The Women's 53 kg weightlifting event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on 17 March 2006. The weightlifter from Canada won the gold, lifting a total weight of 188 kg.[1]
| Weightlifting – Women's 53 kg at the 2006 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Melbourne Exhibition Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 17 March 2006 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 5 from 5 nations | |||||||||
| Winning total weight | 188 | |||||||||
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Schedule
editAll times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
| Date | Time | Event |
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| 17 March 2006 | 18:30 | Group A |
Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Snatch |  Ri Song-hui (PRK) |
102 kg | Busan, South Korea | 1 October 2002 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Li Xuejiu (CHN) |
127 kg | Warsaw, Poland | 20 November 2002 | |
| Total | Yang Xia (CHN) |
225 kg | Sydney, Australia | 18 September 2000 | |
| Commonwealth record | Snatch |  Nandini Devi (IND) |
87 kg | Qinhuangdao, China | 10 September 2003 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Maryse Turcotte (CAN) |
115 kg | Collingwood, Canada | 19 May 2001 | |
| Total | Nandini Devi (IND) |
200 kg | Qinhuangdao, China | 10 September 2003 | |
| Games record | Snatch |  Sanamacha Chanu (IND) |
82 kg | Manchester, Great Britain | 31 July 2002 |
| Clean & Jerk | Sanamacha Chanu (IND) |
100 kg | Manchester, Great Britain | 31 July 2002 | |
| Total | Sanamacha Chanu (IND) |
182 kg | Manchester, Great Britain | 31 July 2002 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Clean & Jerk | 103 kg |  Dika Toua (PNG)
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| 105 kg |  Maryse Turcotte (CAN)
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| 108 kg | Maryse Turcotte (CAN)
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| Total | 185 kg | Maryse Turcotte (CAN)
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| 188 kg | Maryse Turcotte (CAN)
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Results
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Group | Body weight |
Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | ||||||
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Maryse Turcotte | Canada |
A | 52.80 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 105 | 108 | 108 | 188 | ||
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Dika Toua | Papua New Guinea |
A | 52.87 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 103 | 103 | 181 | |||
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Nadeene Latif |  Australia |
A | 52.32 | 62 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 83 | 86 | – | 86 | 152 |
| 4 | Clementina Agricole |  Seychelles |
A | 52.39 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 85 | 85 | 152 | |||
| 5 | Wendy Hale |  Solomon Islands |
A | 52.95 | 60 | 62 | 62 | 75 | 80 | 80 | 142 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Weightlifting Women's 53 kg - Result". m2006.thecgf.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.