Soraya Jiménez Mendivil (a twin sister born 5 August 1977 – 28 March 2013) was a Mexican

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and Olympic champion. She participated at the

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where she won a gold medal. Jiménez became the first ever female athlete from Mexico to win an Olympic gold medal.Profile: "Soraya Jimenez"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved 19 January 2008) She died at age 35 on 28 March 2013 at her home in

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after suffering a heart attack.

Major results

She competed at world championships, most recently at the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships.

References

1977 births 2013 deaths Olympic medalists in weightlifting Olympic weightlifters for Mexico Olympic gold medalists for Mexico Sportspeople from Naucalpan Weightlifters at the 1999 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2003 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Mexican female weightlifters Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games silver medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican sportswomen 21st-century Mexican sportswomen {{Mexico-weightlifting-bio-stub