Soraya Jiménez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Mendívil.
Soraya Jiménez
Personal information
Born 5 August 1977
Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico[1]
Died 28 March 2013(2013-03-28) (aged 35)
Mexico City, Mexico
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Mexico
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney – 58 kg
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo – 58 kg

Soraya Jiménez Mendivil (5 August 1977 – 28 March 2013) was a Mexican weightlifter and Olympic champion. She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won a gold medal.[2] Jiménez was the first female athlete from Mexico to ever win an Olympic gold medal.[3] She died at age 35 on 28 March 2013 at her home in Mexico City after suffering a heart attack.

References

  1. ↑ Ordorica, Ana Paula (29 March 2013). "El noticiero con Lolita Ayala". El noticiero con Lolita Ayala (in Spanish). Televisa. XEW-TV.
  2. ↑ "Soraya Jiménez". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  3. ↑ Profile: "Soraya Jimenez" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 19 January 2008)


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