Tang Gonghong

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Tang Gonghong ( Chinese  唐 功 紅  /  唐 功 红 , Pinyin Táng Gōnghóng , born March 5, 1979 in Yantai ) is a Chinese weightlifter .

Career

Tang Gonghong is from Yantai in Shandong Province . Already as a teenager she showed a good disposition for weightlifting and was admitted to the Jiangsu Province Sports School in 1994 and the Nanjing City Sports School in 1997 . In 1997 she made the leap into the Chinese national weightlifting team. She landed her first major international success as a nineteen year old completely unknown in weightlifting in 1998 when she became world heavyweight champion in Lahti . The 1.72 m tall and approx. 120 kg heavy athlete achieved a special achievement at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , when she only managed 122.5 kg in the snatch, 7.5 kg behind the South Korean Jang Mi-Ran was lying, managed 182.5 kg in the push and still overtook the South Korean, who had pushed 172.5 kg. At the same time, she managed a world record in a duel with 305 kg, which was improved in 2006 by Jang Mi-Ran to 318 kg.

International successes / all-around

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, KG = body weight)

  • 1998, 1st place , University World Championships in Ramat Gan, over 75 kg body weight, with 267.5 kg, ahead of Chen Hsiao-Lien, Taiwan , 227.5 kg and Chen Chia-Yi, Taiwan, 225 kg;
  • 1998, 1st place , World Championships in Lahti , over 75 kg, with 255 kg, ahead of Chen Hsiao-Lien, 245 kg and María Isabel Urrutia , Colombia, 242.5 kg;
  • 2002, 1st place , Asian Games in Busan , over 75 kg body weight, with 287.5 kg, ahead of Jang Mi-Ran , South Korea, 272.5 kg and Mun Kyung-Ae, South Korea, 252.5 kg;
  • 2002, 3rd place , World Championships in Warsaw , over 75 kg body weight, with 277.5 kg, behind Agata Wrobel , Poland , 287.5 kg and Albina Chomitsch , Russia , 282.5 kg;
  • 2004, 1st place , Asian Games in Almaty , Kazakhstan , over 75 kg body weight, with 302.5 kg, ahead of Geeta Rani, India , 240 kg and Ludmilla Kanonowa, Kazakhstan, 237.5 kg;
  • 2004, gold medal, OS in Athens , S, with 305 kg, ahead of Jang Mi-Ran, South Korea, 302.5 kg and Agata Wrobel, 290 kg

Medals individual disciplines

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

  • World Cup gold medal: 1998, push, 145 kg
  • World Cup silver medal: 2002, push, 160 kg
  • World Cup bronze medal: 1998, tear, 110 kg

World records

(all in heavyweight, achieved over 75 kg body weight)

  • 1998, pushing, 155.5 kg,
  • 1998, duel, 267.5 kg,
  • 2002, pushing, 165.5 kg,
  • 2002, pushing, 167.5 kg,
  • 2003, pushing, 168 kg,
  • 2004, pushing, 170 kg,
  • 2004, duel, 302.5 kg,
  • 2004, pushing, 175 kg,
  • 2004, pushing, 182.5 kg,
  • 2004, duel, 305 kg

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personal data
SURNAME Tang Gonghong
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 唐 功 红 (simplified Chinese); 唐 功 紅 (traditional Chinese); Táng Gōnghóng (Pinyin)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH March 5th 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Yantai