Li Fabin Explained

Li Fabin
Nationality:	Chinese
Birth Date:	15 January 1993
Birth Place:	Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
Height:	1.60 m
Weight:	60.80 kg
Country:	China
Sport:	Weightlifting
Event:	–61 kg
Club:	Fujian Province

Li Fabin (Chinese: 李发彬; born 15 January 1993) is a Chinese weightlifter, two-times Olympic gold medalist, World Champion, and four time Asian Champion competing in the 56 kg division^{[1] [2]} until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.^[3]

Career

He competed at the 2018 World Championships in the newly created 61 kg category, winning a silver medal in the snatch and in the total.^{[4] [5]} He competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 61 kg division winning gold medals in all lifts.^{[6] [7]}

In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[8]

In August 2024, he competed in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He won his second gold medal setting an Olympic record in Snatch (143 kg).

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
Summer Olympics
	Tokyo, Japan		137	137	141		166	172	178		313
	align=left	Paris, France		137	140	143		167	167	172		310
World Championships
	align=left	Almaty, Kazakhstan		130	134	135		157	162	162	4	291	4
	align=left	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan		133	138	142		160	165	168	4	310
	align=left	Pattaya, Thailand		138	141	145 WR		168	173	175		318 CWR
	align=left	Bogotá, Colombia		137	140	140		167	175	175 WR		312
	align=left	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		137	141	146		167	167	169		308
IWF World Cup
	align=left	Phuket, Thailand	61 kg	138	143	146 CWR		166	173	173	5	312
Asian Games
	Hangzhou, China		137	141	143 GR		167	171	171		310 GR
Asian Championships
2012	Pyeongtaek, South Korea	56 kg	121	125	126		150	153	155		279
2016	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	56 kg	121	126	126		142	147	147	4	273
2017	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	56 kg	123	123	125		145	145	149		272
2019	Ningbo, China	61 kg	137	141	141		167	171	175		312
2021	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	61 kg	138	142	142		170	176	176		312
2023	Jinju, South Korea		136	141	143		166	171	174		314

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biography . IWF.net . November 3, 2018.
2. https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/LI-Fabin-3011710/ 2018 Asian Games profile
3. http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M61A.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 61 kg
4. Web site: Men's 61kg - Standings . IWF.net . November 3, 2018.
5. Web site: IRAWAN World Champion. IWF.net. 3 November 2018 . 20 April 2019.
6. Web site: Li Fabin wins three golds at Asian Weightlifting Championships. https://web.archive.org/web/20190420163535/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/20/c_137993925.htm. dead. April 20, 2019. Xinhuanet. 20 April 2019.
7. https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/04/2019%E5%B9%B4%E4%BA%9A%E6%B4%B2%E4%B8%BE%E9%87%8D%E9%94%A6%E6%A0%87%E8%B5%9B%E7%A7%A9%E5%BA%8F%E5%8D%952019-AWF-Asain-Weightlifting-Championships-START-LIST.pdf 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships Start List
8. News: Oliver. Brian. 25 July 2021. Second weightlifting gold for China - and heartbreak for Saudi Arabian - at Tokyo 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 25 July 2021.