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 is a double Olympic champion, 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Big Baby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 March 2000 Anshan, Liaoning, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Beijing, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fujian Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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]
In August 2024, she finished in first place in the women's +81 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[12]
Major results
edit| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | +87 kg | 130 | 135 | 140 OR | — | 162 | 173 | 180 OR | — | 320 OR | 
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| 2024 | Paris, France | +81 kg | 130 | 136 | — | — | 167 | 173 | — | 309 |
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | +87 kg | 136 | 142 | 146 | |
175 | 182 | 186 WR | |
332 WR |
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| 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | +87 kg | 130 | 141 |
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166 | 170 | — |
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311 |
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| 2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | +87 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Fuzhou, China | +87 kg | 135 | 142 |  |
175 | 182 | |
324 |
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| 2019 | Tianjin, China | +87 kg | 130 | 138 | |
165 | 173 | 177 | |
315 |
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| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand | +87 kg | 133 | 140 | 145 | |
170 | 180 | — | |
325 |
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| 2019 | Ningbo, China | +87 kg | 137 | 142 | 147 WR | |
175 | |
322 |
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| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | +87 kg | 135 | 143 | 148 CWR | |
175 | 187 CWR | — | |
335 CWR |
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| 2023 | Jinju, South Korea | +87 kg | 130 | 135 | 140 | |
170 | 175 | — | |
315 |
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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.
- ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
edit- 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 Olympics.com
- Li Wenwen at Olympedia
