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Snatch (weightlifting)
The snatch is the first of two lifts contested in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting (also known as Olympic weightlifting) followed by the clean and jerk. The objective of the snatch is to lift the barbell from the ground to overhead in one continuous motion. There are four main styles of snatch used: snatch (full snatch or squat snatch), split snatch, power snatch, and muscle snatch. The full lift is the most common style used in competition, while power snatches and muscle snatches are mostly used for training purposes, and split snatches are now rarely used. Any of these lifts can be performed from the floor, from the hang position, or from blocks. In competition, only lifts from the floor are allowed. Types Full snatch The snatch is now commonly used to mean a full snatch, also called a squat snatch. Before WWII, the squat style was performed mainly by German lifters, while the rest of the world preferred the split snatch because the squat style required great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlos Nasar
Karlos Nasar ( Bulgarian: Карлос Насар; born 12 May 2004) is a Bulgarian weightlifter who is an Olympic, two-time World and three-time European champion and one of the youngest weightlifting world record holders ever. He was named Bulgaria's Sportsman of the Year for 2024. Nasar also received the 2024 Ikar Sports Award. Early life Nasar was born in Paris to a Bulgarian mother and a Lebanese father. He has two brothers, Lazarus and Ivan. Career Olympic games In Nasar's Olympic debut, he won the 2024 Olympic men's 89 kg event, breaking eight World and Olympic records in the process. In the 89 kg final, he first lifted 213 kg in the clean & jerk for a new OR, and then proceeded to a World (and Olympic, and Junior) best mark of 224 kg. Adding these results to the 180 kg successful attempt in the snatch, he established an OR in the total (393 kg) and then a World, Olympic, and World Junior global mark of 404 kg. Out of the 13 records in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Wenwen
Li Wenwen (; born 5 March 2000) is a Chinese weightlifter competing in the women's +87 kg division. She is a double Olympic champion, as well as the double world and 3 time Asian champion. In 2021, she set the current world records for both clean & jerk and snatch. Career In 2019, Li competed at the IWF World Cup in Fuzhou, winning silver medals and setting junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk and total in the +87 kg category. Later in 2019, she competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the +87 kg category. In the snatch portion she set a world record with a lift of 147 kg, and won gold medals in all lifts. She competed at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in the +87 kg division against teammate Meng Suping. She had a perfect 6 for 6 day and won gold medals in all lifts which included a world record clean & jerk of 186 kg which also set the total world record. Li improved on her own world records at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rim Jong-sim
Rim Jong-sim (; or ; born 5 February 1993) is a North Korean retired weightlifter, two time Olympic Champion, World Champion, Asian Games gold and bronze medalist, and Asian Champion competing in the 69 kg and 75 kg category until 2018 and 76 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Career She won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics at the women's 69 kg event. Four years later, she won the gold medal at the women's 75 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i .... Personal life Rim has a younger sister Rim Un-sim who is an Olympic weightlifter in 64 kg division. She is a mother. Major results References Further reading * External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angie Palacios
Angie Paola Palacios Dájomes (born September 12, 2000) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter and two time Youth World Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Career She competed in the 64 kg division at the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Fiji winning silver medals in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total. Later she competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in the 64 kg division winning a bronze medal. Palacios represented Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She placed sixth with a total of 226 kg. Palacios won the gold medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia. She also won medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events in this competition. Palacios won the gold medal in the women's 76kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay. She won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deng Wei (weightlifter)
Deng Wei (, born 14 February 1993) is a Chinese retired weightlifter. She is an Olympic Champion, five-time World Champion and Asian Champion. She competed in the 58 kg and 63 kg categories until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Career She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 63 kg category. She put on a dominating display, she matched the Olympic Record of 115 kg in the snatch, and set new World Records in the clean & jerk and total. She outlifted the silver medalist Choe Hyo-sim by 14 kg. In 2018 she competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat Ashgabat (Turkmen language, Turkmen: ''Aşgabat'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag, Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 ..., sweeping gold medals in all lifts, while setting 5 new s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Il-gyong
