Zarema Kasaeva (born February 25, 1987) is a Russian weightlifter. Kasaeva became an Olympic medalist during the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

when she won the bronze medal in the women's -69 kg class. At the

2005 World Weightlifting Championships The 2005 in sports, 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Al-Sadd Sports Centre, Doha, Qatar from November 9 to November 17. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking by all medals: Big ...

she won the gold medal in the 69 kg category, with a world record

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of 157 kg, and a total of 275 kg. Kasaeva participated in the women's -75 kg class at the

2006 World Weightlifting Championships The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held at the Handball Pavilion and Weightlifting Pavilion Dr. José Joaquín Puello in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The event took place from September 30 to October 7, 2006. Medal summary M ...

and won the bronze medal, finishing behind

Cao Lei Cao Lei (; born 24 December 1983 in Qinhuangdao, Hebei) is a Chinese weightlifter. She was born in north China's Hebei Province and was raised in northeastern Heilongjiang Province. Career Cao Lei started weightlifting training at the age of 1 ...

and

Nadezhda Evstyukhina Nadezhda Alexandrovna Evstyukhina (russian: Надежда Александровна Евстюхина; born 27 May 1988) is a Russian weightlifter. Career In the 69 kg category, Evstyukhina won the silver medal at the 2005 Junior World C ...

. She snatched 110 kg and

ed an additional 136 kg for a total of 246 kg, 22 kg behind winner Cao.75th MEN'S and 18th WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -75 KG WOMEN
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