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Liao Qiuyun

Liao Qiuyun

Chinese weightlifter (born 1995)

Liao Qiuyun (Chinese: 廖秋云, born 13 July 1995) is a Chinese weightlifter.[1] She is the silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo[2] and World and Asian Champion.[3] She competes in the women's 55 kg division.

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

In early 2019 Liao competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup in the 55 kg division and won gold medals in all lifts.[4] Later in 2019 she competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 55 kg category, won gold medals in all lifts,[5] and set a world record in the clean & jerk with a lift of 128 kg. She outlifted silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz by 15 kg.[6] In 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won China a silver medal in women's 55 kg weightlifting.[2][7]

Major results

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References

  1. [1]
    "Athlete Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Tokyo 2020 Women's 55kg Results". Olympics.com. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  3. [3]
    "2019 World Championships Entry List" (PDF). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  4. [4]
    "2019 IWF World Cup Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Results of women's 55kg final at Asian Weightlifting Championships". Zinhuanet. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. [6]
    "2019 Asian Championships Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Women's 55 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.


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