Deng Wei (weightlifter)
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Born | 14 February 1993 |
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 63.40 kg (140 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | China |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
Event | –64 kg |
| Club | Fujian Province |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | |
Medal record | |
Deng Wei (simplified Chinese: 邓薇; traditional Chinese: 鄧薇; pinyin: Dèng Wéi, born 14 February 1993) is a Chinese retired[1] weightlifter.[2][3] She is an Olympic Champion,[4] five-time World Champion and Asian Champion. She competed in the 58 kg and 63 kg categories until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[5]
Career
[edit | edit source]She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 63 kg category. She put on a dominating display, she matched the Olympic Record of 115 kg in the snatch, and set new World Records in the clean & jerk and total.[6] She outlifted the silver medalist Choe Hyo-sim by 14 kg.[7]
In 2018 she competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, sweeping gold medals in all lifts,[8] while setting 5 new senior world records,[9] and outlifting the silver medalist Rim Un-sim by 14 kg.
Throughout her career she has set 20 senior world records.
Major results
[edit | edit source]| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 63 kg | 108 | 112 | 115 | 1 | 138 | 147 WR | — | 1 | 262 WR | 
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2010 |  Antalya, Turkey |
58 kg | 93 | 102 |  |
120 | 131 | 135 | |
237 |
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| 2013 |  Wrocław, Poland |
58 kg | 105 | 108 | |
— | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan | 63 kg | 110 | 4 | 130 | 136 | 142 | |
252 |
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| 2015 | United States Houston, United States | 63 kg | 110 | 113 | |
140 | 146 WR | -- | |
259 |
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| 2018 | Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 64 kg | 110 | 112 WR | |
135 | 138 | 140 WR | |
252 WR |
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| 2019 | Thailand Pattaya, Thailand | 64 kg | 108 | 113 | 116 WR | |
138 | 143 WR | 145 WR | |
261 CWR |
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| Asian Games | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | South Korea Incheon, South Korea | 63 kg | 110 | 115 | 2 | 141 | 144 WR | 2 | 259 | 
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| Asian Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | China Ningbo, China | 64 kg | 108 | 112 | 115 WR | |
137 | 142 WR | — | |
257 WR |
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| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | China Fuzhou, China | 64 kg | 108 | 113 WR | — | |
135 | 141 WR | — | |
254 WR |
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| 2019 | China Tianjin, China | 64 kg | 108 | 113 | 117 CWR | |
138 | |
255 |
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| Junior World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Malaysia Penang, Malaysia | 58 kg | 105 | 110 | |
128 | 133 | |
243 |
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| Youth Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | Singapore Singapore, Singapore | 58 kg | 100 | 105 | 110 | 1 | 125 | 132 | 1 | 242 |
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| World Youth Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand | 58 kg | 86 | 91 | 98 | |
110 | 116 | 124 | |
222 |
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See also
[edit | edit source]- List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals
References
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- ^ 2018 World Weightlifting Championships −64 kg results
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Deng Wei at the International Weightlifting FederationLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Deng Wei at The-Sports.orgLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Deng Wei at the International Weightlifting Results Project
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Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Sanming
- Weightlifters from Fujian
- Chinese female weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters for China
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for China
- Weightlifters at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists in weightlifting
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for China
- 21st-century Chinese sportswomen