Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 56 kg

Powerlifting – Women's 56 kg at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	2 September 2012 (2012-09-02)
Competitors	7 from 7 nations
Winning lift	142.0 kg
Medalists
Fatma Omar  Egypt Lucy Ejike  Nigeria Özlem Becerikli  Turkey

The women's 56 kg powerlifting event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested on 2 September at ExCeL London.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows.

World record	141.5 kg	Fatma Omar (EGY)	Beijing, China	10 September 2008
Paralympic record	141.5 kg	Fatma Omar (EGY)	Beijing, China	10 September 2008

Results

Rank	Name	Body weight (kg)	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)
			1	2	3	4
	Fatma Omar (EGY)	54.86	132.0	137.0	142.0	–	142.0 WR
	Lucy Ejike (NGR)	55.27	135.0	142.0	142.5	–	135.0
	Özlem Becerikli (TUR)	52.49	115.0	117.0	118.0	–	118.0
4	Jianjin Cui (CHN)	55.85	108.0	110.0	118.0	–	110.0
5	Irina Kazantseva (RUS)	54.45	101.0	108.0	108.0	–	101.0
6	Siow Lee Chan (MAS)	53.70	80.0	85.0	86.0	–	80.0
–	Elena Abasova (UZB)	54.60	65.0	70.0	72.0	–	NMR

References

• "Women's -56 kg". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.