Liao Qiuyun (Chinese: 廖秋云, born 13 July 1995) is a Chinese weightlifter.[1] She is the silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo[2] and World and Asian Champion.[3] She competes in the women's 55 kg division.
_(4).jpg) Liao (4th from left) in the athletes' presentation in women's 55kg in Tokyo. | |
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Chinese |
| Born | 13 July 1995 Yongzhou, China |
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 54.80 kg (121 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | China |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
| Event | 55 kg |
Medal record | |
Career edit
In early 2019 Liao competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup in the 55 kg division and won gold medals in all lifts.[4] Later in 2019 she competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 55 kg category, won gold medals in all lifts,[5] and set a world record in the clean & jerk with a lift of 128 kg. She outlifted silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz by 15 kg.[6] In 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won China a silver medal in women's 55 kg weightlifting.[2][7]
Major results edit
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Representing  China
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2021 |  Tokyo, Japan |
55 kg | 92 | 95 | 97 | 2 | 118 | 123 | 126 | 2 | 223 | 
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 |  Pattaya, Thailand |
55 kg | 95 | 98 | |
120 | 125 | 129 WR |  |
227 WR |
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| Asian Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ningbo, China |
55 kg | 93 | 96 | |
118 | 122 | 128 WR | |
224 |
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| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Fuzhou, China |
55 kg | 93 | 96 | |
118 | 121 | 125 | |
221 |
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References edit
- ^ "Athlete Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020 Women's 55kg Results". Olympics.com. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "2019 World Championships Entry List" (PDF). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "2019 IWF World Cup Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Results of women's 55kg final at Asian Weightlifting Championships". Zinhuanet. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "2019 Asian Championships Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Women's 55 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
External links edit
- Liao Qiuyun at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Liao Qiuyun at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Liao Qiuyun at Olympedia
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