Hey Zhuoqiang

He Zhuoqiang ( Chinese  何 灼 强 , Pinyin Hé Zhuóqiáng ; born January 12, 1967 in Nanhai , Guangdong Province , People's Republic of China ) is a former Chinese weightlifter . He was in 1987 and 1989 vice world champion and 1988 winner of an Olympic bronze medal each in flyweight .

Career

He Zhuoqiang started lifting weights at Nanhai Junior Sports School in 1980. In 1981 he moved to the Guangdong provincial team and in 1986 he was accepted into the Chinese national weightlifting team. He was trained by Li Shen. With a height of only 1.50 meters, he always started as an adult at flyweight (at that time up to 52 kg body weight).

In 1985 he won the Chinese national junior games and in the same year was also the Chinese senior champion, both in the flyweight division. In 1986 he won the Asian Games in Seoul . He referred it in the flyweight Kazushito Manabe from Japan a . G. Muthuswamy from India on places 2 and 3. Then he took part in the Junior World Championship in Donaueschingen and won the title there with 252.5 kg (115-137.5) in a duel. He also set his first world record with 116 kg in the snatch. He was then also used at the 1986 Senior World Championships in Sofia , where he achieved a flyweight duel of 247.5 kg (112.5-136). He came in 4th place. With his performance in the snatch he was runner- up in this discipline.

At the World Championships in 1987 in Ostrava he reached 260 kg (112.5-147.5) and had to admit defeat to the Bulgarian Sewdalin Marinow , who achieved 262.5 kg (115-147.5). In pushing he became world champion with his performance of 147.5 kg because he was a little lighter than Marinow, who had achieved the same performance. In an additional fourth attempt in pushing, he improved the world record there to 153 kg. In November 1987, He Zhuoqiang won the Chinese National Games in Shilong with 265 kg (117.5-147.5). This duel was, like the performance in snatch with 117.5 kg, a new world record.

In 1988 He Zhuoqiang represented China at the Olympic Games in Seoul . He achieved there in a duel 257.5 kg (112.5-145) and won the bronze medal behind Sewdalin Marinow, 270 kg (120-150) and Chun Byung-Kwan , South Korea , 260 kg (112.5-147 ) with this performance , 5).

In 1989 he was in Athens in flyweight with a duel of 262.5 kg (117.5-145) again runner-up world champion behind the Bulgarian Ivan Ivanov , who achieved 272.5 kg (117.5-155) and later Years as an active as well as a trainer as a doper was exposed. In 1990 He Zhuoqiang won the Asian Games again in Beijing ahead of his compatriot Zhang Shoulie and Kim Myon-Sik from North Korea .

After that, He Zhuoqiang was no longer at the start in any international championships. He was still active in China until 1994 without being able to place himself at the top of the championships.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1986	1.	Asia Games in Seoul	To fly	before Kazushito Manabe , Japan and G. Muthuswamy, India
1986	1.	Junior World Championships in Donaueschingen	To fly	with 252.5 kg (115-137.5), before Lo Hyo-Nil, North Korea , 237.5 kg (100-137.5) and Zhang Shoulie , China , 235 kg (110–125)
1986	4th	World Cup in Sofia	To fly	with 247.5 kg (112.5-135), behind Sewdalin Marinow , Bulgaria , 257.5 kg (112.5-145), Jacek Gutowski , Poland , 252.5 kg (115-137.5) and Alexej Kolokolzew, USSR , 250 kg (110–140)
1987	1.	Asian Championships	To fly	achieved a world record in the snatch with 115 kg
1987	2.	World Cup in Ostrava	To fly	with 260 kg (112.5-147.5), behind Sewdalin Marinow, 262.5 kg (115-147.5), in front of Jacek Gutowski, 247.5 (112.5-135)
1988	bronze	OS in Seoul	To fly	with 257.5 kg (112.5-145), behind Sewdalin Marinow, 270 kg (120-150) u. Chun Byung-kwan , South Korea , 260 kg (112.5-147.5)
1989	2.	World Cup in Athens	To fly	with 262.5 kg (117.5–145), behind Iwan Iwanow , Bulgaria, 272.5 kg (117.5–155), in front of Traian Ciharean , Romania , 260 kg (115–145)
1990	1.	Asia Games in Beijing	To fly	before Zhang Shoulie , China a . Kim Myong-Sik, North Korea

World Cup individual medals

• World Cup gold medals: 1987 / pushing - 1989 / tearing
• World Cup silver medals: 1986 / Tearing - 1987 / Tearing
• World Cup bronze medals: 1989 / pushing

National successes

(as far as known)

year	space	competition	Weight class
1985	1.	Chinese National Junior Games	To fly
1985	1.	chinese championship	To fly
1987	1.	Chinese National Games in Shilong	To fly	with 265 kg (117.5–147.5)
1988	1.	Chinese championships in Shilong	To fly	with 267.5 kg (117.5–150)

Explanations

• all competitions in single combat, consisting of snatch and push,
• OS = Olympic Games,
• WM = World Championships,
• Fly weight, back then up to 52 kg body weight

swell

• Athletics , ISSN  0938-8621
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
• Weightlifting on www.sports123.com .

Web links

• Portrait of He Zhuoqiang
• He Zhuoqiang in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Brief portrait of He Zhuoqiang

World records

date	place	discipline	Weight class	power
May 26, 1986	Donaueschingen	Tear	To fly	116 kg
April 17, 1987	Ageo	Tear	To fly	116.5 kg
September 6, 1987	Ostrava	Bump	To fly	153 kg
11/22/1987	Shilong	Tear	To fly	117.5 kg
11/22/1987	Shilong	Duel	To fly	265 kg
June 16, 1988	Shilong	Duel	To fly	267.5 kg
August 16, 1988	Shilong	Tear	To fly	119 kg
August 16, 1988	Shilong	Tear	To fly	119.5 kg

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