Qiu Hongmei Explained

Qiu Hongmei (born 2 March 1983) is a Chinese weightlifter.

Qiu participated in the women's -58 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the gold medal, snatching 107 kg and clean and jerking an additional 130 kg for a total of 237 kg.^[1]

At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships, she won gold again in the women's -58 kg class.^[2]

With 141 kg, she held the world record in clean and jerk in the women's -58 kg class.,^[3] before Taiwan's Kuo Hsing-chun^[4] lifted at the 2017 Summer Universiade on August 21.

Achievements

2006 World Weightlifting Championships, -58 kg

2007 World Weightlifting Championships, -58 kg

Notes and References

1. http://www.iwf.net/results/results_results.php?placecod=8 75th MEN'S and 18th WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -58 KG WOMEN
2. Web site: ROYAL WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS. International Weightlifting Federation. 2008-08-09.
3. Web site: Progress of World Records, Women Seniors . International Weightlifting Federation . 2008-08-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080817082407/http://www.iwf.net/results/record_progw.php . August 17, 2008 .
4. Web site: Taiwanese win four gold, six silver medals . Taipei Times .