Li Wenwen
Representing ![]() | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 2020 Tokyo | +87 kg |
World Championships | ||
![]() | 2019 Pattaya | +87 kg |
![]() | 2022 Bogotá | +87 kg |
Asian Championships | ||
![]() | 2019 Ningbo | +87 kg |
![]() | 2020 Tashkent | +87 kg |
![]() | 2023 Jinju | +87 kg |
National Games of China | ||
![]() | 2021 Shaanxi | +87 kg |
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.
Career
In 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
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2021 | ![]() | +87 kg | 130 | 135 | 140 OR | 1 | 162 | 173 | 180 OR | 1 | 320 OR | ![]() |
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2019 | ![]() | +87 kg | 136 | 142 | 146 | ![]() | 175 | 182 | 186 WR | ![]() | 332 WR | ![]() |
2022 | ![]() | +87 kg | 130 | 141 | ![]() | 166 | 170 | — | ![]() | 311 | ![]() | |
Asian Championships | ||||||||||||
2019 | ![]() | +87 kg | 137 | 142 | 147 WR | ![]() | 175 | ![]() | 322 | ![]() | ||
2020 | ![]() | +87 kg | 135 | 143 | 148 CWR | ![]() | 175 | 187 CWR | — | ![]() | 335 CWR | ![]() |
IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
2019 | ![]() | +87 kg | 135 | 142 | ![]() | 175 | 182 | ![]() | 324 | ![]() | ||
2019 | ![]() | +87 kg | 130 | 138 | ![]() | 165 | 173 | 177 | ![]() | 315 | ![]() |
References
- ^ "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). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
External links
- Li Wenwen at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Li Wenwen at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Li Wenwen at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Li Wenwen at Olympedia
- v
- t
- e
- 2000:
Ding Meiyuan (CHN)
- 2004:
Tang Gonghong (CHN)
- 2008:
Jang Mi-ran (KOR)
- 2012:
Zhou Lulu (CHN)
- 2016:
Meng Suping (CHN)
- 2020:
Li Wenwen (CHN)
- +75 kg (2000–2016)
- +87 kg (2020)
- +81 kg (2024–)