Chen Wei-ling

Chen Wei-ling

Personal information
Born	(1982-01-04) January 4, 1982
Height	1.49 m (4 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Country	Chinese Taipei
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	Women's 48 kg
Medal record Women's weightlifting Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 48 kg Women's powerlifting World Games 2009 Kaohsiung 48 kg 2013 Cali Lightweight 2017 Wroclaw Lightweight

Chen Wei-ling (simplified Chinese: 陈苇绫; traditional Chinese: 陳葦綾; pinyin: Chén Wěilíng; born January 4, 1982) is from Tainan, Taiwan, ROC. She is an Olympic weightlifter and powerlifter.

Achievements

Chen holds various all-time world records in powerlifting as follows

44 kg class – Women's

• Squat (single ply, with knee wraps)– 171.5 kg @ 43.8 kg.
• Deadlift (single ply, with knee wraps)– 175.0 kg @ 43.7 kg.

47 kg class – Women's

• Squat (raw) - 152.5kg at 46.56kg
• Squat (equipped) - 210kg at 46.75kg bodyweight.
• Deadlift (equipped) - 186.0 kg
• Total (raw) - 407.5kg at 46.75kg bodyweight.
• Total (equipped) - 500kg at 46.56kg bodyweight.

In weightlifting, Wei-Ling competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 48 kg class. She snatched 75.0 kg and clean and jerked 95.0 kg for a total of 170.0 kg, ranking 11th.^[1]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics she won the bronze medal in the 48 kg category. She snatched 84 kg and clean and jerked 112 kg for a total of 196 kg.^[2] This was later upgraded to gold upon the disqualifications of the former gold and silver medallists.

Best competition lifts

References

• http://goodlift.ddns.net/records_s.php?fd=0&ac=0&sx=W&eq=1
• http://goodlift.ddns.net/records_s.php?fd=0&ac=0&sx=W&eq=0
• Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg

External links

• Athlete Biography at beijing2008
• 108 kg clean and jerk on the 5th of July 2009 at the President's Cup in Taipei
• squat at the World Games 2009