Li Wenwen Explained

Li Wenwen
Native Name:李雯雯
Nationality:Chinese
Birth Date:2000 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Anshan, Liaoning, China
Height:1.78m (05.84feet)[1] [2]
Weight:150 kg[3]
Country:China
Sport:Weightlifting
Coach:Wu Meijin[4]
Event:+87 kg

Li Wenwen (; born 5 March 2000) is a Chinese weightlifter competing in the women's +87 kg division.[5] She won the Olympic gold medal for the +87 kg division in 2020, and is 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.

Career

In 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]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=60 1width=60 2width=60 3width=45 Rankwidth=60 1width=60 2width=60 3width=45 Rank
Olympic Games
align=left 130 135 140 OR 1 162 173 180 OR 1 320 OR
130 136 1 167 173 174 1 309
World Championships
136 142 146 175 182 186 WR 332 WR
2022 Bogotá, Colombia+87 kg130141141166170311
Asian Championships
2019+87 kg 137 142 147 WR 175 180 185 322
+87 kg 135 143 148 CWR 175 187 CWR 335 CWR
+87 kg 130 135 140 170 175 315
IWF World Cup
+87 kg 135 142 146 175 175 182 324
+87 kg 130 138 142 165 173 177 315

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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. 3 August 2021. General Administration of Sport of China. 4 August 2021.
  2. Web site: 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. 4 August 2021. iNews. 4 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Athletes.
  4. https://tv.cctv.com/2024/05/21/VIDECNjB6gl3a5dI3cDhGnLb240521.shtml 人在奥运年 李雯雯:快乐“大宝贝”重新归来
  5. Web site: China collect 31 golds, breaking 9 records at IWF World Cup . https://web.archive.org/web/20190227232548/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-02/27/c_137855435.htm . dead . 27 February 2019 . xinhuanet. 27 February 2019.
  6. Web site: IWF World Cup Fuzhou Start List . 27 February 2019 . 28 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190228130433/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/02/2019-Fuzhou-World-Cup_Start-List.pdf . dead .
  7. Web site: IWF World Cup Fuzhou Results . 27 February 2019 . 28 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190228130350/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/02/2019-Fuzhou-World-Cup_Results-Book.pdf . dead .
  8. Web site: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS. Olympic Channel. 27 September 2019.
  9. Web site: LI holds all three World Records. IWF.net. 27 September 2019. 27 September 2019.
  10. https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/04/2020AsianResultsBook.pdf Results Book
  11. Web site: Women's +87 kg Results. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802130705/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFWO87KG-------------FNL---------.pdf. 2 August 2021. 2 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.