Deng Wei (, born 14 February 1993) is a Chinese retired weightlifter.2018 World Weightlifting Championships −64 kg results 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.PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 64 kg
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, sweeping gold medals in all lifts, while setting 5 new senior world records, and outlifting the silver medalist Rim Un-sim by 14 kg.
Throughout her career she has set 20 senior world records.
Major results Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 RankOlympic Games2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 63 kg 1081121151138147 WR—1262 WRWorld Championships2010 Antalya, Turkey 58 kg 931021021201311352372013 Wrocław, Poland 58 kg 105108108133133133———2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 63 kg 11011011041301361422522015 Houston, United States 63 kg 110110113140146 WR--2592018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 64 kg 110 110 112 WR 135 138 140 WR 252 WR 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 64 kg 108 113 116 WR 138 143 WR 145 WR 261 CWR Asian Games2014 Incheon, South Korea 63 kg 1101151162141144144 WR2259Asian Championships2019 Ningbo, China 64 kg 108 112 115 WR 137 142 WR — 257 WR IWF World Cup2019 Fuzhou, China 64 kg 108 113 WR — 135 141 WR — 254 WR 2019 Tianjin, China 64 kg 108 113 117 CWR 138 143 143 255 Junior World Championships2011 Penang, Malaysia 58 kg 105110112128133133 243Youth Olympic Games2010 Singapore, Singapore 58 kg 10010511011251321371242World Youth Championships2009 Chiang Mai, Thailand 58 kg 869198110116124222
See also List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals
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