Liu Chunhong

Liu Chunhong (simplified Chinese: 刘春红; traditional Chinese: 劉春紅; pinyin: Liú Chūnhóng; born January 29, 1983, in Yantai, Shandong) is a Chinese weightlifter.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.
Liu Chunhong
Personal information
Born (1983-01-29) January 29, 1983
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens – 69 kg
Disqualified 2008 Beijing – 69 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Vancouver– 69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2005 Doha– 75 kg
Silver medal – second place 2007 Chiang Mai– 69 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan– 69 kg
Gold medal – first place2010 Guangzhou– 69kg

Career

At the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships she won in the 69 kg category with a total of ten new world records and junior world records.[1][2]

She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won the gold medal in the 69 kg class.

At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she won the snatch competition in the 69 kg category with 121 kg, and won the silver medal lifting in total 271 kg.[3]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal in the 69 kg category, while setting new Olympic and world records in both the snatch and clean and jerk with a lift of 128 kg and 158 kg respectively for a world record total of 286 kg. This total would have been enough to win gold and set the Olympic record in the 75 kg category (heavyweight), as well as tie Svetlana Podobedova's then world record in that category. She became the first ever woman to defend her Olympic title in weightlifting.[4]

On 12 January 2017 it was announced that because of a doping violation she had been disqualified from the 2008 Olympic Games.[5]

Personal bests (69 kg)

Other
  • Jerk (off rack): 175 kg (training claim)
  • Front Squat: 200.0 kg
  • Back Squat: 230.0 kg (Raw women's 69 kg all-time world record)

References
  1. "Weltrekordfestival von Liu Chunhong". ARD Sport (in German). 2003-11-20. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  2. "Chinese Liu Chunhong breaks 3 world records -- china.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. "LIU Chunhong". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
  4. "Liu Chunhong breaks women's weightlifting world,record". xinhuanet. Archived from the original on May 18, 2011.
  5. "IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". IOC. Retrieved 12 January 2017.


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