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Liao Qiuyun

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Liao.
Liao Qiuyun
Liao (4th from left) in the athletes' presentation in women's 55kg in Tokyo.
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1995-07-13) 13 July 1995 (age 29)
Yongzhou, China
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight54.80 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
SportWeightlifting
Event55 kg
Medal record
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 55 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pattaya –55 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ningbo –55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tashkent –55 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ashgabat –53 kg
National Games of China
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tianjin –53 kg

Liao Qiuyun (Chinese: 廖秋云, born 13 July 1995) is a Chinese weightlifter.[1] She is the silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo[2] and World and Asian Champion.[3] She competes in the women's 55 kg division.

Career

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In early 2019 Liao competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup in the 55 kg division and won gold medals in all lifts.[4] Later in 2019 she competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 55 kg category, won gold medals in all lifts,[5] and set a world record in the clean & jerk with a lift of 128 kg. She outlifted silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz by 15 kg.[6] In 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won China a silver medal in women's 55 kg weightlifting.[2][7]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  China
Olympic Games
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 55 kg 92 95 97 2 118 123 126 2 223 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 55 kg 95 95 98 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 120 125 129 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 227 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2019 China Ningbo, China 55 kg 93 96 96 1st place, gold medalist(s) 118 122 128 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 224 1st place, gold medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2019 China Fuzhou, China 55 kg 93 96 98 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 118 121 125 1st place, gold medalist(s) 221 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ "Athlete Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020 Women's 55kg Results". Olympics.com. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  3. ^ "2019 World Championships Entry List" (PDF). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  4. ^ "2019 IWF World Cup Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Results of women's 55kg final at Asian Weightlifting Championships". Zinhuanet. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 Asian Championships Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Women's 55 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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