Liao Qiuyun Explained

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.

Career

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]

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
Representing
Olympic Games
align=left 92 95 97 2 118 123 126 2 223
World Championships
align=left 95 95 98 120 125 129 WR 227 WR
Asian Championships
201955 kg 93 96 96 118 122 128 WR 224
IWF World Cup
55 kg 93 96 98 118 121 125 221

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete Results. IWF.net. 4 September 2019.
  2. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Women's 55kg Results . Olympics.com . 4 February 2022 . 18 November 2023.
  3. Web site: 2019 World Championships Entry List. 18 November 2023.
  4. Web site: 2019 IWF World Cup Results Book . 4 September 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 .
  5. Web site: Results of women's 55kg final at Asian Weightlifting Championships. https://web.archive.org/web/20190904192824/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/22/c_137999072.htm. dead. 4 September 2019. Zinhuanet. 4 September 2019.
  6. Web site: 2019 Asian Championships Results. IWF.net. 4 September 2019.
  7. Web site: Women's 55 kg Results. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726145835/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFW55KG--------------FNL---------.pdf. 26 July 2021. 31 July 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.