Long Qingquan

Long Qingquan
Long Qingquan at the 2008 Olympic Games
Personal information
Surname:	Long Qingquan
Nationality:	People's Republic of China
Date of birth:	3rd December 1990
Place of birth:	Longshan , Hunan
Size:	156 cm
Medal table

Long Qingquan ( Chinese龙 清泉, Lóng Qīngquán; born December 3, 1990 in Longshan , Hunan ) is a Chinese weightlifter .

Athletic career

Long became the Chinese National Champion in 2008. In August 2008, he first took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing . There the until then internationally unknown athlete won the gold medal in the class up to 56 kilograms. With his performance of 292 kg in snatching and pushing, he set a new junior world record.

At the 2009 Chinese National Championships, Long achieved 302 kg in a duel, 10 kg more than a year ago in Beijing. After snatching 133 kg, he managed to push 169 kg, 1 kg more than Halil Mutlu's official world record . Long is currently (as of November 2009) preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games in London and plans to officially improve the world record, since according to the World Association, records can only be set at world, continental championships or the Olympic Games. At the World Championships in Goyang he achieved 292 kg in a duel and won gold in front of his compatriot Wu Jingbiao and the Cuban Sergio Álvarez Boulet . After 130 kg in the snatch, he was still able to bring in a valid 162 kg in the push. In his last attempt, however, he failed because of the world record load of 169 kg he had planned. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , he won the gold medal with a new world record in a duel of 307 kg (137 kg in snatch and 170 kg in push).

Personal best

• Tear: 137 kg in the 56 kg class at the 2016 Olympic Games.
• Bump: 170 kg in the 56 kg class at the 2016 Olympics.
• Duel: 307 kg in the class up to 56 kg at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Long Qingquan in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on December 21, 2009.
2. ↑ Long Qingquan betters Mutlu's world record at the Chinese National Games ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , IMF News, Oct. 24, 2009 
3. ↑ 77th Men's and 20th Women's World Championships
4. ↑ sportschau.de: Weightlifting, weight class up to 56 kg, men. Retrieved August 9, 2016 . 

Web links

• Portrait at Team China 2008
• Long Qingquan at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Portrait on chidlovski.net