Kaori Niyanagi (original name: 二柳 かおり, born in
Shiga
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Pr ...
) was a Japanese female
weightlifter
Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...
, competing in the 48 kg category and representing Japan at international competitions.
She participated at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
in the
48 kg event. She competed at world championships, most recently at the
1999 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1999 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from November 21 to November 28, 1999.
It was the main qualifying events in the sport for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Austral ...
.
Major results
References
External links
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*http://www.news24.com/xArchive/Archive/Dragneva-snatches-first-weightlifting-gold-20000917
*http://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/11/World-Weightlifting-Championships-2014-Mens-56kg.pdf
* http://www.gettyimages.com.au/photos/kaori-niyanagi?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=kaori%20niyanagi
1977 births
Living people
Japanese female weightlifters
Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic weightlifters for Japan
Place of birth missing (living people)
World Weightlifting Championships medalists
Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Japan
Sportspeople from Shiga Prefecture
20th-century Japanese women
21st-century Japanese women
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