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The following are the records of Singapore in Olympic weightlifting. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts by the Singapore Weightlifting Federation (SWF).
Tan was featured in Time's "Millennium" series on Singapore sporting greats in 1999. In 2000, McDonald's sponsored Tan's trip to the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where he joined the Singapore contingent and attended the weightlifting competition. McDonald's also donated S$10,000 with the aim to help revive the sport of weightlifting in Singapore.
At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Singapore won their third bronze medal, bringing the total number of Olympic medals won to six. Singapore's first Olympic medal was won by Tan Howe Liang, who won silver in lightweight weightlifting in 1960 Summer Olympics. The first and to date only Olympic gold medal was won by Joseph Schooling in the men's 100 ...
Wong was the only representative for weightlifting and the first Singapore women to compete in weightlifting in the biennial competition. [18] Wong faced tough competitors in the 53 kg category, meeting Thailand's top lifter and the 2008 Olympic (53 kg) champion, [ 19 ] Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarkoon who won with a total of 205 kg.
Singapore, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal in Athens since the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where Tan Howe Liang claimed silver in men's weightlifting. Table tennis player Li Jiawei narrowly missed the nation's first ever medal in 44 years, after losing out her match against South Korea's Kim Kyung-Ah for the bronze.
This is the list of Olympic records in weightlifting. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. The weight classes for men on the Olympic program were adjusted for the 2000 Games, so Olympic records only exist based on the results during and after that. [1]
The Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) is the official governing body for the sport of weightlifting in Asia. ... Singapore: SGP Singapore National Olympic Council
348 kg. Tatiana Kashirina. Russia. 16 November 2014. World Championships. Almaty, Kazakhstan. [24][47] ^1 On the website of the International Weightlifting Federation, there is still the record of Nurcan Taylan (Turkey) of 121 kg who was disqualified for doping for this result. [48] Here was the previous mark.