# 2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg

The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The women's 53 kilograms division was staged on 1 and 2 October 2006.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 1 October 2006 | 20:00 | Group C |
| 2 October 2006 | 12:00 | Group B |
| 2 October 2006 | 16:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Qiu Hongxia (CHN) | 98 kg | Raema Lisa Rumbewas (INA) | 95 kg | Suda Chaleephay (THA) | 92 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Qiu Hongxia (CHN) | 128 kg | Suda Chaleephay (THA) | 115 kg | Raema Lisa Rumbewas (INA) | 115 kg |
| Total | Qiu Hongxia (CHN) | 226 kg | Raema Lisa Rumbewas (INA) | 210 kg | Suda Chaleephay (THA) | 207 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Ri Song-hui (PRK) | 102 kg | Busan, South Korea | 1 October 2002 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Li Xuejiu (CHN) | 127 kg | Warsaw, Poland | 20 November 2002 |
| World Record | Total | Yang Xia (CHN) | 225 kg | Sydney, Australia | 18 September 2000 |

## 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 |
| | Qiu Hongxia (CHN) | A | 52.52 | 95 | 98 | 103 | | 120 | 125 | 128 | | 226 |
| | Raema Lisa Rumbewas (INA) | A | 52.92 | 90 | 90 | 95 | | 115 | 115 | 115 | | 210 |
| | Suda Chaleephay (THA) | A | 52.11 | 87 | 92 | 95 | | 112 | 112 | 115 | | 207 |
| 4 | Yuderqui Contreras (DOM) | A | 52.36 | 90 | 92 | 95 | 4 | 110 | 113 | 113 | 5 | 205 |
| 5 | Amnuaiporn Maneewan (THA) | A | 51.70 | 82 | 82 | 86 | 5 | 110 | 110 | 113 | 4 | 199 |
| 6 | Fang Hsin-tzu (TPE) | A | 52.16 | 81 | 85 | 87 | 6 | 105 | 110 | 112 | 7 | 195 |
| 7 | Fetie Kasaj (ALB) | A | 52.77 | 82 | 86 | 86 | 10 | 108 | 112 | 116 | 6 | 194 |
| 8 | Okta Dwi Pramita (INA) | A | 52.37 | 85 | 88 | 90 | 7 | 106 | 106 | 111 | 8 | 191 |
| 9 | Rusmeris Villar (COL) | B | 52.90 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 9 | 100 | 104 | 106 | 10 | 187 |
| 10 | Ana Margot Lemos (COL) | B | 52.90 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 12 | 100 | 104 | 106 | 9 | 185 |
| 11 | Soumaya Fatnassi (TUN) | A | 52.30 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 8 | 100 | 104 | 104 | 15 | 183 |
| 12 | Melanie Roach (USA) | B | 52.90 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 16 | 98 | 100 | 103 | 13 | 179 |
| 13 | Kumie Matsumiya (JPN) | B | 52.55 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 20 | 100 | 103 | 106 | 11 | 176 |
| 14 | Inmara Henríquez (VEN) | B | 52.75 | 73 | 77 | 77 | 22 | 98 | 100 | 103 | 12 | 176 |
| 15 | Marilou Dozois-Prévost (CAN) | C | 52.65 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 13 | 93 | 97 | 100 | 17 | 175 |
| 16 | Tseng Tzu-jung (TPE) | C | 52.57 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 11 | 90 | 94 | 96 | 19 | 174 |
| 17 | Maryse Turcotte (CAN) | B | 52.05 | 68 | 71 | 73 | 25 | 97 | 101 | 101 | 14 | 172 |
| 18 | Svetlana Vinogradova (KAZ) | C | 52.96 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 18 | 90 | 97 | 101 | 18 | 172 |
| 19 | Betsi Rivas (VEN) | B | 51.45 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 19 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 16 | 170 |
| 20 | María de la Puente (ESP) | C | 51.61 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 15 | 90 | 93 | 95 | 20 | 170 |
| 21 | Claritza Francisco (DOM) | B | 52.80 | 75 | 78 | 79 | 17 | 90 | 90 | 93 | 23 | 168 |
| 22 | Virginie Lachaume (FRA) | B | 52.60 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 21 | 93 | 95 | 95 | 22 | 166 |
| 23 | Estelle Lechat (FRA) | C | 52.52 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 23 | 89 | 93 | 93 | 21 | 165 |
| 24 | Oxana Zolotaryova (KAZ) | C | 52.54 | 65 | 70 | 72 | 24 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 24 | 162 |
| 25 | Maria Pipiliaridou (GRE) | C | 51.80 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 26 | 81 | 86 | 88 | 25 | 152 |
| 26 | Nadeene Latif (AUS) | C | 52.83 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 27 | 83 | 86 | 86 | 26 | 149 |
| 27 | Saula Nascimben (ITA) | C | 51.37 | 60 | 63 | 65 | 28 | 75 | 80 | 83 | 27 | 145 |
| 28 | Enrica De Luca (ITA) | C | 48.38 | 55 | 60 | 60 | 29 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 28 | 130 |
| — | Nataliya Trotsenko (UKR) | B | 52.85 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 14 | 90 | 90 | 90 | — | — |

## New records

| Clean & Jerk | 128 kg | Qiu Hongxia (CHN) | WR |
| Total | 226 kg | Qiu Hongxia (CHN) | WR |