Wu Meijin
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| Born | April 25, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Wu Meijin (simplified Chinese: 吴美锦; traditional Chinese: 吳美錦; pinyin: Wú Měijǐn; born April 25, 1980) is a Chinese weightlifter who competed in the Men's 56 kilogram weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal, lifting 287.5 kilograms in total. He is the 2002 and 2003 world champion.[1] He is now the executive coach of Li Wenwen, the champion of women's super heavyweight in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Wu Meijin kicked off the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships by sweeping the men's 56-kg category with a 127.5-kg snatch and a 160-kg clean and jerk.
References
[edit]- ↑ list of world champions Deprecated link archived 2013-01-25 at archive.today
1951–1990: 56 kg • 1994: 59 kg • 1998–2018: 56 kg • 2022: 61 kg |
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