Chen Shu-Chih

Chen Shu-Chih (* 1971 ) is a former Taiwanese weightlifter.

Career

Chen Shu-Chih grew up in Tainan and attended high school there. She did athletics and weightlifting as a recreational sport . In 1987 she learned from her athletic trainer Tsai Wen-Yi that from 1988 international championships were held in weightlifting for women and decided to make weightlifting her main sport. Tsai Wen-Yi took over the training of the weightlifters from then on. From 1988 to 1996, Chen Shu-Chih competed in the World Championships every year and achieved first-class results. Her greatest successes were the victories at the World Championships in Melbourne in 1993 and in Guangzhou / People's Republic of China in 1995 , each in the weight class up to 83 kg body weight - valid from 1993 to 1997 .

In 1997, she ended her career as an active weightlifter and trained as a qualified sports teacher at the Chinese National Sports University (CPES).

International success / duel

(WM = World Championship, KG = body weight)

• 1988, 5th place , World Championship in Djakarta , up to 75 kg body weight, with 185 kg, behind Li Hongling , China, 212.5 kg, Milena Trendafilowa , Bulgaria , 205 kg, Arlys Kovach-Johnson, USA , 197.5 kg and Senka Asenova, Bulgaria, 195 kg; Chu Nan-Mei
• 1989, 4th place , World Championships in Manchester , up to 75 kg body weight, with 200 kg, behind Milena Trendafilowa, 220 kg, Zhang Xiaoli, China, 215 kg and Arlys Kovach-Johnson, 202.5 kg;
• 1990, 3rd place , World Championships in Sarajevo , up to 75 kg body weight, with 205 kg, behind Milena Trendafilowa, 237.5 kg and Li Changping, China, 220 kg;
• 1991, 4th place , WM in Donaueschingen , up to 82.5 kg body weight, with 220 kg, behind Li Hongling, China, María Isabel Urrutia , Colombia , 240 kg and Karyn S. Marshall , USA, 227.4 kg;
• 1992, 2nd place , World Championships in Varna , up to 82.5 kg body weight, with 210 kg, behind Zhang Xiaoli, 252.5 kg and in front of Valkana Tontschewa, Bulgaria, 197.5 kg;
• 1993, 1st place , World Championships in Melbourne, up to 83 kg body weight, with 230 kg in front of Panagiotis Antonopoulou, Greece , 215 kg and Bhark Singh, India , 207.5 kg;
• 1994, 2nd place , World Championships in Istanbul , up to 83 kg, behind María Isabel Urrutia and in front of Derya Açıkgöz, Turkey ;
• 1995, 1st place , World Championships in Guangzhou / China, up to 83 kg body weight, with 240 kg, ahead of María Isabel Urrutia, 237.5 kg and P. Antonopoulou, 225 kg;
• 1996, 2nd place , World Championships in Warsaw , up to 83 kg, with 242.5 kg, behind Wei Xiangying, China, 242.5 kg and in front of María Isabel Urrutia, 235 kg

Medals individual disciplines

• World Cup gold medals: 1993, snatch, 102.5 kg - jerk, 127.5 kg - 1995, jab, 135 kg
• World Cup silver medals: 1992, snatch, 95 kg - 1992, push, 115 kg - 1994, snatch - 1994, push - 1995, snatch, 105 kg - 1996, snatch, 107.5 kg - 1996, push, 135 kg
• World Cup bronze medals: 1989, push, 110 kg - 1990, snatch, 92.5 kg - 1990, push, 112.5 kg