Chen Wei-ling (weightlifter)

Chen Wei-ling
Personal information
Born	4 January 1982 (age 42)
Height	1.49 m (4 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Country	Chinese Taipei
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	Women's 48 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Olympic Games
Women's powerlifting
World Games

Template:Chinese name Chen Wei-ling (Chinese: 陳葦綾; pinyin: Chén Wěilíng; born 4 January 1982) is from Tainan, Taiwan. She is an Olympic weightlifter and powerlifter.

Achievements

Chen holds various all-time world records in powerlifting as follows

44 kg class – Women's

Squat (single ply, with knee wraps)– 171.5 kg @ 43.8 kg.
Deadlift (single ply, with knee wraps)– 175.0 kg @ 43.7 kg.

47 kg class – Women's

Squat (raw) - 152.5kg at 46.56kg
Squat (equipped) - 210kg at 46.75kg bodyweight.
Deadlift (equipped) - 186.0 kg
Total (raw) - 407.5kg at 46.75kg bodyweight.
Total (equipped) - 500kg at 46.56kg bodyweight.

In weightlifting, Wei-Ling competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 48 kg class. She snatched 75.0 kg and clean and jerked 95.0 kg for a total of 170.0 kg, ranking 11th.^[1]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics she originally won the bronze medal in the 48 kg category. She snatched 84 kg and clean and jerked 112 kg for a total of 196 kg.^[2] She was later awarded the gold medal after the original gold and silver medallists were disqualified for drug use.

Best competition lifts

Powerlifting

Equipped

Squat: 210 kg (World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25-26.07.2009)
Bench Press: 95 kg (World Games, Cali, Colombia, 30.07-01.08.2013)
Deadlift: 195.0 kg (World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25-26.07.2009)
Total: 495.0 kg (World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25-26.07.2009)
Open: 668.275 Wilks points (bodyweight: 46.75 kg, total: 495 kg, World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25-26.07.2009)

Raw

Squat: 145.0 kg (International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup, Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)
Bench Press: 77.5 kg (International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup, Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)
Deadlift: 172.5 kg (International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup, Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)
Total: 395 kg (International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup, Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)
Open: 533.684 Wilks points (bodyweight 46.70 kg, total: 395 kg, International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup, Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)

Weightlifting

Snatch: 87 kg, Asian Championship 2009
Clean and Jerk: 113 kg, Asian Championship 2009
Total: 200 kg, Asian Championship 2009

References

^ "CHEN Wei Ling". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
^ "CHEN Wei-Ling". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.

External links

Athlete Biography at beijing2008
108 kg clean and jerk on the 5th of July 2009 at the President's Cup in Taipei
squat at the World Games 2009^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[1] "CHEN Wei Ling". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.

[IWF_results-2] "CHEN Wei-Ling". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.

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