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Deng Wei (weightlifter)

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Deng Wei
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1993-02-14) 14 February 1993 (age 31)
Sanming, China
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight63.40 kg (140 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
SportWeightlifting
Event–64 kg
ClubFujian Province
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 117 kg (2019, WR)
  • Clean and jerk: 147 kg (2016, WR)
  • Total: 262 kg (2016, WR)
Medal record
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio –63 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Antalya –58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Almaty –63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Houston –63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ashgabat –64 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pattaya –64 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon –63 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ningbo –64 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore –58 kg

Deng Wei (simplified Chinese: 邓薇; traditional Chinese: 鄧薇; pinyin: Dèng Wéi, born 14 February 1993) is a Chinese retired[1] weightlifter.[2][3] She is an Olympic Champion,[4] five-time World Champion and Asian Champion. She competed in the 58 kg and 63 kg categories until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[5]

Career

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She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 63 kg category. She put on a dominating display, she matched the Olympic Record of 115 kg in the snatch, and set new World Records in the clean & jerk and total.[6] She outlifted the silver medalist Choe Hyo-sim by 14 kg.[7]

In 2018 she competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, sweeping gold medals in all lifts,[8] while setting 5 new senior world records,[9] and outlifting the silver medalist Rim Un-sim by 14 kg.

Throughout her career she has set 20 senior world records.

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 63 kg 108 112 115 1 138 147 WR 1 262 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships
2010 Turkey Antalya, Turkey 58 kg 93 102 102 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 120 131 135 1st place, gold medalist(s) 237 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2013 Poland Wrocław, Poland 58 kg 105 108 108 1st place, gold medalist(s) 133 133 133
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 63 kg 110 110 110 4 130 136 142 1st place, gold medalist(s) 252 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2015 United States Houston, United States 63 kg 110 110 113 1st place, gold medalist(s) 140 146 WR -- 1st place, gold medalist(s) 259 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 64 kg 110 110 112 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 135 138 140 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 252 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 64 kg 108 113 116 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 138 143 WR 145 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 261 CWR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Games
2014 South Korea Incheon, South Korea 63 kg 110 115 116 2 141 144 144 WR 2 259 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2019 China Ningbo, China 64 kg 108 112 115 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 137 142 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 257 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2019 China Fuzhou, China 64 kg 108 113 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 135 141 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 254 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 China Tianjin, China 64 kg 108 113 117 CWR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 138 143 143 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 255 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior World Championships
2011 Malaysia Penang, Malaysia 58 kg 105 110 112 1st place, gold medalist(s) 128 133 133 1st place, gold medalist(s) 243 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Youth Olympic Games
2010 Singapore Singapore, Singapore 58 kg 100 105 110 1 125 132 137 1 242 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Youth Championships
2009 Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand 58 kg 86 91 98 1st place, gold medalist(s) 110 116 124 1st place, gold medalist(s) 222 1st place, gold medalist(s)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dominant Weightlifter Deng Wei Retires". setforset.com. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. ^ "2018 Asian Games profile". Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ 2018 World Weightlifting Championships −64 kg results
  4. ^ "Deng Wei Olympic PRofile". Olympic.org. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  5. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 64 kg
  6. ^ "Weightlifting: China's Deng wins gold with world record as rival withdrawn". Reuters. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Rio Olympics: Deng Wei of China sets world record in the women's 63-kilogram weightlifting event". LA Times. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  8. ^ "FORMER YOG STARS REACH NEW HEIGHTS". Olympic.org. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  9. ^ "DENG Wei, four times World Champion". IWF.net. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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