Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 61 kg
| Powerlifting – Women's 61 kg at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo International Forum | ||||||||||||
| Date | 28 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | ||
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| Men | Women | |
| 49 kg | 41 kg | |
| 54 kg | 45 kg | |
| 59 kg | 50 kg | |
| 65 kg | 55 kg | |
| 72 kg | ||
| 80 kg | 67 kg | |
| 88 kg | 73 kg | |
| 97 kg | 79 kg | |
| 107 kg | 86 kg | |
| +107 kg | +86 kg | |
The women's 61 kg powerlifting event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was contested on 28 August at Tokyo International Forum.[1]
Records
There are twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for men and women. Prior to this competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows.
| World Record |  Lucy Ejike (NGR) |
142.0 kg | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11 September 2016 |
| Paralympic Record | Lucy Ejike (NGR) |
142.0 kg | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11 September 2016 |
Results
| Rank | Name | Body weight (kg) | Attempts (kg) | Result (kg) | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
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 Amalia Pérez (MEX) |
58.86 | 125 | 126 | 131 | – | 131 |
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 Ruza Kuzieva (UZB) |
58.35 | 130 | – | 130 | ||
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Lucy Ejike (NGR) |
60.24 | 130 | – | 130 | ||
| 4 |  Fatma Korany (EGY) |
59.42 | 116 | 119 | 127 | – | 127 |
| 5 |  Rayisa Toporkova (UKR) |
59.05 | 110 | – | 110 | ||
| 6 | %252C_Flag_of_Syria_(1980%E2%80%932024).svg.png){kind=small} Fatema Alhasan (SYR) |
60.57 | 92 | 97 | – | 97 | |
| 7 |  Lin Ya-hsuan (TPE) |
60.05 | 73 | 78 | – | 78 | |
 Somkhoun Anon (THA) |
57.28 | – | NM | ||||
 Yasemin Ceylan Baydar (TUR) |
60.84 | – | NM | ||||
References
- ^ "Women's -61 kg". Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.