Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 53 kg

The women's 53 kg competition of the weightlifting events at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held on July 12 at the Oshawa Sports Centre. The defending champion was Yuderquis Contreras from 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.

Schedule All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Date Time RoundJuly 12, 2015 14:00 Final

Results 8 athletes from six countries took part.Women's 53 kg Group A start list PR – Pan American Games record Rank Name Country Group B.weight (kg) Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total (kg) Rusmeris Villar A 52.56 86 115 PR 201 Génesis Rodríguez A 52.97 92 109 201 Yafreisy Silvestre A 52.73 80 103 183 4 Rosane Santos A 52.67 82 100 182 5 Jessica Ruel A 52.94 81 96 177 6 Leticia Laurindo A 52.18 75 96 171 7 Melanie Roach A 52.54 72 96 168 Yuderqui Contreras A 52.92 DNF

New record The following record were established and improved upon during the competition. Clean & Jerk115.0 kgPR

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External links Weightlifting schedule