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Athlete: Deng Wei

Deng Wei is a 64 kg Chinese weightlifter though has won internationally in the 58 kg and 63 kg classes also. Deng Wei is undoubtedly one of the most dominant female weightlifters of all time.

Wei became an Olympic Champion in 2016 where she hit her all time highest total of 262 kg made up of a 115 kg snatch and a 147 kg clean and jerk – three world records. Wei is a 4 time world champion, winning in 2010, 2014, 2015 and 2018. As well as this she is youth world champion, a junior world champion, and a youth Olympic champion.

Throughout her career Deng Wei has won 19 international gold medals and set 15 world records.

Chinese weightlifter Shi Zhiyong snatching a world record of 168 kg

All World Records from the Last Month of International Competition

We have been spoiled by the number of international competitions and the incredible lifts from the month of April. Due to the new Olympic qualification system that was implemented last year, all of the continental championships ended up changing their competition dates to the month of April. They did this in order to fit into …

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