Hou Zhihui
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Born | 18 March 1997 |
| Height | 1.48 m (4 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 48.85 kg (108 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | China |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
| Event | –49 kg |
| Club | Hunan Province |
Medal record | |
Hou Zhihui (Chinese: 侯志慧; pinyin: hóu zhìhuì; born 18 March 1997) is a Chinese weightlifter[1] and Asian Champion competing in the 48 kg and 53 kg categories until 2018 and 49 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2] She has set 5 senior world records throughout her career.
Career
She competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the 49 kg division, winning silvers medals in all lifts,[3] and setting two world records in the total.[4]
In 2019 she competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup held in Fuzhou in the 49 kg category. She swept gold medals in all lifts[5] setting new world records in the snatch and total.
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2018 |  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
49 kg | 88 | 93 |  |
108 | 112 | 115 | |
208 WR |
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| 2019 |  Pattaya, Thailand |
49 kg | 89 | 94 | |
110 | 117 |  |
211 WR |
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| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2019 |  Fuzhou, China |
49 kg | 90 | 94 WR | |
111 | 116 | — | |
210 WR |
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| Asian Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ningbo, China |
49 kg | 88 | 92 | |
109 | 113 | 116 | |
208 |
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References
- ^ 2018 Asian Games profile
- ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group B world championship entrants in 49 kg
- ^ 2018 World Weightlifting Championships –49 kg results
- ^ "World Records Fall in the Women's 49kg". IWF.net. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Chinese weightlifter Hou breaks world records to win golds at IWF World Cup". China Daily. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
