# 2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg

The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey from November 4 to November 11. The women's competition in 69 kg division was staged on 8 November 2001.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Valentina Popova (RUS) | 115.0 kg | Eszter Krutzler (HUN) | 110.0 kg | Svetlana Khabirova (RUS) | 110.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Valentina Popova (RUS) | 142.5 kg | Svetlana Khabirova (RUS) | 140.0 kg | Eszter Krutzler (HUN) | 130.0 kg |
| Total | Valentina Popova (RUS) | 257.5 kg | Svetlana Khabirova (RUS) | 250.0 kg | Eszter Krutzler (HUN) | 240.0 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Valentina Popova (RUS) | 113.5 kg | Brisbane, Australia | 1 September 2001 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Valentina Popova (RUS) | 143.5 kg | Brisbane, Australia | 1 September 2001 |
| World Record | Total | Valentina Popova (RUS) | 255.0 kg | Brisbane, Australia | 1 September 2001 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | 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 | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Valentina Popova (RUS) | 67.98 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 115.0 | | 135.0 | 142.5 | — | | 257.5 |
| | Svetlana Khabirova (RUS) | 68.26 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 110.0 | | 130.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | | 250.0 |
| | Eszter Krutzler (HUN) | 67.04 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 110.0 | | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | | 240.0 |
| 4 | Huang Shih-chun (TPE) | 68.12 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 105.0 | 4 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 5 | 232.5 |
| 5 | Maria Tatsi (GRE) | 67.80 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 9 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 4 | 225.0 |
| 6 | Vanda Maslovska (UKR) | 67.90 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 5 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 7 | 225.0 |
| 7 | Tulia Medina (COL) | 68.36 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 100.0 | 6 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 9 | 220.0 |
| 8 | Madeleine Yamechi (CMR) | 68.52 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 10 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | 8 | 217.5 |
| 9 | Madiha Abdelmoneim (EGY) | 68.78 | 92.5 | 95.0 | 97.5 | 8 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 10 | 217.5 |
| 10 | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | 68.32 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 100.0 | 7 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 12 | 212.5 |
| 11 | Katalin Laczi (HUN) | 68.96 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 11 | 115.0 | 120.0 | — | 11 | 210.0 |
| 12 | Cinthya Domínguez (MEX) | 68.28 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 12 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 14 | 195.0 |
| 13 | Katerina Rezynova (UKR) | 65.18 | 82.5 | 82.5 | 82.5 | 15 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 110.0 | 13 | 192.5 |
| 14 | Hanna Keränen (FIN) | 68.80 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 13 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 17 | 192.5 |
| 15 | Aiza Kutysheva (KAZ) | 67.86 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 14 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 16 | 190.0 |
| 16 | Teresa Ernster (NED) | 65.66 | 77.5 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 17 | 97.5 | 102.5 | 105.0 | 15 | 185.0 |
| 17 | Lessya Karasseva (KAZ) | 66.14 | 72.5 | 77.5 | 82.5 | 16 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 100.0 | 18 | 180.0 |
| 18 | Michelle York (GBR) | 64.42 | 67.5 | 70.0 | 72.5 | 18 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 19 | 155.0 |
| — | Yu Honglian (CHN) | 67.82 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | — | 125.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 6 | — |

## New records

| Snatch | 115.0 kg | Valentina Popova (RUS) | WR |
| Total | 257.5 kg | Valentina Popova (RUS) | WR |