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{{Short description|Chinese weightlifter (born 1993)}}
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| name=Chen Lijun
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]}}
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| nationality=Chinese
| birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|2|8}}
| birth_place=[[Yiyang]], China
| height=1.62 m
| weight=66.95 kg
| country=China
| sport=[[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]
| event=–67 kg
| club=Hunan Province
| pb={{unbulleted list|Snatch: 154 kg (2019)|Clean and jerk: 187 kg (2019)|Total: 339 kg (2019)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 67 kg|–67 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2013 World Weightlifting Championships|2013 Wrocław]]|−62 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[2013 World Weightlifting Championships|2013 Wrocław]]|[[2013 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg|–62 kg]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 World Weightlifting Championships|2015 Houston]]|[[2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg|–62 kg]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[2018 World Weightlifting Championships|2018 Ashgabat]]|[[2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 67 kg|–67 kg]]}}
'''Chen Lijun''' (諶利軍; born 8 February 1993) is a Chinese weighlifter.<ref>[http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=chen-lijun-1993-02-08&id=5338 Profile]</ref> He competed at the [[2013 World Weightlifting Championships|2013 World Championships]] in the [[2013 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg|Men's 62 kg]], winning the Gold medal.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/weightlifting/China-win-third-world-weightlifting-title/articleshow/24562790.cms</ref>
{{MedalGold|[[2019 World Weightlifting Championships|2019 Pattaya]]|[[2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 67 kg|–67 kg]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 World Weightlifting Championships|2023 Riyadh]]|[[2023 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 67 kg|–67 kg]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 World Weightlifting Championships|2022 Bogotá]]|[[2022 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 67 kg|–67 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Weightlifting at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Weightlifting at the 2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's 67 kg|–67 kg]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Weightlifting at the 2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 62 kg|–62 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Weightlifting Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships|2019 Ningbo]]|–67&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships|2020 Tashkent]]|–67&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships|2023 Jinju]]|[[2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships#61 kg|–61&nbsp;kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Sofia|–62 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[National Games of China]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Results of the 2013 National Games of China#Weightlifting|2013 Liaoning]]|–62 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[Weightlifting at the 2017 National Games of China|2017 Tianjin]]|–62 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[Weightlifting at the 2021 National Games of China|2021 Shaanxi]]|–67 kg}}
}}
'''Chen Lijun''' ([[Simplified Chinese characters|Chinese]] 谌利军; born 8 February 1993) is a Chinese [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=chen-lijun-1993-02-08&id=5338 |title=Profile |access-date=2013-10-23 |archive-date=2015-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905132856/http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=chen-lijun-1993-02-08&id=5338 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Olympic Champion, five time World Champion and two time Asian Champion competing in the 62&nbsp;kg division until 2018 and&nbsp;67&nbsp;kg starting in 2018 after the [[International Weightlifting Federation]] reorganized the categories.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M67A.pdf |title=PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 67 kg |access-date=2019-04-21 |archive-date=2018-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219001219/http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M67A.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career==
===Olympics===
He competed at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in the 62&nbsp;kg division but was forced to withdraw from the competition after his second snatch attempt<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/olympics/2016/live-updates/rio-games/scores-and-latest-news/colombias-mosquera-wins-weight-lifting-gold-after-chinese-favorite-fails-to-finish/|title=Colombia's Mosquera wins weight lifting gold after Chinese favorite fails to finish|newspaper=Washington Post|accessdate=21 April 2019}}</ref> due to legs cramps.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-weightlifting-m-62kg/zen-colombian-retires-after-lifting-gold-idUSKCN10K0B9|title=Zen Colombian retires after lifting gold|work=Reuters|date=9 August 2016 |accessdate=21 April 2019}}</ref>

In 2021 at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]], he won the gold medal in the Men's 67&nbsp;kg category, lifting 145&nbsp;kg in the [[Snatch (weightlifting)|Snatch]] and 187&nbsp;kg in the [[Clean and Jerk]] for a 332&nbsp;kg total, with new Olympic records set in the clean and jerk, and overall total.

===World Championships===
He competed at the [[2013 World Weightlifting Championships|2013 World Championships]] in the [[2013 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg|Men's 62 kg class]], lifting 146&nbsp;kg in the [[Snatch (weightlifting)|Snatch]] and 175&nbsp;kg in the [[Clean and Jerk]] for a 321&nbsp;kg total, winning silver medals in the snatch and the clean & jerk and a gold medal in the total.

