Deng_Wei_(weightlifter)

Deng Wei (weightlifter)

Deng Wei (weightlifter)

Chinese weightlifter (born 1993)

Deng Wei (simplified Chinese: 邓薇; traditional Chinese: 鄧薇; pinyin: Dèng Wéi, born 14 February 1993) is a Chinese retired[1] weightlifter.[2][3] She is an Olympic Champion,[4] five-time World Champion and Asian Champion. She competed in the 58 kg and 63 kg categories until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[5]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Deng.
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Career

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 63 kg category. She put on a dominating display, she matched the Olympic Record of 115 kg in the snatch, and set new World Records in the clean & jerk and total.[6] She outlifted the silver medalist Choe Hyo-sim by 14 kg.[7]

In 2018 she competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, sweeping gold medals in all lifts,[8] while setting 5 new senior world records,[9] and outlifting the silver medalist Rim Un-sim by 14 kg.

Throughout her career she has set 20 senior world records.

Major results

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Dominant Weightlifter Deng Wei Retires". setforset.com. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. [2]
    "2018 Asian Games profile". Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. [3]
    2018 World Weightlifting Championships −64 kg results
  4. [4]
    "Deng Wei Olympic PRofile". Olympic.org. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  5. [5]
    PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 64 kg
  6. [6]
    "Weightlifting: China's Deng wins gold with world record as rival withdrawn". Reuters. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Rio Olympics: Deng Wei of China sets world record in the women's 63-kilogram weightlifting event". LA Times. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  8. [8]
    "FORMER YOG STARS REACH NEW HEIGHTS". Olympic.org. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  9. [9]
    "DENG Wei, four times World Champion". IWF.net. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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