Li Xueying (; born May 15, 1990, in

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

) 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 lif ...

. She won gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics by lifting and on snatch and clean & jerk, respectively, with a total weight lifted of , setting a new Olympic record in both snatch and total weight lifted.

References

1990 births Living people Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Chinese female weightlifters Olympic gold medalists for China World Weightlifting Championships medalists Olympic weightlifters for China Weightlifters from Henan Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Sportspeople from Zhengzhou Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-weightlifting-bio-stub

See also

References