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5 unusual facts about 2006 World Weightlifting Championships


Aslanbek Ediev

Ediev participated in the men's -85 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the silver medal, finishing behind Andrei Rybakou.

Ouyang Xiaofang

Ouyang participated in the women's -63 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the gold medal, snatching 110 kg and clean and jerking an additional 136 kg for a total of 246 kg.

Suda Chaleephay

Chaleephay participated in the women's -53 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Qiu Hongxia and Raema Lisa Rumbewas.

Svetlana Ulyanova

Ulyanova participated in the women's -48 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships, but did not win a medal; however finished on an equal amount of lifted weight at the end of the competition alongside the silver and bronze medal winners.

Tatiana Matveyeva

Matveeva participated in the women's -69 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the silver medal, finishing behind Oxana Slivenko.


Diego Salazar

Salazar participated in the men's -62 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Qiu Le and Oscar Figueroa.

Hoang Anh Tuan

Tuấn participated in the men’s -56 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Li Zheng and Sergio Álvarez Boulet.

Sergio Álvarez Boulet

He participated in the men's -56 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the silver medal, finishing behind Li Zheng.


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