In 2015, he competed at the [[2015 World Weightlifting Championships|2015 World Championships]] in the [[2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg|62 kg class]], lifting 150&nbsp;kg in the snatch and a [[List of world records in Olympic weightlifting|world record]] 183&nbsp;kg in the clean & jerk for a world record 333&nbsp;kg total, earning a silver medal in the Snatch and gold medals in the Clean and Jerk and total.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=341 |title=Results by Events: 2015 IWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS |work=International Weightlifting Federation |accessdate=1 December 2015}}</ref>

In 2018, the [[International Weightlifting Federation|IWF]] restructured the weight classes and he competed in the 67&nbsp;kg category as the [[2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 67 kg|2018 World Championships]]. Coming into the competition he was the heavy favorite to win, and after the snatch portion he was in second place, 2&nbsp;kg behind the snatch gold medalist [[Huang Minhao]]. In the clean & jerk portion he successfully lifted 182&nbsp;kg in his second attempt giving him a total world record of 332&nbsp;kg and his third World Championships win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-11/05/c_137583470.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105123652/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-11/05/c_137583470.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2018|title=China's Shi Zhiyong breaks three world records to win 73kg at weightlifting worlds|work=Xinhuanet|accessdate=21 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/2018/11/04/third-asian-gold-within-men/|title=Third Asian Gold within Men|work=IWF.net|date=4 November 2018 |accessdate=21 April 2019}}</ref>

==Major results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year
! rowspan=2 width=275 | Venue
! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight
! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg)
! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg)
! rowspan=2 width=60 | Total
! rowspan=2 width=40 | Rank
|-
! width=60 | 1
! width=60 | 2
! width=60 | 3
! width=45 | Rank
! width=60 | 1
! width=60 | 2
! width=60 | 3
! width=45 | Rank
|-
! colspan=15|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]] || align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg|62 kg]] || <s>143</s> || <s>143</s> || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2021]] || align=left| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 67 kg|67 kg]] || '''145''' || <s>150</s> || <s>151</s> || 5 || 175 || '''187''' {{OlyR|weightlifting}} || — || 1 || '''332''' {{OlyR|weightlifting}}|| {{gold1}}
|-
! colspan=13 | [[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]
|-
| [[2013 World Weightlifting Championships|2013]] || align=left | {{flag icon|POL}} [[Wrocław]], [[Poland]] || [[2013 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg|62 kg]] || 138 || 143 || '''146''' || {{silver2}} || <s>173</s> || <s>173</s> || '''175''' || {{silver2}} || '''321''' || {{gold1}}
|-
| [[2015 World Weightlifting Championships|2015]] || align=left | {{flag icon|USA}} [[Houston]], [[United States]] || [[2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg|62 kg]] || 145 || '''150''' || <s>152</s> || {{gold1}} || 175 || 179 || '''183 [[World record progression men's weightlifting (1998–2018)|WR]]''' || {{gold1}} || '''333 [[World record progression men's weightlifting (1998–2018)|WR]]''' || {{gold1}}
|-
| [[2018 World Weightlifting Championships|2018]] || align=left | {{flag icon|TKM}} [[Ashgabat]], [[Turkmenistan]] || [[2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 67 kg|67 kg]] || 145 || '''150''' || <s>153</s> || {{silver2}} || 178 || '''182''' || <s>185</s> || {{gold1}} || '''332 [[World record progression men's weightlifting|WR]]''' || {{gold1}}
|-
| [[2019 World Weightlifting Championships|2019]] || align=left | {{flag icon|THA}} [[Pattaya]], [[Thailand]] || [[2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 67 kg|67 kg]] || 145 || '''150''' || <s>153</s> || {{bronze3}} || 178 || 184 || '''187 [[World record progression men's weightlifting|WR]]''' || {{silver2}} || '''337''' || {{gold1}}
|-
| [[2022 World Weightlifting Championships|2022]] || align=left | {{flag icon|COL}} [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]] || [[2022 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 67 kg|67 kg]] || 145 || '''148''' || <s>150</s> || {{gold1}} || 171 || <s>176</s> || '''176''' || 6 || '''324''' || {{silver2}}
|-
| [[2023 World Weightlifting Championships|2023]] || align=left | {{flag icon|KSA}} [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]] || [[2023 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 67 kg|67 kg]] || 145 || 150 || '''153''' || {{gold1}} || 175 || '''180''' || — || {{gold1}} || '''333''' || {{gold1}}
|-
! colspan=13|[[Weightlifting at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2014 Asian Games|2014]] || align=left| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Incheon]], [[South Korea]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 62 kg|62 kg]] || 140 || '''143''' || <s>145</s> || 2 || <s>173</s> || 173 || '''178''' || 2 || '''321''' || {{silver2}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2022 Asian Games|2023]] || align=left| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Hangzhou]], [[China]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's 67 kg|67 kg]] || <s>145</s> || 145 || '''150 [[List of Asian Games records in Olympic weightlifting|GR]]''' || 1 || 175 || <s>180</s> || '''180''' || 1 || '''330 [[List of Asian Games records in Olympic weightlifting|GR]]''' || {{gold1}}
|-
! colspan=13|[[Asian Weightlifting Championships|Asian Championships]]
|-
|[[2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships|2019]]|| align=left| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ningbo]], [[China]] || 67&nbsp;kg || 147 || 151 || '''154 [[World record progression men's weightlifting|WR]]''' || {{gold1}} || 178 || '''185 [[World record progression men's weightlifting|WR]]''' || — || {{gold1}} || '''339 [[World record progression men's weightlifting|CWR]]''' || {{gold1}}
|-
|[[2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships|2020]]|| align=left| {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]] || 67&nbsp;kg || 145 || 150 || '''153''' || {{silver2}} || 171 || 177 || '''180''' || {{gold1}} || '''333''' || {{gold1}}
|-
|[[2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships|2023]]|| align=left| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jinju]], [[South Korea]] || [[2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships#61 kg|61&nbsp;kg]] || 137 || <s>142</s> || '''142''' || {{silver2}} || '''168''' || <s>173</s> ||<s>173</s> || {{silver2}} || '''310''' || {{silver2}}
|}


