Wang Mingjuan

Wang Mingjuan ( Chinese  王明娟 , Pinyin Wáng Míngjuān ; born October 11, 1985 in Jiangyong County ( Hunan )) is a Chinese weightlifter . In 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2009 she became world champion in the duel in the weight class up to 48 kg body weight. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , she won the gold medal in her weight class.

Career

Wang Mingjuan is from Hunan Province . There she began lifting weights as a teenager and was accepted into the Hunan Province team in 1999 because of her good performance. In 2001 she was accepted into the Chinese national women's team. Your trainer is Liao Suping.

In 2001, at the age of 16, she won the Chinese National Games in the 48 kg class. In 2002 the first big success followed at an international championship. She was in Havířov Junior World Champion (up to 48 kg) with a duel of 200 kg (90-110) and won before Nurcan Taylan from Turkey , who came to 172.5 kg (77.5-95). In the same year it was used at the Senior World Championships in Warsaw . Although only 17 years old, she won three world championship titles there, the one in a duel and the one in snatch and push. Her performance was 207.5 kg (92.5–115). She again referred Nurcan Taylan, who increased to 192.5 kg (87.5-105), to second place.

2003 Wang Mingjuan was with 210 kg (92.5-117.5) Chinese champion in the class up to 48 kg and won three titles in the same weight class at the Senior World Championships in Vancouver . Their performance there in a duel was 200 kg (90-110). She was clearly ahead of her rivals Aree Wiratthaworn from Thailand , who reached 190 kg, and Nurcan Taylan , who came to 187.5 kg.

In 2004, while preparing for the Olympic Games, Wang Mingjuan injured her knee so badly that she was unable to compete in the Athens Olympic Games . The Olympic champion was Nurcan Taylan , which she always defeated , but who was able to increase to an excellent 210 kg in a duel in Athens.

In 2005, Wang Mingjuan started after she had recovered from her injury at the World Championships in Doha and won her third world championship title in a duel and world championships No. 5 and 6 in the individual disciplines with the two-way world record of 213 kg (95-118). She relegated Pensiri Laosirikul from Thailand, 198 kg and Aree Whiratthaworn, 193 kg, to places 2 and 3 by a large margin.

However, for the next three years, Wang Mingjuan's knee injuries kept recurring at irregular intervals. Of course, that also hindered her in training. She was therefore unable to compete in the 2006 and 2007 World Championships and, what was particularly regrettable, in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . In 2006, despite these unfortunate circumstances, she won the title at the Asian Games in Doha . She achieved there in the weight class up to 48 kg 206 kg (92-118) and won over Pensiri Laosirikul, who came to 192 kg.

In 2009 she was finally free of injuries again. She was then in April 2004 Chinese champion with 208 kg (95-113). In September 2009 she also won the 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan, where she achieved new world records in snatch and duel in the class up to 48 kg with 220 kg (99-121). At the 2009 World Championships in Goyang , South Korea , she achieved 208 kg (93-115), winning her fourth world title in a duel and the seventh individual title in the snatch. Behind her, the two Turkish women Sibel Özkan , 206 kg and Nurcan Taylan , 205 kg, came in second and third.

2010 Wang Mingjuan was not at the start of the Chinese championship and the world championship. In November 2010 she took part in the Asian Games in Guangzhou and won there with a duel of 210 kg (95-115) in front of Pensiri Laosirikul from Thailand, who reached 192 kg (83-109).

In 2011, she did not contest any competitions. Her next important competition was the Chinese championship in April 2012. She was in good shape there, had to admit defeat in the weight class up to 48 kg with a duel of 210 kg (93-117) of the only eighteen-year-old Tian Yuan (weightlifter) scored 221 kg (95–126) in a duel. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the Chinese Weightlifting Association deviated from the rule of always sending the Chinese champion to the international championships and instead of Tian Yuan, Wang Mingjuan in the weight class up to 48 kg in London. Wang Mingjuan won the Olympics after all with a duel of 205 kg (91-114).

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
2002	1.	Junior World Championships in Havířov	up to 48 kg	with 200 kg (90-110), before Nurcan Taylan , Turkey , 172.5 kg (77.5-95) and Gema Peris Revert, Spain , 167.5 kg (75–92.5)
2002	1.	World Cup in Warsaw	up to 48 kg	with 207.5 kg (92.5-115), before Nurcan Taylan , 192.5 kg (87.5-105) and Isabella Dragnewa, Bulgaria , 182.5 kg (82.5-100)
2003	1.	World Cup in Vancouver	up to 48 kg	with 200 kg (90-110), in front of Aree Wiratthaworn , Thailand , 190 kg u. Nurcan Taylan , 197.5 kg
2005	1.	World Cup in Doha	up to 48 kg	with 213 kg (95-118), before Pensiri Laosirikul , Thailand, 198 kg (88-110) and Aree Wiratthaworn, 193 kg (85–108)
2006	1.	Asia Games in Doha	up to 48 kg	with 206 kg (92-118), before Pensiri Laosirikul, 192 kg (85-107) u. Thongyim Bunphithak, Thailand, 191 kg (82-109)
2007	1.	IMF World Cup in Apia / Samoa	up to 48 kg	with 204 kg (88–116), before Genny Pagliardo , Italy , 180 kg a. Susanne Hiram, Nauru , 150 kg
2008	1.	Pre-Olympic Games in Beijing	up to 53 kg	with 205 kg (92-113), before Cen Lijuan, China , 201 kg (90-111) and the like. Suda Chaleephay, Thailand, 199 kg (89–110)
2008	1.	Asian Championships in Kanazawa	up to 48 kg	with 188 kg (87-101), before Ngo Thi Nga, Vietnam , 178 kg (83-95) and Shoko Sumida, Japan , 170 kg (78-92)
2009	1.	World Cup in Goyang / South Korea	up to 48 kg	with 208 kg (93–115) before Sibel Özkan , Turkey, 206 kg (89–117) and Nurcan Taylan , 205 kg (90–115)
2010	1.	Asian Games in Guangzhou	up to 48 kg	with 210 kg (95–115), in front of Pensiri Laosirikul, Thailand, 192 kg (83–109) and Chen Wei Ling, Taiwan, 191 kg (86–105)
2012	gold	OS in London	up to 48 kg	with 205 kg (91–114), ahead of Hiromi Miyake , Japan, 197 kg (97–110) and Ryang Chun-hwa , North Korea, 192 kg (80–112)

World Cup single title

• World Cup gold medals: 2002 / Tear - 2002 / Poke - 2003 / Tear - 2003 / Poke - 2005 / Tear - 2005 / Poke - 2009 / Tear
• World Cup bronze medals: 2009 / pushing

National competitions

(as far as known)

year	space	competition	Weight class
2001	1.	Chinese National Games	up to 48 kg
2003	1.	Chinese championship in Pingdingshan	up to 48 kg	with 210 kg (92.5-117.5), before Gao Wei , 202.5 kg a. Li Zhuo , 202.5 kg
2007	1.	Chinese championship in Hefei	up to 48 kg	with 204 kg (88–116)
2009	1.	chinese championship	up to 48 kg	with 208 kg (95-113), before Tian Yuan, 205 kg a. Gao Wei, 198 kg
2009	1.	11th Chinese National Games in Jinan	up to 48 kg	with 220 kg (99–121), before Yang Lian , 218 kg a. Gao Wei, 215 kg
2012	2.	chinese championship	up to 48 kg	with 210 kg (93–117), behind Tian Yuan (weightlifter) , 221 kg (95–126) and in front of Tan Yayun , 200 kg (85–115)

Explanations

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

literature

• Athletics magazine

Web links

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