Kuo Hsing-chun

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Kuo Hsing-chun
Personal information
National teamChinese Taipei
Born (1993-11-26) 26 November 1993 (age 30)
Yilan, Taiwan
Years active2011–
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight58.55 kg (129 lb)
Sport
CountryChinese Taipei
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)58 kg (2011–2018), 59 kg (2018–)
ClubFu Jen Catholic University
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 106 kg (2019)
  • Clean & Jerk: 140 kg (2019)
  • Total: 246 kg (2019)
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro –58 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Wrocław –58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Anaheim –58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ashgabat –59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pattaya –59 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Houston –58 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang –58 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan –58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 58 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Astana –58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tashkent –58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ashgabat –58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ningbo –59 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Pyeongtaek –58 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore –53 kg

Kuo Hsing-chun (Chinese: 郭婞淳; pinyin: Guō Xìngchún; born 26 November 1993) is a Taiwanese weightlifter, Olympian, four time World Champion, two time Universiade Champion, Asian Games Champion, and four time Asian Champion of Amis descent,[1] competing in the 58 kg division until 2018 and 59 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2] She has set 11 senior world records in her career.

Career

Olympics

In 2012 she competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 58 kg category and placed sixth overall.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics she competed in the 58 kg category. In the snatch portion of the competition she completed her first lift of 102 kg, but was unable to complete her last two lifts of 105 kg. Going into the clean & jerk portion of the competition she was in third place, as she was 8 kg behind Sukanya Srisurat and tied in weight with Pimsiri Sirikaew (Pimsiri Sirikaew weighed .46 kg less). In the clean & jerk portion she completed a 129 kg lift which secured her at least a bronze medal finish. For her final lift she attempted an Olympic Record lift of 139 kg, which would put her in first place, but was unable to lift it.[3] She won a bronze medal[4] with a total of 231 kg.[5]

World Championships

In 2013 she competed at the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships in the 58 kg category. After the snatch portion of the competition she was in second place behind Deng Wei, they both had lifted 108 kg, but Deng Wei was 0.46 kg lighter. In the clean and jerk portion of the competition she lifted 133 kg in her first attempt, after Deng Wei was unable to complete any of her clean and jerks, she had the gold medal secured.[6] Her total of 241 kg was a full 13 kg over the silver medalist Alexandra Escobar.

The 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was her first competition back from a disappointing year (due to injury), and she competed in the 58 kg category. After the snatch portion of the competition she was in fourth place with 103 kg, the leader Boyanka Kostova set a world record in the snatch with 112 kg. In the clean and jerk portion she lifted 133 kg with her final lift securing a bronze medal in the clean & jerk and in the total.[7]

Kuo Hsing-chun (right) accepting souvenirs from President Tsai Ing-wen in August 2017

Coming into the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships she was expected to put up a solid performance after her record setting performance at the 2017 Summer Universiade. She competed in the 58 kg category, against the reigning Olympic Champion Sukanya Srisurat and it was expected to be a close competition. After the snatch portion Sukanya Srisurat was in the gold medal position with 105 kg, Kuo also lifted the same, but Srisurat had lifted the weight first. In the clean and jerk portion, Sukanya Srisurat had completed all of her attempts before Kuo had attempted any of her lifts. She made her first lift of 126 kg, securing the gold medal. She added onto that total, lifting 135 kg in the clean and jerk, finishing with 240 kg, a full 15 kg more than reigning Olympic Champion, and silver medalist Srisurat.[8]

In 2018, the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories, and Kuo competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the new 59 kg category. In the snatch portion she lifted a new world record of 105 kg, and led going into the clean and jerk portion by 2 kg over the silver medalist Hoàng Thị Duyên and bronze medallist Rebeka Koha. During the clean and jerk portion she successfully lifted 128 kg in her first attempt, setting a new world record in the total. With her last successful lift of 132 kg she set a new world record in the clean and jerk and total.[9] Chen Guiming, the eventual silver medalist attempted a world record lift of 140 kg, which would have given her the lead, but she was unable to lift it. As a result, Kuo won the gold medal in the total. She set four senior world records in the competition and won her third World Championships.[10]

Kuo competed in the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, where she broke two of her own world records in the women's 59 kg category, with 140 kg in the clean and jerk, and 246 kg in the combined lift.[11]

Asian Games

Before the 2014 Asian Games she suffered an injury to her leg,[12] which left her confined to a wheelchair for a month, as a result of the injury she donated an ambulance to Taitung hospital.[13][14] Injury notwithstanding, she went on to place fourth at the 2014 Asian Games in the 58 kg category.

