Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 55 kg

Powerlifting – Women's 55 kg at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Riocentro
Date	10 September 2016 (2016-09-10)
Competitors	9 from 9 nations
Winning lift	130.0 kg WR
Medalists
Amalia Pérez  Mexico Esther Oyema  Nigeria Xiao Cuijuan  China

The women's 55 kg powerlifting event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was contested on 10 September at Riocentro.^[1]

Records

There are twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for men and women. The weight categories were significantly adjusted after the 2012 Games so most of the weights are new for 2016. As a result, no Paralympic record was available for this weight class prior to the competition. The existing world records were as follows.

Record Type	Weight	Country	Venue	Date
World record	126 kg	Xiao Cuijuan (CHN)	Eger	26 November 2015
Paralympic record	–	–	–	–

Results

Rank	Name	Body weight (kg)	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)
			1	2	3	4
	Amalia Pérez (MEX)	54.24	120.0	120.0	130.0 WR PR	132.0	130.0
	Esther Oyema (NGR)	52.75	127.00	127.0	130.0		127.0
	Xiao Cuijuan (CHN)	53.76	115.0	115.0	120.0	-	115.0
4	Mariana Shevchuk (UKR)	53.31	107.0	107.0	115.0	–	107.0
5	Greta Vardanyan (ARM)	54.09	90.0	95.0	96.0	–	96.0
6	Natalie Blake (GBR)	54.41	91.0	93.0	93.0	–	93.0
7	Martina Barbierato (ITA)	53.60	88.0	92.0	95.0	–	92.0
8	Hoang Tuyet Loan Chau (VIE)	50.13	88.0	91.0	91.0	–	88.0
9	Sibel Cam (TUR)	50.83	85.0	90.0	90.0	–	90.0

References

1. "Women's -55 kg". Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.