatch lifts of 81, 83 and 85 kg and clean and jerk lifts of 98, 100 and 102 kg. She was also a silver medalist at the 2010 European Championships and bronze medalist at the 2009 European Championships in the 48 kg category. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Karpińska placed 9th in the 48 kg category, with a total of 171 kg. She did not compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ... due to doping allegations. References External links * 1988 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misaki Oshiro
is a Japanese weightlifter. Oshiro represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's flyweight category (48 kg), along with her compatriot Hiromi Miyake. Oshiro placed eighth in this event, as she successfully lifted 80 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 92 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ..., for a total of 172 kg. References External linksNBC 2008 Olympics profile 1984 births Living people Olympic weightlifters of Japan Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Naha Japanese female weightlifters 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mélanie Bardis
Mélanie Marie Anna Noël-Bardis (born 13 May 1986 in Ambilly, France) is a French weightlifter. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 48 kg event, finishing in 7th place with a total of 177 kg. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, also in the Women's 48 kg event, finishing in 10th place with a total of 166 kg. References 1986 births Living people People from Ambilly Sportspeople from Haute-Savoie French female weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for France Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics 21st-century French women {{ France-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiromi Miyake
, born 18 November 1985) is a Japanese retired weightlifter. In the 48kg category, she won the silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and won bronze at the 2016 Olympics. Her father and coach is Yoshiyuki Miyake, who was a bronze medallist in weightlifting at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Her uncle Yoshinobu Miyake was a gold medalist in weightlifting at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics. She is an employee oInc. a Japanese sustainable infrastructure company. Career At the 2004 Summer Olympics she ranked 9th in the 48 kg category. Miyake participated in the women's -48 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Yang Lian and Wiratthaworn Aree. She snatched 80 kg and clean and jerked an additional 108 kg for a total of 188 kg, 29 kg behind winner Qiu, but as much as second placed Aree, who because of her lighter weight was ranked in a better position. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she ranked 6th in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aree Wiratthaworn
Aree Wiratthaworn ( th, อารีย์ วิรัฐถาวร; born February 26, 1980) is a Thai weightlifter. She competed in the women's 48 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal with 200.0 kg in total. At the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships she won the bronze medal in the 48 kg category. At the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships she won the silver medal in the 48 kg category. She snatched 85 kg and clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...ed an additional 103 kg for a total of 188 kg, 29 kg behind winner Yang. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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