2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg

2001 World Weightlifting Championships
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 kg	53 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	+75 kg
	+105 kg
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The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey from November 4 to November 11. The women's competition in 53 kg division was staged on 5 November 2001.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Li Feng-ying (TPE)	95.0 kg	Qiu Hongxia (CHN)	92.5 kg	Alexandra Escobar (ECU)	90.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Alexandra Escobar (ECU)	115.0 kg	Li Feng-ying (TPE)	115.0 kg	Qiu Hongxia (CHN)	115.0 kg
Total	Li Feng-ying (TPE)	210.0 kg	Qiu Hongxia (CHN)	207.5 kg	Alexandra Escobar (ECU)	205.0 kg

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

World Record	Snatch	Yang Xia (CHN)	100.0 kg	Sydney, Australia	18 September 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Yang Xia (CHN)	125.0 kg	Sydney, Australia	18 September 2000
	Total	Yang Xia (CHN)	225.0 kg	Sydney, Australia	18 September 2000

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Li Feng-ying (TPE)	52.48	90.0	92.5	95.0		115.0	115.0	117.5		210.0
	Qiu Hongxia (CHN)	52.82	90.0	92.5	95.0		115.0	117.5	120.0		207.5
	Alexandra Escobar (ECU)	52.40	85.0	90.0	90.0		110.0	110.0	115.0		205.0
4	Emine Bilgin (TUR)	52.96	90.0	90.0	92.5	4	107.5	107.5	115.0	5	197.5
5	Maryse Turcotte (CAN)	52.82	80.0	85.0	85.0	11	110.0	112.5	117.5	4	192.5
6	Mabel Mosquera (COL)	52.74	80.0	80.0	85.0	6	102.5	102.5	105.0	7	190.0
7	Nandini Devi (IND)	52.24	80.0	80.0	82.5	9	100.0	105.0	105.0	6	185.0
8	Aylin Daşdelen (TUR)	52.48	80.0	85.0	85.0	5	100.0	105.0	105.0	9	185.0
9	Dagmar Daneková (SVK)	51.92	80.0	80.0	82.5	8	100.0	102.5	105.0	8	182.5
10	Sade Okotie-Eboh (NGR)	51.22	75.0	80.0	80.0	7	95.0	100.0	100.0	11	175.0
11	Anikó Ajkay (HUN)	52.72	75.0	80.0	80.0	13	100.0	105.0	105.0	10	175.0
12	Rebeca Sires (ESP)	52.24	75.0	77.5	80.0	12	95.0	100.0	100.0	12	170.0
13	Heidi Neubacher (AUT)	52.90	70.0	70.0	72.5	15	90.0	95.0	95.0	13	162.5
14	Marina Reyes (MEX)	52.48	70.0	72.5	75.0	14	80.0	85.0	85.0	14	157.5
15	Kirstie Law (GBR)	51.92	55.0	60.0	62.5	16	72.5	77.5	77.5	16	140.0
16	Jo Calvino (GBR)	52.66	60.0	62.5	62.5	17	77.5	80.0	80.0	15	140.0
—	Neli Yankova (BUL)	52.58	77.5	77.5	80.0	10	102.5	102.5	102.5	—	—

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Pages 31–32 Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine