Pawina Thongsuk
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Olympic medal record | |||
Women's Weightlifting | |||
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Gold | 2004 Athens | 75 kg |
Pawina Thongsuk (born April 18, 1979 in Si Khoraphum, Surin province) is a Thai weightlifter. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she won an Olympic gold medal, with 122.5 kg snatching and 272.5 kg total in the 75 kg category. In 2005, she won the World Championship in the 63 kg category.
In the 2006 Doha Asian Games she won the gold, as well as set a new world record for the 63kg female weight class with a clean and jerk of 142kg.