| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| 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 women's 63 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 24 and 25 November 2015 in Houston, United States. [1]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 24 November 2015 | 14:00 | Group C |
| 25 November 2015 | 11:00 | Group B |
| 17:25 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Deng Wei (CHN) | 113 kg |  Tima Turieva (RUS) | 112 kg |  Karina Goricheva (KAZ) | 112 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Deng Wei (CHN) | 146 kg |  Choe Hyo-sim (PRK) | 139 kg | Tima Turieva (RUS) | 136 kg |
| Total | Deng Wei (CHN) | 259 kg | Tima Turieva (RUS) | 248 kg | Choe Hyo-sim (PRK) | 243 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS) | 117 kg | Paris, France | 8 November 2011 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Lin Tzu-chi (TPE) | 145 kg | Incheon, South Korea | 23 September 2014 | |
| Total | Lin Tzu-chi (TPE) | 261 kg | Incheon, South Korea | 23 September 2014 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Deng Wei (CHN) | A | 62.87 | 110 | 113 | | 140 | 146 | — | | 259 | |
 | Tima Turieva (RUS) | A | 62.86 | 108 | 112 | | 136 |  | 248 | |||
| Choe Hyo-sim (PRK) | A | 62.24 | 104 | 8 | 136 | 139 | | 243 | |||
| 4 |  Yuliya Kalina (UKR) | A | 62.55 | 105 | 108 | 4 | 128 | 132 | 135 | 4 | 243 | |
| 5 | Karina Goricheva (KAZ) | A | 62.87 | 108 | 112 | | 131 | 7 | 243 | |||
| 6 | Lin Tzu-chi (TPE) | A | 62.78 | 105 | 6 | 133 | 5 | 238 | ||||
| 7 |  Pimsiri Sirikaew (THA) | A | 61.21 | 100 | 104 | 7 | 128 | 132 | 6 | 236 | ||
| 8 |  Mercedes Pérez (COL) | A | 62.96 | 97 | 12 | 125 | 130 | 8 | 227 | |||
| 9 |  Zoe Smith (GBR) | A | 62.78 | 94 | 97 | 11 | 120 | 124 | 9 | 221 | ||
| 10 |  Eva Gurrola (MEX) | A | 62.18 | 96 | 98 | 10 | 115 | 120 | 11 | 218 | ||
| 11 |  Olauwatoyin Adesanmi (NGR) | B | 62.85 | 95 | 100 | 102 | 9 | 113 | 116 | 15 | 218 | |
| 12 |  Giorgia Bordignon (ITA) | B | 61.56 | 94 | 96 | 13 | 114 | 116 | 120 | 10 | 216 | |
| 13 | Rebekah Tiler (GBR) | A | 62.66 | 93 | 17 | 118 | 13 | 211 | ||||
| 14 |  Sinta Darmariani (INA) | B | 62.59 | 89 | 21 | 114 | 119 | 12 | 208 | |||
| 15 |  Punam Yadav (IND) | B | 62.95 | 88 | 91 | 94 | 15 | 110 | 114 | 16 | 208 | |
| 16 |  Akane Yoshida (JPN) | B | 61.59 | 88 | 91 | 93 | 16 | 110 | 113 | 17 | 206 | |
| 17 |  Patricia Strenius (SWE) | B | 62.83 | 85 | 88 | 25 | 115 | 118 | 14 | 206 | ||
| 18 |  Esraa El-Sayed (EGY) | B | 62.38 | 95 | 14 | 110 | — | 24 | 205 | |||
| 19 | Namika Matsumoto (JPN) | B | 62.36 | 90 | 19 | 107 | 110 | 113 | 20 | 203 | ||
| 20 |  Mona Pretorius (RSA) | B | 62.48 | 80 | 86 | 90 | 20 | 107 | 110 | 112 | 21 | 202 |
| 21 |  Mahassen Fattouh (LIB) | B | 62.52 | 86 | 90 | 92 | 18 | 106 | 110 | 25 | 202 | |
| 22 |  Marina Rodríguez (CUB) | C | 61.84 | 85 | 88 | 22 | 108 | 113 | 18 | 201 | ||
| 23 |  Bruna Piloto (BRA) | B | 61.87 | 87 | 27 | 113 | 19 | 200 | ||||
| 24 |  Mehtap Kurnaz (TUR) | B | 62.47 | 85 | 88 | 23 | 105 | 109 | 26 | 197 | ||
| 25 |  Anna Everi (FIN) | C | 62.76 | 85 | 88 | 24 | 106 | 109 | 27 | 197 | ||
| 26 |  Clementina Agricole (SEY) | B | 60.01 | 81 | 30 | 105 | 108 | 110 | 23 | 191 | ||
| 27 |  Silvia Artola (NCA) | C | 62.95 | 75 | 80 | 32 | 105 | 108 | 111 | 22 | 191 | |
| 28 |  Pip Malone (AUS) | B | 61.70 | 83 | 87 | 26 | 102 | 28 | 189 | |||
| 29 |  Irene Martínez (ESP) | C | 61.37 | 84 | 29 | 95 | 98 | 100 | 29 | 184 | ||
| 30 | Jessica Lai (AUS) | C | 62.58 | 82 | 86 | 28 | 93 | 98 | 33 | 184 | ||
| 31 |  Ganzorigiin Anuujin (MGL) | C | 61.67 | 77 | 81 | 31 | 97 | 34 | 178 | |||
| 32 |  Hjördís Óskarsdóttir (ISL) | C | 62.53 | 67 | 72 | 75 | 35 | 100 | 30 | 175 | ||
| 33 |  Tatia Lortkipanidze (GEO) | C | 61.73 | 75 | 79 | 33 | 95 | 35 | 174 | |||
| 34 |  Jennifer Piter (ARU) | C | 61.97 | 72 | 76 | 34 | 92 | 96 | 98 | 32 | 174 | |
| 35 |  Alexandra Klatsia (CYP) | C | 61.76 | 72 | 36 | 95 | 98 | 31 | 170 | |||
| — | Ksenia Maksimova (RUS) | A | 61.40 | 105 | 5 | — | — | |||||
| Clean & Jerk | 146 kg | Deng Wei (CHN) | WR |
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