Deng Mengrong

Deng Mengrong ( Chinese  鄧 猛 榮 , Pinyin Dèng Měngróng ; * March 5, 1990 ) is a Chinese weightlifter . In 2014 she became world champion in the weight class up to 58 kg.

Career

Deng Mengrong is from the Guangxi Autonomous Region . She started lifting weights there as a teenager. Details of who discovered her when and who her trainer is are not yet known. Her first start at an international championship took place in June 2009. She won all three titles (duel, snatch and push) at the Junior World Championship (U 20) in Bucharest in the weight class up to 58 kg with 218 kg (98-120) . In October 2009 she also took part in the Chinese championship for women in the same weight class, where she increased her duel performance to 234 kg (106-128). Nevertheless, with this very good performance, she only came in 7th place, which shows the enormous strength in Chinese women's weightlifting both in top and in breadth.

In April 2010 Deng Mengrong became Asian junior champion (U 20) in the weight class up to 58 kg in Tashkent. A duel of 221 kg (98–123) was enough for her. Two months later, she was again Junior World Champion (U 20) in duels, snatching and pushing in Sofia with exactly the same performance.

In 2011 she came in the Chinese championship of women in the weight class up to 63 kg with 236 kg (104-132) behind Zhou Wenyu, who came to 240 kg (108-132) in 2nd place. It was not used at international championships that year. In April 2012 she was in Pyoengtaek / South Korea in the weight class up to 63 kg with a duel of 244 kg (108-136) Asian champion before Zhou Wenyu , who also achieved 244 kg (108-136), but was a little heavier than her. Deng Mengrong was not used at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. This was primarily due to the fact that the IOC in women's weightlifting in six Olympic weight classes had limited the number of participants to four even in the strongest nations. In London, for example, in the weight class up to 63 kg, an athlete from another country became Olympic champion with a performance that was far below that of Deng Mengrong.

2013 Deng Mengrong was in the weight class up to 63 kg with a duel of 251 kg (113-138) for the first time Chinese champion in the women. It was then used in this weight class at the World Championships that year in Wrocław. There, however, with 244 kg (108–136), she did not quite come close to this performance and took 3rd place behind Tima Turiewa , Russia, 252 kg (112–140) and Jo Pok-hyang , North Korea, 249 kg (109–140) . Space.

At the Chinese championship in 2014 she switched back to the weight class up to 58 kg body weight and was again Chinese champion with a duel of 233 kg (103-130). She was also at the start in this weight class at this year's World Championships in Almaty. She achieved 235 kg (105-130) in a duel in Almaty and was the first time world champion in women before Ri Jong-hwa , North Korea, 232 kg (99-133) and Sukanya Srisurat , Thailand, 231 kg (106-125).

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2009	1.	Junior World Championships (U 20) in Bucharest	up to 58 kg	with 218 kg (98–120), ahead of Roxana Cocoș , Romania, 208 kg (91–117) and Pattama Kuntawee , Thailand, 198 kg (84–115)
2010	1.	Asian Junior Championship (U 20) in Tashkent	up to 58 kg	with 221 kg (98-123), before Hidilyn Diaz, Philippines, 195 kg
2010	1.	Junior World Championships (U 20) in Sofia	up to 58 kg	with 221 kg (98–123), before Pimsiri Sirikaew , Thailand, 210 kg (90–120) and Lina Rivas, Colombia, 205 kg (91–114)
2012	1.	Asian Championship in Pyoengtaek / South Korea	up to 63 kg	with 244 kg (108–136), before Zhou Wenyu, China, 244 kg (108–136) and Rattikan Gulnoi , Thailand, 226 kg (96–130)
2013	3.	World Cup in Wrocław	up to 63 kg	with 244 kg (108-136), behind Tima Turiewa, Russia, 252 kg (112-140) and Jo Pok-hyang, North Korea, 249 kg (109-140)
2014	1.	World Cup in Almaty	up to 58 kg	with 235 kg (105–130), ahead of Ri Jong-hwa , North Korea, 232 kg (99–133) and Sukanya Srisurat , Thailand, 231 kg (106–125)

World Cup individual medals

• World Cup silver medals: 2014 / tear
• World Cup bronze medals: 2013 / Tear - 2013 / Push - 2014 / Push

Chinese championships

year	space	Weight class	Results
2009	7th	up to 58 kg	234 kg (106-128); Winner: Li Xueying , 251 kg (111–140)
2011	2.	up to 63 kg	at 236 kg (104–132), behind Zhou Wenyu, 240 kg (108–132)
2013	1.	up to 63 kg	with 251 kg (113–138), ahead of Zhang Ruixiang, 237 kg (105–132) and Chen Xue, 237 kg (105–132)
2014	1.	up to 58 kg	with 233 kg (103-130), before Zhou Jun, 230 kg and Wang Shuai, 229 kg

Explanations

• all competitions in single combat, consisting of snatching and pushing
• WM = World Championship

literature

• Athletics magazine

Web links

• Deng Mengrong at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• www.polska-sztanga.pl
• Deng Mengrong at the 2013 World Cup

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