Li Yajun (; born 27 April 1993) is a Chinese

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

, Olympian, and World Champion competing in the 53 kg category until 2018 and 55 kg starting in 2018 after the

International Weightlifting Federation The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Lausanne, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting. The IWF was founded in 1905, and has 192 Member Federations. The IWF President is Mohammed H ...

reorganized the categories.

Career

She competed at the 2013 World Championships in the Women's 53 kg, winning the gold medal.

Major results

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* * * * 1993 births Living people Chinese female weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists Olympic weightlifters of China Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics 20th-century Chinese women 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-weightlifting-bio-stub