Wu Meijin (; born April 25, 1980, in

Ruian Rui'an is a city in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. It has a population of 200,000 people and covers a land area of , when including water area. Natives of the city speak the Rui'an dialect of Wu Chinese. Rui'an was recognized as the fourteen ...

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) is a Chinese

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 ...

who competed in the Men's 56

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weight class at 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

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, lifting 287.5

s in total. He is the 2002 and 2003 world champion.list of world champions
He is now the executive coach of

Li Wenwen Li Wenwen (; born 5 March 2000) is a Chinese weightlifter competing in the women's +87 kg division. She is a double Olympic champion, as well as the double world and 3 time Asian champion. In 2021, she set the current world records for bot ...

, the champion of women's super heavyweight in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Wu Meijin kicked off the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships by sweeping the men's 56-kg category with a 127.5-kg snatch and a 160-kg clean and jerk.

References

1980 births Living people Chinese male weightlifters Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic weightlifters for China People from Rui'an Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Asian Games gold medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters from Zhejiang Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Sportspeople from Wenzhou World Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Chinese sportsmen {{PRChina-weightlifting-bio-stub