- Svetlana Tsarukaeva
Svetlana Tsarukaeva (born
25 December 1987 ) is aRussia n weightlifter.She won the 2006 Women's Junior World Championships in the 58 kg category, with a total of 231 kg.
Tsarukaeva participated in the women's -58 kg category at the
2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the silver medal, finishing behindQiu Hongmei . She snatched 108 kg andclean and jerk ed an additional 125 kg for a total of 233 kg, 4 kg behind winner Qiu.At the
2007 World Weightlifting Championships she won the silver medal in the 63 kg category, with a total of 250 kg.cite web|title=TSARUKAEVA Svetlana|publisher=International Weightlifting Federation|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=889]Tsarukaeva entered the
2008 Summer Olympics as the favourite for the 63kg event, but she failed in all three of her attempt at 107kg in the snatch and did not qualify for the clean & jerk. It was originally reported that she deliberately hit her head on the wall in frustration whilst exiting to the warm-up area, but video makes it clear that it was accidental, leaving her in floods of tears. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/12/2333218.htm?section=sport&site=olympics/2008 "Russian weightlifting favourite hits the wall"] , ABC, August 12, 2008] [ [http://olympics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/coming-unhinged/"Defeat, Then Agony"] , The New York Times, August 12, 2008]Achievements
:, -58 kg:, -63 kg
References
External links
* [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/200551.shtml Athlete Biography] at beijing2008
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