| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 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 | ||
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The women's 63 kilograms division was staged on 3 and 4 October 2006.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 3 October 2006 | 18:00 | Group C |
| 4 October 2006 | 10:00 | Group B |
| 14:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Ouyang Xiaofang (CHN) | 110 kg |  Svetlana Shimkova (RUS) | 108 kg |  Meline Daluzyan (ARM) | 105 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Ouyang Xiaofang (CHN) | 136 kg | Svetlana Shimkova (RUS) | 133 kg | Meline Daluzyan (ARM) | 127 kg |
| Total | Ouyang Xiaofang (CHN) | 246 kg | Svetlana Shimkova (RUS) | 241 kg | Meline Daluzyan (ARM) | 232 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Pawina Thongsuk (THA) | 116 kg | Doha, Qatar | 12 November 2005 |
| Clean & Jerk | Svetlana Shimkova (RUS) | 141 kg | Władysławowo, Poland | 3 May 2006 | |
| Total | Pawina Thongsuk (THA) | 256 kg | Doha, Qatar | 12 November 2005 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Ouyang Xiaofang (CHN) | A | 62.37 | 110 | | 130 | 136 | | 246 | |||
 | Svetlana Shimkova (RUS) | A | 62.81 | 105 | 108 | | 133 | | 241 | |||
 | Meline Daluzyan (ARM) | A | 62.32 | 100 | 105 | | 122 | 125 | 127 | | 232 | |
| 4 |  Kim Soo-kyung (KOR) | A | 63.00 | 93 | 96 | 7 | 121 | 126 | 4 | 222 | ||
| 5 |  Luz Acosta (MEX) | B | 62.76 | 95 | 98 | 5 | 117 | 121 | 5 | 219 | ||
| 6 |  Esmat Mansour (EGY) | A | 61.41 | 93 | 97 | 6 | 120 | 6 | 217 | |||
| 7 |  Milka Maneva (BUL) | B | 62.68 | 90 | 93 | 95 | 8 | 117 | 120 | 7 | 215 | |
| 8 |  Lu Ying-chi (TPE) | A | 62.89 | 95 | 9 | 120 | 8 | 215 | ||||
| 9 |  Natalie Woolfolk (USA) | A | 62.35 | 98 | 4 | 107 | 111 | 19 | 209 | |||
| 10 |  Dominika Misterska (POL) | A | 62.68 | 93 | 11 | 116 | 11 | 209 | ||||
| 11 |  Nguyễn Thị Thiết (VIE) | A | 62.68 | 92 | 12 | 113 | 117 | 10 | 209 | |||
| 12 |  Christine Girard (CAN) | B | 62.75 | 90 | 14 | 116 | 119 | 9 | 209 | |||
| 13 | Gergana Kirilova (BUL) | A | 62.92 | 93 | 95 | 10 | 112 | 18 | 207 | |||
| 14 | Hebatalla Ibrahim (EGY) | B | 62.83 | 90 | 15 | 110 | 116 | 12 | 206 | |||
| 15 | Sureerat Thongsuk (THA) | B | 59.78 | 90 | 13 | 110 | 115 | 13 | 205 | |||
| 16 |  Nísida Palomeque (COL) | C | 62.40 | 83 | 87 | 89 | 16 | 107 | 112 | 115 | 14 | 204 |
| 17 |  Lenka Orságová (CZE) | B | 61.92 | 87 | 18 | 110 | 113 | 15 | 200 | |||
| 18 |  Olibia Toka (GRE) | B | 62.39 | 87 | 19 | 107 | 112 | 17 | 199 | |||
| 19 | Miel McGerrigle (CAN) | C | 62.25 | 85 | 88 | 17 | 105 | 110 | 20 | 198 | ||
| 20 |  Agnès Chiquet (FRA) | B | 61.72 | 78 | 82 | 22 | 108 | 112 | 16 | 194 | ||
| 21 |  Rosa Tenorio (ECU) | B | 61.97 | 85 | 20 | 102 | 22 | 187 | ||||
| 22 |  Jacquie White (AUS) | C | 62.85 | 80 | 83 | 21 | 93 | 97 | 23 | 180 | ||
| 23 |  Nikoletta Nagy (HUN) | C | 62.92 | 72 | 26 | 97 | 24 | 169 | ||||
| 24 |  Antonia Vicente (ESP) | C | 62.24 | 73 | 25 | 93 | 25 | 166 | ||||
| 25 | Patricia Sosa (ESP) | C | 61.99 | 73 | 24 | 92 | — | 26 | 165 | |||
| 26 |  Angie Toledo (CHI) | C | 62.45 | 70 | 75 | 23 | 90 | 27 | 165 | |||
| — | Liliana Borbón (MEX) | B | 62.95 | — | 110 | 21 | — | |||||
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