Hou Zhihui

Hou Zhihui (Chinese: 侯志慧; pinyin: hóu zhìhuì; born 18 March 1997) is a Chinese weightlifter, Olympic champion, World champion, and two-time Asian champion competing in the women's 49 kg category.[2]

Hou Zhihui
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1997-03-18) 18 March 1997
Meitang Village, Zhangshi Town, Guiyang County, Chenzhou, Hunan, China[1]
Height1.48 m (4 ft 10 in)
Weight48.85 kg (108 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–49 kg
ClubHunan Province

As of 2021, she has set eleven senior world records throughout her career.[3]

Career

She competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the 49 kg division, winning silvers medals in all lifts,[4] and setting two world records in the total.[5]

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[6] 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.[7]


Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2021 Tokyo, Japan49 kg889294 OR1109114116 OR1210 OR
World Championships
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan49 kg889293108112115208 WR
2019 Pattaya, Thailand49 kg899496110116117211 WR
IWF World Cup
2019 Fuzhou, China49 kg9094 WR96111116210 WR
Asian Championships
2019 Ningbo, China49 kg889295109113116208
2020 Tashkent, Uzbekistan49 kg909496 WR110115117213 WR

References

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