Li Wenwen
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| Native name | 李雯雯 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Big Baby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 March 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Beijing, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 150 kg (331 lb)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | +87 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fujian Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Wu Meijin[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Li Wenwen (Chinese: 李雯雯; pinyin: Lǐ Wénwén; born 5 March 2000) is a Chinese weightlifter competing in the women's +87 kg division.[5] She is a double Olympic champion, as well as the double world and 3 time Asian champion. In 2021, she set the current world records for both clean & jerk and snatch.
In 2019, Li competed at the IWF World Cup[6] in Fuzhou, winning silver medals and setting junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk and total in the +87 kg category.[7] Later in 2019, she competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the +87 kg category. In the snatch portion she set a world record with a lift of 147 kg, and won gold medals in all lifts.
She competed at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in the +87 kg division against teammate Meng Suping.[8] She had a perfect 6 for 6 day and won gold medals in all lifts which included a world record clean & jerk of 186 kg which also set the total world record.[9]
Li improved on her own world records at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships in 2021. She increased her snatch record from 147 to 148, her clean & jerk record from 186 to 187, and her total record from 332 to 335.[10]
She represented China at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's +87 kg event, winning the gold medal with a new Olympic record of 320 kg.[11]
In August 2024, she finished in first place in the women's +81 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[12]
