# 2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg

The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The women's 75 kilograms division was staged on 5 October 2006.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 5 October 2006 | 12:00 | Group B |
| 5 October 2006 | 16:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) | 122 kg | Cao Lei (CHN) | 118 kg | Nahla Ramadan (EGY) | 115 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Cao Lei (CHN) | 150 kg | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) | 145 kg | Zarema Kasaeva (RUS) | 136 kg |
| Total | Cao Lei (CHN) | 268 kg | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) | 267 kg | Zarema Kasaeva (RUS) | 246 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 130 kg | Doha, Qatar | 13 November 2005 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Liu Chunhong (CHN) | 159 kg | Doha, Qatar | 13 November 2005 |
| World Record | Total | Svetlana Podobedova (RUS) | 286 kg | Hangzhou, China | 2 June 2006 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Cao Lei (CHN) | A | 71.49 | 115 | 118 | 122 | | 145 | 150 | 150 | | 268 |
| | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) | A | 73.65 | 115 | 118 | 122 | | 145 | 145 | 150 | | 267 |
| | Zarema Kasaeva (RUS) | A | 70.48 | 105 | 110 | 115 | 4 | 130 | 136 | 136 | | 246 |
| 4 | Kim Soon-hee (KOR) | A | 74.54 | 105 | 110 | 110 | 6 | 133 | 141 | 141 | 5 | 243 |
| 5 | Ubaldina Valoyes (COL) | A | 70.70 | 100 | 100 | 105 | 7 | 127 | 132 | 135 | 4 | 240 |
| 6 | Sinta Darmariani (INA) | A | 73.92 | 99 | 103 | 103 | 16 | 130 | 130 | 132 | 6 | 231 |
| 7 | Irina Vlassova (KAZ) | A | 74.35 | 95 | 100 | 105 | 11 | 125 | 130 | 132 | 7 | 230 |
| 8 | Nadiya Myronyuk (UKR) | A | 74.61 | 97 | 100 | 103 | 8 | 118 | 123 | 125 | 11 | 228 |
| 9 | Damaris Aguirre (MEX) | B | 74.56 | 98 | 102 | 106 | 9 | 120 | 125 | 127 | 10 | 227 |
| 10 | Yvonne Kranz (GER) | B | 74.58 | 93 | 96 | 98 | 17 | 122 | 126 | 126 | 9 | 224 |
| 11 | Claret Bellorín (VEN) | B | 74.40 | 95 | 100 | 102 | 12 | 116 | 120 | 123 | 12 | 223 |
| 12 | Natallia Ivanenka (BLR) | B | 74.83 | 90 | 95 | 100 | 14 | 115 | 120 | 120 | 14 | 220 |
| 13 | Yesenia Gauna (VEN) | B | 74.97 | 98 | 102 | 104 | 10 | 110 | 116 | 117 | 15 | 219 |
| 14 | Natividad Domínguez (DOM) | B | 74.97 | 95 | 99 | 99 | 19 | 117 | 122 | 127 | 13 | 217 |
| 15 | Doreen Fullhart (USA) | B | 74.95 | 100 | 103 | 103 | 15 | 110 | 114 | 119 | 17 | 214 |
| 16 | Iryna Kulesha (BLR) | B | 74.88 | 90 | 94 | 97 | 18 | 105 | 110 | 115 | 16 | 212 |
| 17 | Nguyễn Thị Phương Loan (VIE) | B | 73.16 | 93 | 93 | — | 20 | 102 | 105 | 105 | 19 | 198 |
| 18 | Eleni Kourtelidou (GRE) | B | 74.41 | 81 | 85 | 88 | 21 | 105 | 105 | 106 | 18 | 191 |
| 19 | Martina Szepesi (HUN) | B | 69.45 | 75 | 75 | 78 | 22 | 93 | 98 | 101 | 20 | 176 |
| — | Nahla Ramadan (EGY) | A | 74.58 | 111 | 115 | 119 | | 140 | 140 | 140 | — | — |
| — | Yang Houqin (MAC) | A | 74.35 | 110 | 112 | 112 | 5 | 140 | 140 | 140 | — | — |
| — | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | A | 74.65 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 13 | 120 | 120 | 120 | — | — |
| — | Kazue Imahoko (JPN) | A | 73.87 | 100 | 100 | 100 | — | 118 | 123 | 126 | 8 | — |