Li Xueying

Li Xueying ( Chinese 李雪英 ; born May 15, 1990 in Zhengzhou , Henan Province ) is a Chinese weightlifter . In 2009 she became world champion and 2012 Olympic champion in a duel in the weight class up to 58 kg body weight.

Career

Li Xueying comes from Zhengzhou in the province of Henan . She lives and trains there too. Your trainer is Yan Hanyong.

In 2007 she became Chinese junior champion and achieved a very good 233 kg (106–127) in a duel. In the same year she was sent to the Junior World Championship in Prague . There she managed in a duel 225 kg (102-123), with which she won over Chanpook Natthaneeva from Thailand , who came to 205 kg (90-115) and Mun Yu-ra from South Korea , 205 kg (92-113).

Her hopes of qualifying for the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 were not fulfilled, as she was unable to train fully due to an injury and was therefore unable to perform as required. Although it was used at the Asian Championship in Kanazawa and won there in the class up to 58 kg body weight with 227 kg (102-125), but the starting place for the Olympic Games won Chen Yanqing , who was already 2004 Olympic champion.

In 2009, the only 19-year-old had great successes. In April of this year she was Chinese champion in the class up to 58 kg body weight and achieved 233 kg (100-133). She referred Li Yanyan and ex-world champion Qiu Hongmei , who both achieved 228 kg in a duel, to places two and three. Li Xueying had a fantastic performance at the Chinese National Games in Jinan . She increased there to 251 kg (111-140) in a duel and won there before Qiu Hongmei, 246 kg (109-137) and Sun Cayen , 245 kg (110-135).

The Chinese Weightlifting Association then used it at the World Championships in Goyang / South Korea , where it fully met expectations. She did not achieve her brilliant performance from Jinan, but was safe world champion with 239 kg (107-132) in a duel before Nastassja Novikawa from Belarus , 225 kg and Juli Kalina from Ukraine , 215 kg. She also became world champion in snatching and pushing.

In 2010 she won the Asian Games in Guangzhou in the weight class up to 58 kg with a duel of 238 kg (105-133), but she was not used at the World Cup this year. In 2011 Li Xueying became the Asian champion in Tongling / China. At the World Cup this year in Paris she was surprisingly beaten by Belarusian Nastassija Novikawa. She achieved in the duel 236 kg (103-133), while Nastassija Nowikawa after 101 kg in the snatch brought 136 kg in the push to the high distance and thus won the duel with 237 kg.

Li Xueying prepared intensively for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She was therefore in excellent shape there and became an Olympic champion with her personal best of 246 kg (108-138) in a duel in a superior style. Then she ended her career.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
2007	1.	Junior World Championships in Prague	up to 58 kg	with 225 kg (102–123), before Chanpook Natthaneeva, Thailand , 205 kg (90–115) and Mun Yu-ra, South Korea , 205 kg (92–113)
2008	1.	Asian Championships in Kanazawa	up to 58 kg	with 227 kg (102–125), ahead of Liu Wan-Hsuan, Taiwan , 208 kg (95–113) and Sureerat Thongsuk, Thailand, 202 kg (10–112)
2009	1.	World Cup in Goyang / South Korea	up to 58 kg	with 239 kg (107–132), ahead of Nastassja Novikawa , Belarus , 225 kg (100–125) and Julia Kalina, Ukraine , 215 kg
2010	1.	Asia Games in Guangzhou	up to 58 kg	with 238 kg (105–133), in front of Pak Hyon-Suk, North Korea, 232 kg (104–128) and Jong Chun-Mi, North Korea, 225 kg (98–127)
2011	1.	Asian Championships in Tongling / China	up to 58 kg	with 235 kg (107–128), before Jong Chun-Mi, 222 kg (92–130) and Chomchailai Prachamorn, Thailand, 207 kg (90–117)
2011	2.	World Cup in Paris	up to 58 kg	with 236 kg (103-133), behind Anastaija Nowikawa, Belarus, 237 kg (101-136), in front of Pimsiri Sirikaew, Thailand, 230 kg (99-131)
2012	gold	OS in London	up to 58 kg	with 246 kg (108–138), before Pimsiri Sirikaew , 236 kg and Julija Kalina , Ukraine, 235 kg (106–129)

World Cup individual medals

• World Cup gold medals: 2009 / tearing, 2009 / pushing, 2011 / tearing
• World Cup silver medals: 2011 / pushing

National competitions

(as far as known)

year	space	competition	Weight class
2007	1.	Chinese Junior Championship	up to 58 kg	with 233 kg (106–127), before Chen Yinying, 228 kg (100–128) and Li Pingyi, 224 kg kg (96–128)
2009	1.	chinese championship	up to 58 kg	with 233 kg (100–133), before Li Yanyan, 228 kg (100–128) and Qiu Hongmei , 228 kg (100–128)
2009	1.	Chinese National Games in Jinan	up to 58 kg	with 251 kg (111–140), before Qiu Hongmei, 246 kg (109–137) and Sun Cayen , 245 kg (110–135)
2011	1.	chinese championship	up to 58 kg	with 225 kg (100–125), before Li Yanyan, 224 kg (97–127)
2012	1.	chinese championship	up to 58 kg	with 250 kg (110–140), before Deng Wei , 245 kg (110–135)

Explanations

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

literature

• Trade journal athletics ,

Web links

• Report from the Chinese National Games 2009
• Li Xueying at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science
• www.polska-sztanga.pl

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