Lin Weining ( Chinese: 林伟宁; born March 15, 1979, in Changyi County,

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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 ...

. She began with wushu in 1991, and switched to weightlifting in 1992. She joined the provincial weightlifting team four years later.

Major performances

*1999 National Championships - 2nd 69 kg *1999 World Women's Youth Championships - 1st 69 kg snatch, C&J & total, breaking WR in snatch (137.5 kg) *1999 Asian Championships - 1st 69 kg snatch, C&J & total, breaking WRs in C&J (142.5 kg) and total (252.5 kg) *2000 National Championships - 2nd 69 kg total (252.5 kg) *2000 Sydney Olympic Games - 1st 69 kg

References

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1979 births Living people Olympic weightlifters of China Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters from Shandong People from Weifang Chinese female weightlifters {{PRChina-weightlifting-bio-stub Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 20th-century Chinese women 21st-century Chinese women