Liao Guifang
Chinese weightlifter (born 2001)
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Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 (age 22) Changting, Fujian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70.9 kg (156 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | –71 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Liao Guifang (Chinese: 廖桂芳; born 5 October 2001) is a Chinese weightlifter from Fujian and world record holder.[1] She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[2]
She competed at the 2022 World Championships, finishing fourth. She won the 2023 Asian Championships, setting two world records in the process. She also won the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships, setting two world records at C&J and total, her total record is still unbeaten.[1]
References
- ^ a b Dickson, Jake (2023-05-09). "Weightlifter Liao Guifang (71KG) Sets 120-Kilogram Snatch World Record at 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships". BarBend. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ^ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
External links
- Liao Guifang at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Liao Guifang at the International Weightlifting Results Project
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World Champions in Weightlifting – Women's Light Heavyweight
- 1987: Gao Lijuan (CHN)
- 1988: Guo Qiuxiang (CHN)
- 1989: Guo Qiuxiang (CHN)
- 1990: Wang Genying (CHN)
- 1991: Lei Li (CHN)
- 1992: Gao Lijuan (CHN)
- 1993: Milena Trendafilova (BUL)
- 1994: Zhou Meihong (CHN)
- 1995: Tang Weifang (CHN)
- 1996: Tang Weifang (CHN)
- 1997: Xiang Fenglan (CHN)
- 1998: Tang Weifang (CHN)
- 1999: Sun Tianni (CHN)
- 2001: Valentina Popova (RUS)
- 2002: Pawina Thongsuk (THA)
- 2003: Liu Chunhong (CHN)
- 2005: Zarema Kasaeva (RUS)
- 2006: Oxana Slivenko (RUS)
- 2007: Oxana Slivenko (RUS)
- 2009: Nazik Avdalyan (ARM)
- 2010: Svetlana Shimkova (RUS)
- 2011: Oxana Slivenko (RUS)
- 2013: Xiang Yanmei (CHN)
- 2014: Ryo Un-hui (PRK)
- 2015: Xiang Yanmei (CHN)
- 2017: Leydi Solís (COL)
- 2018: Zhang Wangli (CHN)
- 2019: Katherine Nye (USA)
- 2021: Meredith Alwine (USA)
- 2022: Loredana Toma (ROU)
- 2023: Liao Guifang (CHN)
- 67.5 kg (1987–1992)
- 70 kg (1993–1997)
- 69 kg (1998–2017)
- 71 kg (2018–)
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