Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 79 kg
The women's 79 kg powerlifting event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held on 12 September at Riocentro Pavilion 2. Lifters had three attempts, with the best lift counting as the final result. The winner could earn a fourth attempt to try to set a new record. Weight categories had been reorganized after the 2012 Games, so this was a new class and Paralympic records for it did not exist beforehand; world records were the targets.
Gold went to Bose Omolayo of Nigeria with a world-record lift of 138.0 kg. Silver went to Xu Lili of China, and bronze to Lin Tzu-hui of Chinese Taipei.
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