Deng Wei (weightlifter) explained

Deng Wei
Nationality:	Chinese
Birth Date:	1993 2, df=yes
Birth Place:	Sanming, China
Height:	1.59 m
Weight:	63.40 kg
Country:	China
Sport:	Weightlifting
Event:	–64 kg
Club:	Fujian Province

Deng Wei (born 14 February 1993) is a Chinese retired^[1] weightlifter.^{[2] [3]} She is an Olympic Champion,^[4] five-time World Champion and Asian Champion. She competed in the 58 kg and 63 kg categories until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.^[5]

Career

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 63 kg category. She put on a dominating display, she matched the Olympic Record of 115 kg in the snatch, and set new World Records in the clean & jerk and total.^[6] She outlifted the silver medalist Choe Hyo-sim by 14 kg.^[7]

In 2018 she competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, sweeping gold medals in all lifts,^[8] while setting 5 new senior world records,^[9] and outlifting the silver medalist Rim Un-sim by 14 kg.

Throughout her career she has set 20 senior world records.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank	width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank
Olympic Games
			108	112	115	1	138	147 WR	—	1	262 WR
World Championships
			93	102	102		120	131	135		237
			105	108	108		133	133	133	—	—	—
			110	110	110	4	130	136	142		252
			110	110	113		140	146 WR	--		259
			110	110	112 WR		135	138	140 WR		252 WR
			108	113	116 WR		138	143 WR	145 WR		261 CWR
Asian Games
			110	115	116	2	141	144	144 WR	2	259
Asian Championships
2019		64 kg	108	112	115 WR		137	142 WR	—		257 WR
IWF World Cup
		64 kg	108	113 WR	—		135	141 WR	—		254 WR
		64 kg	108	113	117 CWR		138	143	143		255
Junior World Championships
2011		58 kg	105	110	112		128	133	133		243
Youth Olympic Games
			100	105	110	1	125	132	137	1	242
World Youth Championships
2009		58 kg	86	91	98		110	116	124		222

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting
• List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dominant Weightlifter Deng Wei Retires. setforset.com. 14 February 2022. 8 January 2023.
2. Web site: 2018 Asian Games profile . 5 November 2018 . 6 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181106053227/https://www.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/DENG-Wei-3011567/ . dead .
3. http://ashgabat2018.com/img/protocols/W64A.pdf 2018 World Weightlifting Championships −64 kg results
4. Web site: Deng Wei Olympic PRofile. Olympic.org. 15 February 2019.
5. http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/W64A.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 64 kg
6. News: Weightlifting: China's Deng wins gold with world record as rival withdrawn. Reuters. 9 August 2016 . 15 February 2019.
7. News: Rio Olympics: Deng Wei of China sets world record in the women's 63-kilogram weightlifting event. LA Times. 15 February 2019.
8. Web site: FORMER YOG STARS REACH NEW HEIGHTS. Olympic.org. 15 February 2019.
9. Web site: DENG Wei, four times World Champion. IWF.net. 5 November 2018 . 16 November 2018.