Li Wenwen (Chinese: 李雯雯; pinyin: Lǐ Wénwén; born 5 March 2000) is a Chinese weightlifter competing in the women's +87 kg division.[5] She won the Olympic gold medal for the +87 kg division in 2020, and is the current world champion, as well as the incumbent Asian champion. In 2021, she set the current world records for both clean & jerk and snatch.
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Native name | 李雯雯 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Anshan, Liaoning, China | 5 March 2000|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 150 kg (331 lb)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | +87 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Wu Meijin[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editIn 2019 Li competed at the IWF World Cup[6] in Fuzhou, winning silver medals and setting junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk and total in the +87 kg category.[7] Later in 2019 she competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the +87 kg category. In the snatch portion she set a world record with a lift of 147 kg, and won gold medals in all lifts.
She competed at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in the +87 kg division against teammate Meng Suping.[8] She had a perfect 6 for 6 day and won gold medals in all lifts which included a world record clean & jerk of 186 kg which also set the total world record.[9]
Li improved on her own world records at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships in 2021. She increased her snatch record from 147 to 148, her clean & jerk record from 186 to 187, and her total record from 332 to 335.[10]
She represented China at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's +87 kg event, winning the gold medal with a new Olympic record of 320 kg.[11]
Major results
editYear | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2021 | Tokyo, Japan | +87 kg | 130 | 135 | 140 OR | 1 | 162 | 173 | 180 OR | 1 | 320 OR | |
2024 | Paris, France | +81 kg | 130 | 136 | — | 1 | 167 | 173 | 1 | 309 | ||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | +87 kg | 136 | 142 | 146 | 175 | 182 | 186 WR | 332 WR | |||
2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | +87 kg | 130 | 141 | 166 | 170 | — | 311 | ||||
Asian Championships | ||||||||||||
2019 | Ningbo, China | +87 kg | 137 | 142 | 147 WR | 175 | 322 | |||||
2020 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | +87 kg | 135 | 143 | 148 CWR | 175 | 187 CWR | — | 335 CWR | |||
2023 | Jinju, South Korea | +87 kg | 130 | 135 | 140 | 170 | 175 | — | 315 | |||
IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
2019 | Fuzhou, China | +87 kg | 135 | 142 | 175 | 182 | 324 | |||||
2019 | Tianjin, China | +87 kg | 130 | 138 | 165 | 173 | 177 | 315 |
References
edit- ^ "一个对自己成绩不满意 一个被奥运金牌"压"累了——汪周雨李雯雯都要向极限进击". General Administration of Sport of China. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Worried about the cardboard bed?A 300-pound Chinese weightlifting girl is sleeping on the ground, she has great hopes of winning gold in the Olympics". iNews. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Athletes".
- ^ 人在奥运年 李雯雯:快乐“大宝贝”重新归来 (in Chinese)
- ^ "China collect 31 golds, breaking 9 records at IWF World Cup". xinhuanet. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "IWF World Cup Fuzhou Start List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "IWF World Cup Fuzhou Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ "LI holds all three World Records". IWF.net. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Results Book
- ^ "Women's +87 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.