Chen_Lijun
Chen Lijun
Chinese weightlifter (born 1993)
Chen Lijun (Chinese 谌利军; born 8 February 1993) is a Chinese weightlifter,[1] Olympic Champion, five time World Champion and two time Asian Champion competing in the 62 kg division until 2018 and 67 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]
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| Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1993-02-08) 8 February 1993 (age 31) Yiyang, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66.95 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –67 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hunan Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Olympics
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 62 kg division but was forced to withdraw from the competition after his second snatch attempt[3] due to legs cramps.[4]
In 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal in the Men's 67kg category, lifting 145 kg in the Snatch and 187 kg in the Clean and Jerk for a 332 kg total, with new Olympic records set in the clean and jerk, and overall total.
World Championships
He competed at the 2013 World Championships in the Men's 62 kg class, lifting 146 kg in the Snatch and 175 kg in the Clean and Jerk for a 321 kg total, winning silver medals in the snatch and the clean & jerk and a gold medal in the total.
In 2015, he competed at the 2015 World Championships in the 62 kg class, lifting 150 kg in the snatch and a world record 183 kg in the clean & jerk for a world record 333 kg total, earning a silver medal in the Snatch and gold medals in the Clean and Jerk and total.[5]
In 2018, the IWF restructured the weight classes and he competed in the 67 kg category as the 2018 World Championships. Coming into the competition he was the heavy favorite to win, and after the snatch portion he was in second place, 2 kg behind the snatch gold medalist Huang Minhao. In the clean & jerk portion he successfully lifted 182 kg in his second attempt giving him a total world record of 332 kg and his third World Championships win.[6][7]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||||
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 62 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2021 |  Tokyo, Japan | 67 kg | 145 | 5 | 175 | 187 OR | — | 1 | 332 OR |  | ||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 |  Wrocław, Poland | 62 kg | 138 | 143 | 146 |  | 175 | | 321 | | ||||
| 2015 |  Houston, United States | 62 kg | 145 | 150 | | 175 | 179 | 183 WR | | 333 WR | | |||
| 2018 |  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 67 kg | 145 | 150 | | 178 | 182 | | 332 WR | | ||||
| 2019 |  Pattaya, Thailand | 67 kg | 145 | 150 |  | 178 | 184 | 187 WR | | 337 | | |||
| 2022 |  Bogotá, Colombia | 67 kg | 145 | 148 | | 171 | 176 | 6 | 324 | | ||||
| 2023 |  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 67 kg | 145 | 150 | 153 | | 175 | 180 | — | | 333 | | ||
| Asian Games | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 |  Incheon, South Korea | 62 kg | 140 | 143 | 2 | 173 | 178 | 2 | 321 | | ||||
| 2023 |  Hangzhou, China | 67 kg | 145 | 150 GR | 1 | 175 | 180 | 1 | 330 GR | | ||||
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| 2019 | Ningbo, China | 67 kg | 147 | 151 | 154 WR | | 178 | 185 WR | — | | 339 CWR | | ||
| 2020 |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 67 kg | 145 | 150 | 153 | | 171 | 177 | 180 | | 333 | | ||
| 2023 | Jinju, South Korea | 61 kg | 137 | 142 | | 168 | | 310 | | |||||
- "Profile". Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
- "PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 67 kg" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- "Colombia's Mosquera wins weight lifting gold after Chinese favorite fails to finish". Washington Post. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- "Zen Colombian retires after lifting gold". Reuters. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- "Results by Events: 2015 IWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- "China's Shi Zhiyong breaks three world records to win 73kg at weightlifting worlds". Xinhuanet. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- "Third Asian Gold within Men". IWF.net. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- Chen Lijun at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Chen Lijun at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Chen Lijun at Olympics.com
