2000 Gold Medalist Dies Of Heart Attack At Age 35

2000 gold medalist dies: Mexico’s first female champion dies of heart attack.

Soraya Jiminez, a weightlifter who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, was the first woman from Mexico to win gold. Jiminez died of a heart attack this week at age 35.

After a number of injuries forced her to retire from weightlifting, Jiminez became a sportscaster for the Televisa television network.

The Mexican Olympic Committee released a statement mourning the death of Jiminez, who was called “one of the most beloved athletes” of the nation.

Born in 1977 in Naucalpan, Jiminez was initially drawn to basketball, which she played along with her twin sister Magali. The two also practiced swimming and badminton, though Soraya Jiminez eventually made the shift to weightlifting.

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