Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 53 kg

Weightlifting – Women's 53 kg at the 2015 Pan American Games
Weightlifting – Women's 53 kg at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	Oshawa Sports Centre
Dates	July 12
Competitors	8 from 6 nations
Medalists
	«2011 2019»

The women's 53 kg competition of the weightlifting events at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held on July 12 at the Oshawa Sports Centre. The defending champion was Yuderquis Contreras from Dominican Republic.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).

Date	Time	Round
July 12, 2015	14:00	Final

Results

8 athletes from six countries took part.^[1]

PR – Pan American Games record

Rank	Name	Country	Group	B.weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)	Clean & Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Rusmeris Villar	Colombia	A	52.56	86	115 PR	201
	Génesis Rodríguez	Venezuela	A	52.97	92	109	201
	Yafreisy Silvestre	Dominican Republic	A	52.73	80	103	183
4	Rosane Santos	Brazil	A	52.67	82	100	182
5	Jessica Ruel	Canada	A	52.94	81	96	177
6	Leticia Laurindo	Brazil	A	52.18	75	96	171
7	Melanie Roach	United States	A	52.54	72	96	168
	Yuderqui Contreras	Dominican Republic	A	52.92			DNF