Chen Xiexia Explained

Birth Date:8 January 1983
Sport:Weightlifting

Chen Xiexia (; born January 8, 1983, in Panyu, Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a Chinese weightlifter.

Career

She won three golds at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships.[1] and the first gold medal for China in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 48 kg class, setting an Olympic Record by lifting a total of 212 kg.[2]

She also won 3 golds at the 2007 Asian Championships, with a world record of 120 kg in clean and jerk.[3] At the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium on Day 1 of the Olympic Games, 152 cm Xiexia, 25, yelled "jia you!" (come on!), and succeeded on all six attempts (snatch: 95 kg; clean and jerk: 117 kg).[4] [5] [6]

On 12 January 2017 it was announced that because of a doping violation she had been disqualified from the 2008 Olympic Games, and was stripped of her gold medal. Chen Wei-Ling of Chinese Taipei, originally the bronze medalist, was awarded the gold medal instead.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chen Xiexia wins three golds at World Weightlifting Championships - the Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games . 2008-07-31 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080801204206/http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/weightlifting/n214160317.shtml . 2008-08-01 .
  2. http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/weightlifting/n214520383.shtml Flash: Champion Chen of China with a new Olympic Record
  3. Web site: Progress of World Records, Women Seniors. International Weightlifting Federation. 2008-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20080817082407/http://www.iwf.net/results/record_progw.php. 2008-08-17. dead.
  4. Web site: afp.google.com, First Beijing Olympic gold medal results . 2008-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080812035046/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_Y8rqPMclNgS3_1iL-JKjtSRSbg . 2008-08-12 . dead.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20080813071136/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/09/content_9083224.htm news.xinhuanet.com, Factbox on Olympic weightlifting champion Chen Xiexia
  6. http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/weightlifting/n214520552.shtml en.beijing2008.cn, Chen Xiexia of China wins Weightlifting gold
  7. Web site: IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. IOC. 12 January 2017.

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