Personal information | |
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Full name | Cristina Cornejo Scheelje |
Nationality | Peru |
Born | Lima, Peru | 9 June 1985
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 118 kg (260 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Weightlifting |
Event | +75 kg |
Cristina Cornejo Scheelje (born June 9, 1985, in Lima) is a Peruvian weightlifter. [1] Cornejo represented Peru at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's super heavyweight category (+75 kg). She placed tenth in this event, as she successfully lifted 97 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 128 kg in a two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 225 kg. [2]