Deng Wei (weightlifter)

Deng Wei (simplified Chinese: 邓薇; traditional Chinese: 鄧薇; pinyin: Dèng Wéi, born 14 February 1993) is a Chinese female weightlifter.[1][2] She is an Olympic Champion,[3] 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.[4]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Deng.
Deng Wei
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1993-02-14) 14 February 1993
Sanming, China
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight63.40 kg (140 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–64 kg
ClubFujian Province
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 115 kg (2014)
  • Clean and jerk: 147 kg (2016, WR)
  • Total: 262 kg (2016, WR)
Medal record
Representing  China
Olympic Games
2016 Rio–63 kg
World Championships
2010 Antalya–58 kg
2014 Almaty–63 kg
2015 Houston–63 kg
2018 Ashgabat–64 kg
2019 Pattaya–64 kg
Asian Games
2014 Incheon–63 kg
Asian Championships
2019 Ningbo–64 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
2010 Singapore–58 kg

Career

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.[5] She outlifted the silver medalist Choe Hyo-sim by 14 kg.[6]

In 2018 she competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, sweeping gold medals in all lifts,[7] while setting 5 new senior world records,[8] and outlifting the silver medalist Rim Un-sim by 14 kg.

Throughout her career she has set 20 senior world records.

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil63 kg1081121151138147 WR—1262 WR
World Championships
2010 Antalya, Turkey58 kg93102102120131135237
2013 Wrocław, Poland58 kg105108108133133133———
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan63 kg1101101104130136142252
2015 Houston, United States63 kg110110113140146 WR--259
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan64 kg110110112 WR135138140 WR252 WR
2019 Pattaya, Thailand64 kg108113116 CWR138143 WR145 CWR261 CWR
Asian Games
2014 Incheon, South Korea63 kg1101151162141144144 WR2259
Asian Championships
2019 Ningbo, China64 kg108112115 WR137142 WR—257 WR
IWF World Cup
2019 Fuzhou, China64 kg108113 WR—135141 WR—254 WR
World Junior Championships
2011 Penang, Malaysia58 kg105110112128133133243
Youth Olympic Games
2010 Singapore, Singapore58 kg10010511011251321371242
World Youth Championships
2009 Chiang Mai, Thailand58 kg869198110116124222

See also

References
  1. 2018 Asian Games profile
  2. 2018 World Weightlifting Championships −64 kg results
  3. "Deng Wei Olympic PRofile". Olympic.org. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  4. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 64 kg
  5. "Weightlifting: China's Deng wins gold with world record as rival withdrawn". Reuters. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  6. "Rio Olympics: Deng Wei of China sets world record in the women's 63-kilogram weightlifting event". LA Times. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  7. "FORMER YOG STARS REACH NEW HEIGHTS". Olympic.org. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  8. "DENG Wei, four times World Champion". IWF.net. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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