Li_Wenwen
Li Wenwen
Chinese weightlifter (born 2000)
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.[4] 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 | (2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 (age 24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2019 Li competed at the IWF World Cup[5] in Fuzhou, winning silver medals and setting junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk and total in the +87 kg category.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]
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.[9]
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.[10]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2021 |  Tokyo, Japan | +87 kg | 130 | 135 | 140 OR | 1 | 162 | 173 | 180 OR | 1 | 320 OR |  |
| 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 | |
| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Fuzhou, China | +87 kg | 135 | 142 |  | 175 | 182 | | 324 | | ||
| 2019 | Tianjin, China | +87 kg | 130 | 138 | | 165 | 173 | 177 | | 315 | | |
- "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.
- "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.
- "Women's +87 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
