Ding Meiyuan

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Ding Meiyuan ( Chinese  丁美媛 , Pinyin Dīng Měiyuan , born February 27, 1979 in Dalian , Liaoning Province , China ) is a Chinese weightlifter.

Career

Ding has been involved in various sports from childhood and began lifting weights at a sports school in Dalian in 1991 at the age of 12 . After her first successes in the youth field, she was appointed to the provincial team and later to the national team of China. At a height of 1.68 m, it weighs around 110 kg. Ding made her first international appearance at the age of 18 at the Junior World Championships in Cape Town . Her greatest success is her Olympic victory in Sydney in 2000 in the weight class over 75 kg. After that she rarely appeared internationally. She won the world title in Vancouver in 2003 . In 2004 she achieved an annual world best at a competition in Suzhou with 305 kg, but was not used at the Olympic Games. The competition in their own country is extremely strong in their weight class, it is worth remembering the 2004 Olympic champion Gonghong Tang and the 2005 vice world champion Mu Shuangshuang .

International successes / all-around

year space competition Weight class
1997 1. Junior World Championships in Cape Town over 75 kg body weight with 240 kg, in front of Cheng Chia-I, Taiwan , 220 kg and Olivia Baker, New Zealand , 197.5 kg
1998 1. Asian games in Bangkok over 75 kg body weight with 270 kg
1998 1. World Cup in Budapest over 75 kg body weight with 285 kg
1999 1. Universities World Cup in Chiba / Japan over 75 kg body weight with 275 kg, before Sayako Takahashi, Japan, 202.5 kg
1999 1. World Cup in Athens over 75 kg body weight with 285 kg, in front of Agata Wróbel , Poland , 285 kg and Balkisu Musa, Nigeria , 252.5 kg
2000 1. Asia Games in Osaka over 75 kg body weight with 285 kg
2000 gold OS in Sydney over 75 kg body weight with 300 kg, before Agata Wrobel, 295 kg and Cheryl Haworth , USA , 270 kg
2002 1. Universities World Cup in Izmir over 75 kg body weight with 285 kg (125–160), in front of Derya Açıkgöz, Turkey , 215 kg a. Rachel Hearn, USA , 212.5 kg
2003 1. World Cup in Vancouver over 75 kg body weight with 300 kg, ahead of Albina Chomitsch , Russia , 290 kg and Olha Korobka , Ukraine , 277.5 kg (Note: Albiana Chomitsch was subsequently stripped of 2nd place because of doping. She was banned for 2 years and has since ended her career)
2005 1. East Asian Games in Macau over 75 kg body weight with 280 kg

Medals individual disciplines

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

  • World Cup gold medals: 1999, snatch, 127.5 kg - 1999, poke, 157.5 kg - 2003, snatch, 137.5 kg - 2003, poke, 162.5 kg

Explanations

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

swell

  • Trade journal athletics ,
  • Website of the international weightlifting association "www.iwf.net",
  • Website "www.polska-sztanga.pl"

Web links
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Ding is the family name here, Meiyuan is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Thing, Meiyuan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chinese  丁美媛 , Pinyin Dīng Měiyuan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Dalian , Liaoning Province , China