[1] She has had a varied athletic career, beginning when she started gymnastics at the age of 15.
Koppel competed on the Argentine National Gymnastics Team.
In her three Olympic appearance, she earned her highest total in 2004, when she successfully completed a 220-lb snatch and 302.5-lb clean and jerk in the 165-lb category.
Before competing in the 2004 Games in Athens, she held the Pan-American record with a 572-lb total.
[2] This biographical article relating to weightlifting in Argentina is a stub.