# 2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg

The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The women's 63 kilograms division was staged on 12 November 2005.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 12 November 2005 | 13:00 | Group B |
| 12 November 2005 | 17:30 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Pawina Thongsuk (THA) | 116 kg | Svetlana Shimkova (RUS) | 108 kg | Liu Xia (CHN) | 105 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Pawina Thongsuk (THA) | 140 kg | Svetlana Shimkova (RUS) | 139 kg | Liu Xia (CHN) | 133 kg |
| Total | Pawina Thongsuk (THA) | 256 kg | Svetlana Shimkova (RUS) | 247 kg | Liu Xia (CHN) | 238 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Hanna Batsiushka (BLR) | 115 kg | Athens, Greece | 18 August 2004 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Nataliya Skakun (UKR) | 138 kg | Vancouver, Canada | 18 November 2003 |
| World Record | Total | Liu Xia (CHN) | 247 kg | Qinhuangdao, China | 12 September 2003 |

## 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 |
| | Pawina Thongsuk (THA) | A | 62.54 | 105 | 110 | 116 | | 135 | 140 | 145 | | 256 |
| | Svetlana Shimkova (RUS) | A | 62.75 | 105 | 105 | 108 | | 132 | 137 | 139 | | 247 |
| | Liu Xia (CHN) | A | 62.30 | 97 | 102 | 105 | | 128 | 133 | 138 | | 238 |
| 4 | Dominika Misterska (POL) | A | 62.53 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 5 | 120 | 123 | 123 | 4 | 215 |
| 5 | Leydi Solís (COL) | B | 62.39 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 7 | 110 | 115 | 117 | 5 | 209 |
| 6 | Zlatina Atanasova (BUL) | A | 62.51 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 9 | 110 | 115 | 120 | 6 | 205 |
| 7 | Natalie Woolfolk (USA) | B | 61.91 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 4 | 104 | 108 | 108 | 12 | 204 |
| 8 | Lenka Orságová (CZE) | A | 62.35 | 88 | 92 | 92 | 6 | 110 | 112 | 113 | 11 | 202 |
| 9 | Solsiris Francisco (PUR) | B | 62.59 | 85 | 85 | 90 | 10 | 105 | 110 | 112 | 8 | 202 |
| 10 | Mónica Picón (COL) | B | 58.53 | 85 | 88 | 90 | 11 | 106 | 110 | 113 | 7 | 201 |
| 11 | Olibia Toka (GRE) | B | 61.95 | 87 | 87 | 91 | 8 | 105 | 110 | 110 | 10 | 201 |
| 12 | Milka Maneva (BUL) | B | 62.18 | 83 | 83 | 90 | 14 | 108 | 111 | 119 | 9 | 194 |
| 13 | Carissa Gordon (USA) | B | 61.75 | 83 | 86 | 89 | 12 | 107 | 107 | 115 | 13 | 193 |
| 14 | Masako Tokeshi (JPN) | B | 62.03 | 78 | 82 | 82 | 15 | 102 | 106 | 106 | 14 | 188 |
| 15 | Szilvia Nagy (HUN) | B | 60.96 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 16 | 88 | 93 | 95 | 15 | 172 |
| 16 | Rhariba Daamon (MAR) | B | 62.39 | 50 | 55 | 60 | 17 | 60 | 66 | 71 | 16 | 126 |
| — | Leila Lassouani (ALG) | A | 62.56 | 86 | 86 | 89 | 13 | 117 | 117 | 117 | — | — |
| DQ | Saipin Detsaeng (THA) | A | 61.84 | 95 | 100 | 102 | — | 115 | 120 | 120 | — | — |

## New records

| Snatch | 116 kg | Pawina Thongsuk (THA) | WR |
| Clean & Jerk | 139 kg | Svetlana Shimkova (RUS) | WR |
| Clean & Jerk | 140 kg | Pawina Thongsuk (THA) | WR |
| Total | 251 kg | Pawina Thongsuk (THA) | WR |
| Total | 256 kg | Pawina Thongsuk (THA) | WR |