Li Wenwen

Li Wenwen (Chinese: 李雯雯; pinyin: Lǐ Wénwén), born 5 March 2000, is a Chinese weightlifter competing in the women's +87 kg division.[4] She won the Olympic gold medal for the +87 kg division in 2020, and is the current world champion, as well as the incumbent Asian champion. In 2021, she set the current world records for both clean & jerk and snatch.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Li Wenwen
Li in 2021
Personal information
Native name李雯雯
NationalityChinese
Born (2000-03-05) 5 March 2000
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1][2]
Weight150 kg (331 lb)[3]
Sport
CountryChina
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+87 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo+87 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Pattaya+87 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Bogotá+87 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Ningbo+87 kg
Gold medal – first place2020 Tashkent+87 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Jinju+87 kg
National Games of China
Gold medal – first place2021 Shaanxi+87 kg

Career

In 2019 Li competed at the IWF World Cup[5] in Fuzhou, winning silver medals and setting junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk and total in the +87 kg category.[6] Later in 2019 she competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the +87 kg category. In the snatch portion she set a world record with a lift of 147 kg, and won gold medals in all lifts.

She competed at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in the +87 kg division against teammate Meng Suping.[7] She had a perfect 6 for 6 day and won gold medals in all lifts which included a world record clean & jerk of 186 kg which also set the total world record.[8]

Li improved on her own world records at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships in 2021. She increased her snatch record from 147 to 148, her clean & jerk record from 186 to 187, and her total record from 332 to 335.[9]

She represented China at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's +87 kg event, winning the gold medal with a new Olympic record of 320 kg.[10]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan+87 kg130135140 OR1162173180 OR1320 OR1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand+87 kg1361421461st place, gold medalist(s)175182186 CWR1st place, gold medalist(s)332 CWR1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia +87 kg 130 141 141 1st place, gold medalist(s) 166 170 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 311 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2019China Ningbo, China+87 kg137142147 CWR1st place, gold medalist(s)1751801851st place, gold medalist(s)3221st place, gold medalist(s)
2020Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan+87 kg135143148 CWR1st place, gold medalist(s)175187 CWR—1st place, gold medalist(s)335 CWR1st place, gold medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2019China Fuzhou, China+87 kg1351421462nd place, silver medalist(s)1751751822nd place, silver medalist(s)3242nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019China Tianjin, China+87 kg1301381421st place, gold medalist(s)1651731771st place, gold medalist(s)3151st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  1. "一个对自己成绩不满意 一个被奥运金牌"压"累了——汪周雨李雯雯都要向极限进击". General Administration of Sport of China. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. "Worried about the cardboard bed?A 300-pound Chinese weightlifting girl is sleeping on the ground, she has great hopes of winning gold in the Olympics". iNews. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. "Athletes".
  4. "China collect 31 golds, breaking 9 records at IWF World Cup". xinhuanet. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  5. "IWF World Cup Fuzhou Start List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  6. "IWF World Cup Fuzhou Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  7. "ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  8. "LI holds all three World Records". IWF.net. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  9. Results Book
  10. "Women's +87 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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