She was the flag bearer for Taiwan at the 2018 Asian Games[15] where she competed in the 58 kg category. After the snatch portion of the competition she led Sukanya Srisurat by 2 kg with 105 kg. In the clean & jerk portion of the competition she secured the gold medal with her first lift of 125 kg,[16] her next attempt was called at 133 kg, but there was an error loading the bar and only 130.5 kg was put on,[17] she made the lift with a lopsided bar (one side weighed 2.5 kg more than the other) and received credit for 130 kg. Her last attempt in the clean & jerk was for a world record weight of 143 kg but she was unable to make the lift.

Universiade

Kuo won gold at the 2017 Summer Universiade and set a world record of 142 kg for the clean and jerk in her final lift.[18][19] Following her performance at the Universiade, Kuo was awarded the Order of Brilliant Star,[20] and chose to donate her winnings, totaling NT$1.9 million ($68022.34), back to her community.[21]

Asian Weightlifting Championships

Kuo competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 59 kg category. After her second successful lift of 103 kg she had secured a gold medal in the snatch, and attempted a world record lift of 106 kg which she successfully completed. In the clean & jerk portion she had a gold medal in the total virtually guaranteed with her second lift of 134 kg, this gave her a new world record total of 240 kg. Her last attempt of 137 kg broke the clean & jerk world record, and the total world record she had just set. Chen Guiming attempted a 138 kg clean & jerk (regardless of the result the gold medal was won by Kuo), but was unable to complete the lift which gave Guiming a silver medal in the total, a full 10 kg behind gold medalist Kuo.[22]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2012 England London, England 58 kg 99 101 102 9 129 133 133 5 228 6
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 58 kg 102 105 105 3 129 129 139 3 231 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships
2011 France Paris, France 58 kg 90 94 96 11 118 122 122 8 212 10
2013 Poland Wrocław, Poland 58 kg 103 106 108 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 133 136 136 1st place, gold medalist(s) 241 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 58 kg 98 98 100 6 125 129 131 5 223 5
2015 United States Houston, United States 58 kg 104 107 107 4 133 133 133 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 237 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 58 kg 99 102 105 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 126 131 135 1st place, gold medalist(s) 240 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 59 kg 100 103 105 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 128 132 132 WR 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 237 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 59 kg 103 106 106 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 133 137 140 CWR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 246 CWR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Games
2014 South Korea Incheon, South Korea 58 kg 95 95 98 4 120 124 128 4 219 4
2018 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 58 kg 100 103 105 1 125 130 143 1 235 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Summer Universiade
2013 Russia Kazan, Russia 58 kg 100 102 104 1 126 130 134 1 238 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017 Chinese Taipei New Taipei, Taiwan 58 kg 102 105 107 1 133 136 142 WR 1 249 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2012 South Korea Pyeongtaek, South Korea 58 kg 94 98 98 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 123 128 130 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 228 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2013 Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan 58 kg 102 105 105 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 131 134 134 1st place, gold medalist(s) 236 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2016 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 58 kg 97 100 103 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 128 131 135 1st place, gold medalist(s) 238 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 58 kg 98 101 104 1st place, gold medalist(s) 128 133 137 1st place, gold medalist(s) 241 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 China Ningbo, China 59 kg 100 103 106 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 130 134 137 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 243 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • CWR: Current world record
  • WR: World record

References

  1. ^ Taiwanese Olympic medalist is confident of getting best results from Taipei Universiade
  2. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 59 kg
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  4. ^ Olympic Weightlifting 2016: Medal Winners and Scores After Monday's Results
  5. ^ "FORMER YOG STARS REACH NEW HEIGHTS". Olympic.org. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Chinese Taipei lifter wins gold at women's 58kg in World Championships". China Daily. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Two more world records as Kostova and "the new Shi" take the honours". IWF.net. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Rio Olympic Bronze Medallist defeated the reigning Olympic Champion". IWF.net. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  9. ^ "World Records: KUO four and CHEN one". IWF.net. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Kuo Hsing-chun grabs 2 gold, 1 silver at world weightlifting championships". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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  14. ^ "Olympic Weightlifter Kuo Hsing-chun Talks Weightlifting and Giving Back". city543.com. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
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  16. ^ "Taiwan News: Gold for Kuo in Asian Games Weightlifting as Rain Batters Taiwan". TheNewsLens. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  17. ^ "In pics: women's weightlifting 58kg event at 18th Asian Games". Xinhuanet. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  18. ^ UNIVERSIADE: Taiwan weightlifter breaks world record
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