Soraya Jiménez Mendivil

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Soraya Jimenez Mendivil Weightlifting
Personal information
Surname: Soraya Jiménez Mendívil
Nationality: MexicoMexico Mexico
Date of birth: 5th August 1977
Place of birth: Naucalpan de Juarez , Mexico
Date of death: March 28, 2013
Place of death: Mexico City , Mexico
Size: 1.53 m
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Medals

Soraya Jiménez Mendivil (born August 5, 1977 in Naucalpan de Juárez , † March 28, 2013 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican weightlifter .

Career

Soraya Jimenez Mendivil celebrated her greatest success at the 2000 Summer Olympics , where, contrary to all forecasts, she was able to win the gold medal in the weight class up to 58 kg with an output of 225.5 kg. This made her the first female Olympic champion in Mexico. In 2004 she ended her career.

She died of a heart attack at the age of 35 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Falleció campeona olímpica mexicana de 35 años - Terrible (Spanish) on www.futbol.com.uy March 29, 2013, accessed on 29 March 2013
  2. ^ Aha / dpa / sid: Weightlifter Jimenez: Mexico's first Olympic champion dies at 35. In: Spiegel Online . March 29, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Jiménez Mendivil, Soraya
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mexican weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Naucalpan de Juarez , Mexico
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 2013