Liu Chunhong (; born January 29, 1985, in Zhaoyuan,

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) is a

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weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

Career

At the

2003 World Weightlifting Championships The 2003 in sports, 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from November 14 to November 22, 2003. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranki ...

she won in the 69 kg category with a total of ten new world records and junior world records. She competed in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

, and won the gold medal in the 69 kg class. At the

2007 World Weightlifting Championships The Royal World Weightlifting Championships 2007 were held at the 700th Anniversary Sports Complex in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The event took place from September 17 to September 26, 2007. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (To ...

she won the snatch competition in the 69 kg category with 121 kg, and won the silver medal lifting in total 271 kg. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

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

Personal bests (69 kg)

*Snatch: 128 kg (

, disqualified in 2017) *Clean and Jerk: 158 kg (

, disqualified in 2017) *Total: 286 kg (

, disqualified in 2017)

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

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