Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 86 kg

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Powerlifting – Women's 86 kg
at the XV Paralympic Games
Powerlifting 2016 Paralympics Women's 86 kg podium.jpg
Left-right: Alhajaj, Mahmoud, Díaz
Venue Riocentro Pavilion 2
Date 15 September 2016 (2016-09-15)
Competitors 6 from 6 nations
Winning lift 130.0 kg
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Randa Mahmoud Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svg Tharwh Tayseer Hamdan Alhajaj Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Bronze medal icon.svg Catalina Diaz Vilchis Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
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The women's 86 kg powerlifting event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was contested on 14 September at Riocentro Pavilion 2. [1] [2] The best outcome out of three attempts counted as the final results. The athlete who placed first in each event was allowed a fourth attempt to break the Paralympic or world record.

Powerlifting strength sport

Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as "odd lifts", which followed the same three-attempt format but used a wider variety of events, akin to strongman competition. Eventually odd lifts became standardized to the current three.

2016 Summer Paralympics fifteenth Summer Paralympic Games

The 2016 Summer Paralympics, the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The Games marked the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted the event, the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation, the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, and also the first time a Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country hosted the event. These Games saw the introduction of two new sports to the Paralympic program: canoeing and the paratriathlon.

Riocentro event location

Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built in 1977, it is the largest exhibition center in Latin America.

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Records

There are twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for men and women. The weight categories were significantly adjusted after the 2012 Games so most of the weights are new for 2016. As a result, no Paralympic record was available for this weight class prior to the competition. The existing world records were as follows.

Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held at ExCeL London from 30 August to 5 September, with a maximum of 200 athletes, competing in 20 events. According to the classification rules of the International Federation for Powerlifting athletes which cannot participate in weightlifting events because of a physical impairment affecting their legs or hips are deemed eligible to compete in powerlifting events at the Paralympics.

Record TypeWeightCountryVenueDate
World record144.0 kg [1] Flag of Nigeria.svg  Loveline Obiji  (NGR) Glasgow 2 August 2014
Paralympic record––––

Results

RankNameBody weight (kg)Attempts (kg)Result (kg)
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Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Egypt.svg  Randa Mahmoud  (EGY)85.93125.0130.0 PR 140.0137.0130.0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Jordan.svg  Tharwh Tayseer Hamdan Alhajaj  (JOR)83.48116.0119.0119.0–119.0
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Mexico.svg  Catalina Diaz Vilchis  (MEX)80.26113.0116.0117.0–117.0
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Fengmei  (CHN)83.02111.0117.0117.0–111.0
5Flag of Brazil.svg  Marcia Cristina Menezes  (BRA)83.85100.0105.0110.0–105.0
6Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  Haifa Naqbi  (UAE)82.4480.090.095.0–80.0

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References

  1. 1 2 "Powerlifting: Results – Women's −86 kg Group A". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Women's −86 kg". Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

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