Thailand HAs won it's first medals today in the womens weightlifting categorie below 53 KG

Final Results

Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall - SUN 15 AUG 2004 - Start Time: 16:30

Place Name NOC Year of

Birth Group Body Weight (kg) Snatch Clean & Jerk Total 1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result

1 POLSAK Udomporn 1981 A 52.83 92.5 97.5 100.0 97.5 117.5 122.5 125.0 25.0 222.5

2 RUMBEWAS Raema Lisa 1980 A 52.80 85.0 90.0 95.0 95.0 115.0 122.5 125.0 215.0 210.0

3 MOSQUERA Mabel 1969 A 51.82 87.5 87.5 87.5 87.5 105.0 107.5 110.0 110.0 197.5

POLSAK Udomporn is the First Thai Woman to ever win an olympic gold medal.

she's from Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand and weighs 53 kg'g , she pushed 125 kg's to get the gold medal.

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WIRATTHAWORN Aree reached the Bronze medal before in the weightlifting category of 48 kg's.

Petit but very strong

here's the article

ATHENS, 15 August - Udomporn POLSAK today became Thailand's first female gold medallist by winning the 53kg featherweight division at Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall.

POLSAK dominated both moves by snatching 97.5kg and lifting an Olympic record of 125.5kg in the clean and jerk to finish with a total of 222.5kg.

The 23-year-old Thai, a world champion in Vancouver last November, outlasted Indonesia's Raema Lisa RUMBEWAS, silver medallist in Sydney in the 48kg class.

A mistake may have cost RUMBEWAS the chance of a gold medal. She ran out of time in her second attempt on 122.5kg in clean and jerk and was left well behind POLSAK, finishing with a total of 210kg.

However, with her second silver, RUMBEWAS became the first Indonesian athlete to win a medal in successive Olympic Games.

Colombia's Mabel MOSQUERA took the bronze medal with a total of 197.5kg, giving her country its second women's weightlifting medal following Maria Isabel URRUTIA's victory in the 75kg class in Sydney.

Great to see

I was wondering over the weekend ,what sort of team thailand had at the Olympics.

Sport seems to have a very low profile in Thailand.

This little Korat lady really earned her medal. Amazing to see a 53 kg woman SNATCH almost 100 kg over her head - and then clean and jerk 125.5 kg.

She managed to look tough, cute, and humble - all at the same time. A great credit to Thailand. Thai news channels are showing her effort almost non-stop.

Cheers!

Indo-Siam

excellent & well done.

(my Dad from the UK kindly rang me at 3.30 am to tell me this)

and then clean and jerk 125.5 kg.

Add your own joke here

Plus 2 ambre soleil

how devastating !

i just saw on television news that the girl that won the gold medal for weightlifting was to return to thailand. yesterday, her family organized a suprise party to celebrate. a fight broke out and her brother was killed by someone that brought a gun to the party. very tragic.