Deng Wei (weightlifter)

Deng Wei (born February 14, 1993 ) is a Chinese weightlifter .

Career

Deng Wei is from Fujian Province . She started lifting weights in her early teens. Their discoverers and trainers are not yet known. It started for the first time in May 2009 at an international championship, the Junior World Championship (U17) in Chiangmai. She won there in a duel in the weight class up to 58 kg body weight with 222 kg (98-124) in front of Rim Jong-sim , North Korea, 212 kg (92-120) and Sulphija Tschinschanlo , Kazakhstan, 207 kg (92-115). She also won the gold medals in the individual disciplines of snatching and pushing. In October 2009, 17 years old, she competed in the Chinese Women's Championship. It increased in the weight class up to 58 kg to a duel performance of 240 kg (110-130). With this strong performance she only came in 4th place because Li Xueying , 251 kg (111-140), Qiu Hongmei , 246 kg (109-137) and Sun Cayan , 245 kg (110-135) even more Brought high distance than they did.

2010 Deng Wei was in the weight class up to 58 kg Chinese champion with 238 kg (105-133). In August 2010 she also won the Youth Olympics in Singapore in the weight class up to 58 kg with a duel of 242 kg (110-132) before Sulphija Tschinschanlo, which came to 225 kg (95-130). In September 2010 it was also used at the World Championships for Women in Antalya. There she won the duel with 237 kg (102-135) and the push with 235 kg in the weight class up to 58 kg.

In 2011 she won the Junior World Championship (U 20) in the weight class up to 58 kg with a duel of 243 kg (110-133). She also won the money medals in tearing and pushing. It was not used at the 2011 Women's World Cup in Paris.

At the Chinese championship in April 2012, the decision was made as to who could start for China at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Deng Wei came in this championship in the weight class up to 58 kg with a very good duel of 245 kg (110-135) on the 2nd place behind Li Xueying, who achieved 250 kg and therefore received a starting place in London, where she was also Olympic champion has been. The only consolation for Deng Wei was that with her performance from the Chinese championship in London she would also have become an Olympic champion. She won in November 2012 in Eilat / Israel at the University World Championships in the weight class up to 58 kg (105-133) in front of Kuo Hsing-chun , Taiwan, which came to 232 kg (100-132) kg.

In 2013 Deng Wei was Chinese champion for the second time in the weight class up to 58 kg with 239 kg (107-132). At the World Championships this year in Wrocław, she won the title in snatch with 108 kg, but did not manage her starting weight three times in the jerk and therefore remained unplaced without a duel.

A very successful year for Deng Wei was the year 2014. She first won the Chinese championship title in April in the weight class up to 63 kg with a duel performance of 254 kg (110-144), with her performance in pushing of 144 kg even the Exceeded existing world record (world records can only be achieved at official IMF competitions). At the Asian Games in Incheon / South Korea in September 2014, she increased her duel performance to 259 kg (115-144), but had to give way to the Taiwanese Lin Tzu-chi , who weighed 261 kg (116-145). But the revenge she succeeded two months later at the World Championships in Almaty, where she won the duel title and the world championship title in jerking with 252 kg (110-142). Second place went to Tima Turiewa from Russia, who also weighed 252 kg (112-140) in a duel but was 160 g heavier than Deng Wei. Lin Tzu-chin came with 246 kg (110-136) in a duel on the 4th place and did not come close to their performance from the Asian Games.

In 2015 Deng Wie became world champion in the weight class up to 63 kg in Houston. She achieved 259 kg in a duel. With her individual performances of 113 kg in snatch and 146 kg in jerk, she also won the world title.

She also remained victorious at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in the same weight class and won the Olympic victory with 262 kg (115-147) in a duel. Medals for individual performances are not awarded at the Olympic Games.

In 2017, no Chinese athletes could start at the World Championships in Anaheim because the Chinese Weightlifting Association was excluded from this championship by the International Weightlifting Association due to various doping offenses by Chinese lifters in recent years.

