Liao Qiuyun | |
Nationality: | Chinese |
Birth Date: | 1995 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Yongzhou, China |
Height: | 1.52 m |
Weight: | 54.80 kg |
Country: | China |
Sport: | Weightlifting |
Event: | 55 kg |
Liao Qiuyun (born 13 July 1995) is a Chinese weightlifter.[1] She is the silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo[2] and World and Asian Champion.[3] She competes in the women's 55 kg division.
In early 2019 Liao competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup in the 55 kg division and won gold medals in all lifts.[4] Later in 2019 she competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 55 kg category, won gold medals in all lifts,[5] and set a world record in the clean & jerk with a lift of 128 kg. She outlifted silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz by 15 kg.[6] In 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won China a silver medal in women's 55 kg weightlifting.[2] [7]
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||
align=left | 92 | 95 | 97 | 2 | 118 | 123 | 126 | 2 | 223 | ||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||
align=left | 95 | 98 | 120 | 125 | 129 WR | 227 WR | |||||||||
Asian Championships | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 55 kg | 93 | 96 | 118 | 122 | 128 WR | 224 | ||||||||
IWF World Cup | |||||||||||||||
55 kg | 93 | 96 | 118 | 121 | 125 | 221 |