Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 53 kg

International sporting event

Weightlifting – Women's 53 kg at the 2011 Pan American Games

Venue

Weightlifting Forum

Dates

October 24

Competitors

11 from 9 nations

Medalists

	Yuderquis Contreras	Dominican Republic
	Inmara Henriquez	Venezuela
	Francia Peñuñuri	Mexico

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Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games

Qualification
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 kg	53 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	+75 kg
	+105 kg
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The women's 53 kg competition of the weightlifting events at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, was held on October 23 at the Weightlifting Forum. The defending champion was Yuderquis Contreras from the Dominican Republic.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted. This weightlifting event was the second lightest women's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 53 kilograms of body mass.

Schedule

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).

Date	Time	Round
October 24, 2011	12:00	Final

Results

11 athletes from 9 countries took part.

PR – Pan American Games record

Rank	Name	Country	Group	B.weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)	Clean & Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Yuderquis Contreras	Dominican Republic	A	52.63	96 PR	110	206
	Inmara Henriquez	Venezuela	A	52.57	80	109	189
	Francia Peñuñuri	Mexico	A	52.41	83	105	188
4	Yineisy Reyes	Dominican Republic	A	52.86	88	95	183
5	Hilary Katzenmeier	United States	A	52.60	75	100	175
6	Malvina Veron	Argentina	A	52.03	72	93	165
7	Alexandra Andagoya	Ecuador	A	52.89	67	94	161
8	Magdalena Cojom	Guatemala	A	52.31	68	83	151
9	Norel Castillo	Puerto Rico	A	52.20	60	78	138
10	Joan Rivera	Puerto Rico	A	52.89	62	76	138
11	Tumy Gomez	Honduras	A	51.83	56	65	121