After the suspension for the Chinese Weightlifting Association expired, Deng Wei started again at the World Championships in Ashgabat in 2018. She achieved 252 kg (112-140) in the new weight class up to 64 kg body weight in a duel and became world champion in duels, snatching and pushing.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2009	1.	Junior World Championships (U17) in Chiangmai	up to 58 kg	with 222 kg (98–124), ahead of Rim Jong-sim , North Korea, 212 kg (92–120) and Sulphija Tschinschanlo , Kazakhstan, 207 kg (92–115)
2010	1.	Youth Olympic Games in Singapore	up to 58 kg	with 242 kg (110–132), before Sulphija Tschinschanlo, 225 kg (95–130) and Rachel Ekoschoria, Nigeria, 190 kg (85–105)
2010	1.	World Cup in Antalya	up to 58 kg	with 237 kg (102–135), before Nastassja Novikawa , Belarus, 233 kg (103–130) and Jong Chun-mi, North Korea, 230 (100–130)
2011	1.	IWF Grand Prix in Fujian	up to 58 kg	with 210 kg (90-120), before Hidilyn Diaz, Philippines, 195 kg
2011	1.	Junior World Championships (U 20) in Penang	up to 58 kg	with 243 kg (110–133), ahead of Jo Pok-hyang, North Korea, 215 kg (93–122) and Rattikan Gulnoi, Thailand, 214 kg (93–121)
2012	1.	Universities World Cup in Eilat / Israel	up to 58 kg	with 238 kg (105-133), before Kuo Hsing-chun , Taiwan, 232 kg (100-132) and Mikiko Andoh, Japan, 203 kg
2013	unpl.	World Cup in Wrocław	up to 58 kg	after 108 kg in snatch (1st place) three failed attempts in pushing and thus without a duel; Winner: Kuo Hsing-chun, 241 kg (108-133)
2014	2.	Asian Games in Incheon / South Korea	up to 63 kg	with 259 kg (115–144), behind Lin Tzi-chi, Taiwan, 261 kg (116–145), in front of Jo Pok-hyang, 247 kg (107–140)
2014	1.	World Cup in Almaty	up to 63 kg	with 252 kg (110–142), before Tima Turiewa, Russia, 252 kg (112–140), Choe Hyo-sim, North Korea, 248 kg (108–140) and Lin Tzi-chi, 246 kg (110–136)
2015	1.	World Cup in Houston	up to 63 kg	with 259 kg (113–146), ahead of Tima Turiewa, Russia, 248 kg (112–136) and Choe Hyo-sim, North Korea, 243 kg (104–139)
2016	gold	OS in Rio de Janeiro	up to 63 kg	with 262 kg 115–147), before Choe Hyo-sim, 248 kg (105–143) and Karina Gorichewa, Kazakhstan, 243 kg (11–132)
2018	1.	World Cup in Ashgabat	up to 64 kg	weighing 252 kg (112–140), ahead of Rim Un-sim, North Korea, 239 kg (105–1349 and Rattanawan Wamalun, Thailand, 239 kg (102–137)

World Cup - individual medals

World Cup gold medals: 2010 / Push - 2013 / Tear - 2014 / Push - 2015 / Tear - 2015 / Push - 2018 / Tear, 2018 / Push
World Cup bronze medals: 2010 / tear

Chinese championships

(as far as known)

year	space	Weight class	Results
2009	4th	up to 58 kg	with 240 kg (110–130), behind Li Xueying, 251 kg (111–140), Qiu Hongmei, 246 kg (109–137) and Sun Caiyan, 245 kg (110–135)
2010	1.	up to 58 kg	with 238 kg (105-133), before Zuo Mengxia, 238 kg (105-133) and Xu Li, 227 kg
2012	2.	up to 58 kg	with 245 kg (110–135), behind Li Xueying, 250 kg (110–140)
2013	1.	up to 58 kg	with 239 kg (107–132), ahead of Zhou Yue, 232 kg (101–131) and Meng Shanshan, 232 kg (103–129)
2014	1.	up to 63 kg	with 254 kg (110-144), ahead of Zhou Yue, 233 kg and Zhou Yixiang, 230 kg

Explanations

all competitions in single combat, consisting of snatching and pushing
WM = World Championship
OS = Olympic Games

literature

Athletics magazine

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Deng, Wei
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	chinese weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH	February 14, 1993