Shi Zhiyong (; born 10 October 1993) is a Chinese

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, two time Olympic Champion, three time World Champion and four time Asian Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the

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reorganized the categories. Shi was born Shi Lei (Chinese: 石磊), but his coach

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gave him the new name after former Olympic Champion Shi Zhiyong. He holds the current

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in the -73 kg class for the snatch, and has set 13 world records.

Career

Olympics

In 2016 he competed at the

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in the 69 kg category. After the snatch portion of the competition he was in second place, trailing Daniyar İsmayilov by a single kg. Shi was able to beat Daniyar İsmayilov by two kg in the clean & jerk portion of the competition, lifting 190 kg over Daniyar's 188 kg, this gave him a total of 352 kg and an Olympic gold medal. In 2021 he competed at the

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in the 73 kg category. He set an Olympic record in both the snatch and clean & jerk portions, with lifts of 166 kg and 198 kg respectively, thereby setting the world record. Following this victory, he is now an Olympic champion in 2 weight categories. In August 2024, Shi competed in the men's 73 kg event at the

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held in Paris, France. He lifted 165 kg in the Snatch and took the lead with 10 kg ahead of second place, but he failed to register a successful attempt in the Clean & Jerk.

World Championships

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he competed at his first World Championships. After the snatch portion he finished third, two kg behind Oleg Chen and Daniyar İsmayilov. In the clean and jerk portion he lifted 190 kg, which gave him a total of 348 kg and a gold medal in the clean & jerk and total. In 2018 the

reorganized the categories and Shi competed in the newly created 73 kg category. He put on a dominating display, earning gold in the snatch with a new

of 164 kg, this gave him an 8 kg lead over second place. During the clean & jerk, he also won gold by out lifting

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by 1 kg to set a new world record clean & jerk of 196 kg. He won gold medals in all lifts and finished with a total of 360 kg, a full 12 kg over the silver medalist

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. Coming into the

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, he was the heavy favorite in the 73 kg category. During the snatch portion of the competition, he was the last competitor to attempt a lift after Bozhidar Andreev completed a 157 kg lift. With his first lift of 160 kg he secured the gold medal in the snatch, and added two more successful lifts to increase his snatch to 166 kg. Coming into the clean & jerk portion he was 9 kg ahead of the silver medalist Andreev, he completed his first lift of 190 kg which gave him a 356 kg total. After O Kang-chol completed his final lift, Shi clinched the gold medal in the total. His final lift was a

lift of 197 kg, which also set a new

in the total with 363 kg.

Major results

*CWR: Current world record *WR: World record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shi, Zhiyong 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Guilin Weightlifters from Guangxi Chinese male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for China Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Chinese sportsmen