Tan Yujiao (; born October 4, 1990, in
Shaoshan
Shaoshan () is a county-level city in Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xiangtan. Qingxi Town is its seat.
Located on the mid-eastern Hunan and the mid-north of Xiangtan, Shaoshan is bordered by ...
) is a Chinese
powerlifter
Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effor ...
.
Career
She won the gold medal at the
Women's 67 kg event at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
)
, nations = 159
, athletes = 4,342
, opening = 7 September
, closing = 18 September
, opened_by = President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva
, events = 528 in 22 sports
, stadium = Maracanã
, sum ...
, with 135 kilograms.
She also won the gold medal in the
women's 67 kg event 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 Paralym ...
held in Tokyo, Japan.
A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the
2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.
References
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1990 births
Living people
Chinese powerlifters
Female powerlifters
Paralympic powerlifters for China
Paralympic gold medalists for China
Paralympic silver medalists for China
Paralympic medalists in powerlifting
Powerlifters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Powerlifters at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Powerlifters at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games
Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games
21st-century Chinese women
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