title: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 79 kg
text: # Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 79 kg
  
  The women's 79 kg powerlifting event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was contested on 29 August at Tokyo International Forum.
  
  ## Records
  
  There are twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for men and women. Prior to this competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Vera Muratova (RUS) | 143 kg | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 22 June 2021 |
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  | Paralympic Record | Bose Omolayo (NGR) | 138 kg | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12 September 2016 |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Name | Body weight (kg) | Attempts (kg) | Attempts (kg) | Attempts (kg) | Attempts (kg) | Result (kg) |
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  | Rank | Name | Body weight (kg) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Result (kg) |
  | | Bose Omolayo (NGR) | 76.69 | 135 | 138 | 141 PR | 144 | 141 |
  | | Nataliia Oliinyk (UKR) | 78.59 | 125 | 130 | 133 | – | 133 |
  | | Vera Muratova (RPC) | 78.21 | 132 | 136 | 138 | – | 132 |
  | 4 | Asma Issa (JOR) | 76.66 | 112 | 115 | 118 | – | 115 |
  | 5 | Sanae Soubane (MAR) | 77.21 | 110 | 110 | 111 | – | 111 |
  | 6 | Gehan Hassan (EGY) | 78.02 | 104 | 110 | 112 | – | 110 |
  | 7 | Maria Montserrat Alcoba Membrilla (ESP) | 77.03 | 103 | 107 | 110 | – | 107 |
  | 8 | Chika Sakamoto (JPN) | 78.49 | 72 | 77 | 80 | – | 77 |
  