Chen Yanqing
Chinese weightlifter (born 1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chen Yanqing (simplified Chinese: 陈艳青; traditional Chinese: 陳艷青; pinyin: Chén Yànqīng; born May 4, 1979) is a Chinese weightlifter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal in the 58 kg class in both competitions,[2][3] making her the first woman to win gold medals in weightlifting in two consecutive Olympics.[4]
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Born | (1979-05-04) May 4, 1979 (age 45)[1] Suzhou, Jiangsu Province[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) (2004)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) (2004)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 3 July 2014 |
Chen was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu. She won her first gold medal in 1995 at the Junior Asian Women Weightlifting Championship, and another at a 1998 world championship. She was slated to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics but was scratched from the Chinese Olympic lineup for strategic reasons a short time before the games began.[3] She has also won the National Games and East Asia Games[5] and set the world record in her weight class in the snatch and lift in 2006.[3]