Lu Haojie (; born 3 August 1990) is a

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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 ...

. He competed for China at the

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, winning the silver medal.London 2012
At the 2012 Chinese National Games, Lu Haojie posted 175 kg in the snatch, and went on to win the National Games, placing ahead of

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. He won the silver medal at the

in the men's 77 kg category with a total of 360 kg. He injured his left elbow during his second snatch attempt of 175 kg, but went on to lift 190 kg in the clean and jerk to secure a silver medal.

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Chinese male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for China Olympic silver medalists for China 1990 births Living people Olympic medalists in weightlifting Sportspeople from Suzhou Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Weightlifters from Jiangsu People from Zhangjiagang 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-weightlifting-bio-stub

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