Wandee Kameaim

Wandee Kameaim (Thai: วันดี คำเอี่ยม, born January 18, 1978, in Ban Pong) is a Thai weightlifter.

Wandee Kameaim
Personal information
Born1978-01-18
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 58 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Warsaw 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2005 Doha 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Santo Domingo 58 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha 58 kg

At the 2002 World Championships she won the silver medal in the 58 kg category, with 212.5 kg in total.[1]

She competed in the women's 58 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal with 230.0 kg in total.[2]

Kameaim competed in the Women's 58 kg at the 2005 World Championships in Doha, Qatar and won the silver medal with 236.0 kg in total.[2] For a short time she held the World Record in clean and jerk with 135 kg, but lost it in the same event to Gu Wei who lifted 136 kg, and then 139 kg.[3] A year later she stuck at 230.0 kg at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and took the bronze medal.[2]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics she ranked 4th in the 58 kg category.[2]

Notes and references

  1. "Emine Bilgin takes snatch bronze". Turkish Daily News. 2002-11-22. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  2. "KAMEAIM Wandee". International Weightlifting Federation.
  3. "Progress of World Records, Women's 58 kg". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-08-17.
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