Chen Xiaomin

Chen Xiaomin ( Chinese  陳小敏  /  陈小敏 , Pinyin Chén Xiǎomǐn , born February 7, 1977 ) is a former Chinese weightlifter .

Career

Chen Xiaomin comes from Heshan in the province of Guangdong . She started lifting weights in 1989 at the age of twelve. In 1991 she made the leap into the provincial selection of Guangdong and 1992 in the Chinese national team. The 1.58 m tall athlete became Chinese champion in 1993 at the age of 16 and world champion in Melbourne . She remained undefeated at all starts until 1997. In 1998 and 1999 she took it easy, but celebrated the greatest success of her career to date with the Olympic victory in Sydney in 2000 .

Chen graduated from Guangdong Business College with a law degree.

successes

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, KG = body weight)

• 1993, 1st place , Chinese. National Games, up to 54 kg body weight;
• 1993, 1st place , World Championships in Melbourne, up to 54 kg kg, with 200 kg, ahead of Robin Goad , USA , 177.5 kg and Karnam Malleswari , India , 177.5 kg;
• 1994, 1st place , Chinese. Championship, up to 59 kg body weight;
• 1994, 1st place , Asian Games in Hiroshima , up to 59 kg body weight, with 220 kg;
• 1995, 1st place , World Championships in Guangzhou , up to 59 kg body weight, with 215 kg, ahead of N. Laxmi, India, 202.5 kg and Wu Mei-Yi, Taiwan , 195 kg;
• 1996, 1st place , Asian Games, up to 59 kg body weight, with 207.5 kg;
• 1996, 1st place , World Championships in Warsaw , up to 59 kg body weight, with 207.5 kg, ahead of Maria Christoforidis, Greece , 197.5 kg and Y. Takahashi, Japan , 197.5 kg;
• 1997, 1st place , Asian championship, up to 64 kg body weight, with 237.5 kg;
• 2000, 1st place , Asian Games in Osaka , up to 69 kg body weight, with 235 kg;
• 2000, gold medal , OS in Sydney, up to 63 kg body weight, with 242.5 kg, ahead of Walentina Popowa , Russia , 235 kg and Ioanna Chatzioannou, Greece, 222.5 kg

Medals individual disciplines

(World Cup medals are no longer awarded at the Olympic Games)

• World Cup gold medals: 1993, snatch, 90 kg - 1993, poke, 110 kg - 1995, snatch, 92.5 kg - 1995, poke, 122.5 kg - 1996, snatch, 97.5 kg
• World Cup silver medal: 1996, push, 110 kg

World records

• 1993, snatch, 90 kg,
• 1993, pushing, 110 kg,
• 1993, duel, 200 kg,
• 1994, snatch, 97.5 kg,
• 1994, pushing, 122.5 kg,
• 1994, duel (up to 59 kg body weight), 220 kg,
• 1995, pushing, 123.5 kg,
• 1996, snatch, 99 kg,
• 1997, tearing (up to 64 kg body weight), 107.5 kg

Web links

• Photo from the 2000 Olympics

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Chen is the family name here, Xiaomin is the first name.