Li Dayin Explained

Li Dayin
Nationality:	Chinese
Birth Date:	1998 2, df=yes Xiushan County, Chongqing, China
Height:	1.75 m (5,9 ft)
Weight:	88.48 kg
Country:	China
Sport:	Weightlifting
Event:	–89 kg

Li Dayin (; born 12 February 1998) is a Chinese weightlifter, World Champion and Asian Champion currently competing in the 89 kg division.^{[1] [2] [3]} He has set three world records and holds the snatch junior world record in the 81 kg division, as well as the snatch and total senior world record in the 89 kg division. He won the gold medal in the men's 81kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^[4]

Career

World Championships

In 2018 the International Weightlifting Federation updated the weight classes, and he competed in the newly created 81 kg division as the 2018 World Championships. The 81 kg competition saw 5 world records set and 11 junior world records set.^[5] In the snatch portion Li set two junior world records and was in third place after Lü Xiaojun and Mohamed Ihab exchanged world record lifts. In the clean & jerk portion of the competition he exchanged junior world records with Harrison Maurus, his final gold medal winning lift of 204 kg secured him the bronze medal in the total and junior world records in all lifts.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Other Competitions

He competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup (a qualifying event for the 2020 Summer Olympics) held in Fuzhou.^[9] He swept gold and set a new world record in the total with 375 kg.^[10]

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
Representing
World Championships
	align=left			163	168	172		193	198	204		372
	align=left			166	166	171		198	206	206		377 WR
	align=left			167	171	174		198	201	201		372
		89 kg	170	177	177	4	206	213	213		383
Asian Championships
2019		81 kg	163	168	172		195	195	200	4	363
		81 kg	167	172	175 WR		198	198	198	–	–	–
		89 kg	171	176	180 WR		205	216	216		396 CWR
IWF World Cup
		81 kg	163	168	171		195	200	204		375 WR
		81 kg	165	171	171		190	195	200		371
	align=left		89 kg	173	177	178		210	210	216	4	383

• CWR: Current world record
• WR: World record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asian Games profile . en.Asiangames2018.id . 5 November 2018. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202856/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/LI-Dayin-3013833/ . 5 November 2018 .
2. Web site: Biography . IWF.net . 5 November 2018.
3. http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M81A.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 81 kg
4. News: Oliver . Brian . 11 December 2022 . Teenager Nasar gets world record after bomb-out at weightlifting World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 12 December 2022.
5. https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2018/11/Results_Book_Ashgabat_2018_v1.1.pdf 2018 IWF World Championships Ashgabat Results Book
6. Web site: 81 kg Standings . IWF.net . 5 November 2018.
7. Web site: A Chinese weightlifter became the fourth time champion of the IWF World Championships. Ashgabat2018. 31 December 2018.
8. Web site: World Record Parade in the men's 81kg. IWF.net . 5 November 2018 . 5 November 2018.
9. Web site: 2019 IWF World Cup Start List . 2019-03-03 . 2019-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190228130433/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/02/2019-Fuzhou-World-Cup_Start-List.pdf . dead .
10. Web site: 2019 IWF World Cup Results Book . 2019-03-03 . 2019-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190228130350/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/02/2019-Fuzhou-World-Cup_Results-Book.pdf . dead .