Zeng Guoqiang (; born 18 March 1965 in

Dongguan Dongguan,; pinyin: alternately romanized via Cantonese as Tungkun, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou t ...

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

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Chinese Chinese may refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China. **'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...

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 ...

. By winning the 52 kg class weightlifting at the 23rd Olympic Games in 1984, he became China's first Olympic gold medalist in weightlifting.

Major performances

*1983 World Youth Championships - 1st 52 kg *1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games - 1st 52 kg *1984 World Championships - 1st 52 kg C&J & total *1984 Asian Championships - 1st 52 kg snatch, C&J & total *1985 World Championships - 2nd 52 kg C&J & total

Honors

*1984 - Named Best Athlete at the 16th Asian Championships

References

- China Daily
Factbox on Chinese weightlifting
Chinese male weightlifters Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic weightlifters for China Weightlifters at the 1984 Summer Olympics 1965 births Living people Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Weightlifters from Guangdong People from Dongguan Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games 20th-century Chinese sportsmen {{PRChina-weightlifting-bio-stub