Kim Il-gyong (; born 27 July 2003) is a North Korean weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bahrain. Kim also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games (), officially the 19th Asian Games () and also known as Hangzhou 2022 ( zh, c=, s=杭州2022, labels=no), were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The ... held in Hangzhou, China. She set a new world record in the Snatch. Kim won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Achievements References External links * Living people 2003 births Place of birth missing (living people) North Korean female weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Asian Games weightlift ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Hyon Gyong
Kang may refer to: Places * Kang Kalan, Punjab * Kang District, Afghanistan * Kang, Botswana, a village * Kang County, Gansu, China * Kang, Isfahan, Iran, a village * Kang, Kerman, Iran, a village * Kang, Razavi Khorasan, Iran, a village * Kham (康), also transliterated as Kang, an area of eastern Tibet and western Sichuan * Kangju, an ancient kingdom in Central Asia * Xikang, a province of the Republic of China from 1939 to 1955 People Royalty * Tai Kang (reigned 2117–2088 BC), third sovereign of the Xia Dynasty * King Kang of Zhou (reigned 1020-996 BC or 1005-978 BC), third sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty * King Kang of Chu (died 545 BC), in ancient China * Duke Kang of Qi (died 379 BC), titular ruler of Qi * Emperor Kang of Jin (322-344), of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Surname * Kang (Chinese surname), a Chinese surname (康) * Kang (Korean surname), a common Korean surname (강; 姜) * C.S. Eliot Kang (born 1962), American diplomat and member of the U.S. Senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hou Zhihui
Hou Zhihui (; born 18 March 1997) is a Chinese weightlifter, two-times Olympic champion, World champion, and two-time Asian champion competing in the women's 49 kg category. she has set eleven senior world records throughout her career. Career She competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the 49 kg division, winning silvers medals in all lifts, and setting two world records in the total. In 2019 she competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup held in Fuzhou, China, in the 49 kg category. She swept gold medals in all lifts setting new world records in the snatch and total. In 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won China's second gold medal in women's 49 kg weightlifting, setting new Olympic records in the snatch, clean and jerk, and overall total, with 210 kilograms, which is three short of her world record from the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships. She won the bronze medal in the women's 49kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Won Hyon Sim
Won may refer to: * Won Buddhism, a specific form of Korean Buddhism Names * Won (Korean surname) * Won (Korean given name) Currencies *Korean won (other) Other uses * ''Won'' (injustice), a social concept in the Joseon dynasty of Korea * WO-N, a Warrant Officer of the Australian Navy * WON Bass, a competitive bass fishing series of tournaments * World Ocean Network, an international non-profit association of organizations to promote the sustainable use of the oceans * World Opponent Network, a former online gaming service In transportation *The ICAO airline code for Wings Air * The National Rail station code for Walton-on-the-Naze railway station, Tendring, England In news * ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter The ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' (''WON'') is a newsletter that covers professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Founded in print in 1982 by Dave Meltzer, the ''Wrestling Observer'' website merged with Bryan Alvarez's ''Figure Four Wee .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasha Talakhadze
Lasha Talakhadze ( ka, ლაშა ტალახაძე; ; born 2 October 1993) is a Georgian weightlifter, holding the all-time world records independent of weight category in the snatch (225 kg, 496 lb), the clean and jerk (267 kg, 589 lb), and the total (492 kg, 1,085 lb) since 2021. Talakhadze is a three-time Olympic champion, seven-time world champion, and seven-time European champion competing in the super-heavyweight category (105 kg + until 2018 and 109 kg + starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories). He is a three-time winner of the IWF Male Lifter of the Year. Career Early career and +105 kg division Talakhadze represented Georgia at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships, and originally finished second with a total of 454 kg. In December 2015, Aleksey Lovchev (the original gold medalist and world record holder in the clean & jerk and total) failed a drug tes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Zhe
Yang Zhe (born 14 July 1991) is a Chinese weightlifter. He competed for men's 105 kg weightlifting at Guangzhou Asia 2010 and won the gold medal. He also won the gold medal in 2014 Asian Games. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ... in the Men's 105 kg. Major results References External links * * Chinese male weightlifters 1991 births Living people Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for China Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games World Weightlifting Championships medalists People from Chaoyang, Lia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
