Liu Lei (born 16 November 1987 in

Zaozhuang Zaozhuang () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Since January 2019 (after the Laiwu prefecture got incorporated into Jinan prefecture), the smallest prefecture-level city in the province, it b ...

) is a Chinese Paralympic powerlifter. He won four consecutive gold medals at the

Summer Paralympics The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebra ...

. He also won two gold medals and one silver at the

World Para Powerlifting Championships The World Para Powerlifting Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Powerlifting World Championships, is an event organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Competitors with a physical disability compete, and in a fe ...

. At the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paraly ...

, he won a gold medal in the men's 65 kg event.

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Liu Lei at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website
1987 births Living people Chinese powerlifters Paralympic powerlifters for China Paralympic gold medalists for China Paralympic medalists in powerlifting Powerlifters at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics People from Zaozhuang Sportspeople from Shandong 21st-century Chinese people Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games {{China-bio-stub