==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Olympics.com profile|lijun-chen}}

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Latest revision as of 23:36, 14 December 2024

Chen Lijun
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1993-02-08) 8 February 1993 (age 31)
Yiyang, China
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight66.95 kg (148 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
SportWeightlifting
Event–67 kg
ClubHunan Province
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 154 kg (2019)
  • Clean and jerk: 187 kg (2019)
  • Total: 339 kg (2019)
Medal record
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo –67 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Wrocław –62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Houston –62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ashgabat –67 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pattaya –67 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Riyadh –67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Bogotá –67 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou –67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon –62 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ningbo –67 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tashkent –67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Jinju –61 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Sofia –62 kg
National Games of China
Gold medal – first place 2013 Liaoning –62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tianjin –62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Shaanxi –67 kg

Chen Lijun (Chinese 谌利军; born 8 February 1993) is a Chinese weightlifter,[1] Olympic Champion, five time World Champion and two time Asian Champion competing in the 62 kg division until 2018 and 67 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]

Career

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Olympics

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He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 62 kg division but was forced to withdraw from the competition after his second snatch attempt[3] due to legs cramps.[4]

In 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal in the Men's 67 kg category, lifting 145 kg in the Snatch and 187 kg in the Clean and Jerk for a 332 kg total, with new Olympic records set in the clean and jerk, and overall total.

World Championships

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He competed at the 2013 World Championships in the Men's 62 kg class, lifting 146 kg in the Snatch and 175 kg in the Clean and Jerk for a 321 kg total, winning silver medals in the snatch and the clean & jerk and a gold medal in the total.

In 2015, he competed at the 2015 World Championships in the 62 kg class, lifting 150 kg in the snatch and a world record 183 kg in the clean & jerk for a world record 333 kg total, earning a silver medal in the Snatch and gold medals in the Clean and Jerk and total.[5]

In 2018, the IWF restructured the weight classes and he competed in the 67 kg category as the 2018 World Championships. Coming into the competition he was the heavy favorite to win, and after the snatch portion he was in second place, 2 kg behind the snatch gold medalist Huang Minhao. In the clean & jerk portion he successfully lifted 182 kg in his second attempt giving him a total world record of 332 kg and his third World Championships win.[6][7]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 62 kg 143 143
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 67 kg 145 150 151 5 175 187 OR 1 332 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships
2013 Poland Wrocław, Poland 62 kg 138 143 146 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 173 173 175 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 321 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2015 United States Houston, United States 62 kg 145 150 152 1st place, gold medalist(s) 175 179 183 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 333 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 67 kg 145 150 153 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 178 182 185 1st place, gold medalist(s) 332 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 67 kg 145 150 153 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 178 184 187 WR 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 337 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 67 kg 145 148 150 1st place, gold medalist(s) 171 176 176 6 324 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023 Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 67 kg 145 150 153 1st place, gold medalist(s) 175 180 1st place, gold medalist(s) 333 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Games
2014 South Korea Incheon, South Korea 62 kg 140 143 145 2 173 173 178 2 321 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023 China Hangzhou, China 67 kg 145 145 150 GR 1 175 180 180 1 330 GR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2019 China Ningbo, China 67 kg 147 151 154 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 178 185 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 339 CWR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2020 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 67 kg 145 150 153 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 171 177 180 1st place, gold medalist(s) 333 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 South Korea Jinju, South Korea 61 kg 137 142 142 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 168 173 173 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 310 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  2. ^ "PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 67 kg" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  3. ^ "Colombia's Mosquera wins weight lifting gold after Chinese favorite fails to finish". Washington Post. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Zen Colombian retires after lifting gold". Reuters. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Results by Events: 2015 IWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  6. ^ "China's Shi Zhiyong breaks three world records to win 73kg at weightlifting worlds". Xinhuanet. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Third Asian Gold within Men". IWF.net. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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