Maria Elizabet Jorge (born in

Viçosa, Minas Gerais Viçosa is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was estimated at 79,910 inhabitants. It is a city essentially oriented to education, with emphasis on the Federal University of Viçosa, founded in 1926 by the pr ...

) was a Brazilian 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 53 kg category and representing Brazil 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 ...

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* * http://iwfmasters.net/records/iwf-women.pdf 1957 births Living people Brazilian female weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Brazil Sportspeople from Minas Gerais Weightlifters at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Brazil 20th-century Brazilian women 21st-century Brazilian women People from Viçosa, Minas Gerais {{Brazil-weightlifting-bio-stub