Rira Suzuki
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| Born | 6 September 1998 Funabashi, Chiba, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Shiroi, Chiba, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Employer(s) | ALSOK, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 146 cm (4 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48.5 kg (107 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 49 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | ALSOK, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Daichi Nagayama (ALSOK), Mari Taira (National) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rira Suzuki (鈴木 梨羅, Suzuki Rira) (born September 6, 1998) is a Japanese weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[1][2]
She competed in the women's 48 kg event at the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan.
She won the clean & jerk bronze medal in the women's 48 kg event at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3][4]
In 2024, Suzuki won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the Asian Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Later that year she set personal bests in Snatch, Clean & Jerk and total at the IWF World Cup.[5]
In August 2024, Suzuki competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[6] She made one successful attempt both in Snatch and Clean & Jerk setting 191 kg in total placing eighth in her first Olympic Games.[7]
