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Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian, China | 15 January 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60.80 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | –61 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Fujian Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Li Fabin (Chinese: 李发彬; born 15 January 1993) is a Chinese weightlifter, two-times Olympic gold medalist, World Champion, and four time Asian Champion competing in the 56 kg division[1][2] until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3]
Career
He competed at the 2018 World Championships in the newly created 61 kg category, winning a silver medal in the snatch and in the total.[4][5] He competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 61 kg division winning gold medals in all lifts.[6][7]
In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8]
In August 2024, he competed in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He won his second gold medal setting an Olympic record in Snatch (143 kg).
Major results
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 61 kg | 137 | 141 | — | 166 | 172 OR | — | 313 OR | ![]() | ||
2024 | Paris, France | 61 kg | 137 | 140 | 143 OR | — | 167 | — | 310 | ![]() | ||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2014 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 56 kg | 130 | 134 | ![]() |
157 | 4 | 291 | 4 | |||
2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 61 kg | 133 | 138 | 142 | ![]() |
160 | 165 | 168 | 4 | 310 | ![]() |
2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 61 kg | 138 | 141 | 145 WR | ![]() |
168 | 173 | ![]() |
318 CWR | ![]() | |
2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 61 kg | 137 | ![]() |
167 | 175 WR | ![]() |
312 | ![]() | |||
2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 61 kg | 137 | 141 | ![]() |
167 | ![]() |
308 | ![]() | |||
IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 61 kg | 138 | 143 | 146 CWR | ![]() |
166 | 5 | 312 | ![]() | ||
Asian Games | ||||||||||||
2023 | Hangzhou, China | 61 kg | 137 | 141 | 143 GR | — | 167 | — | 310 GR | ![]() | ||
Asian Championships | ||||||||||||
2012 | Pyeongtaek, South Korea | 56 kg | 121 | 125 | 126 | ![]() |
150 | 153 | ![]() |
279 | ![]() | |
2016 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 56 kg | 121 | 126 | ![]() |
142 | 147 | 4 | 273 | ![]() | ||
2017 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 56 kg | 123 | ![]() |
145 | 149 | ![]() |
272 | ![]() | |||
2019 | Ningbo, China | 61 kg | 137 | 141 | ![]() |
167 | 171 | ![]() |
312 | ![]() | ||
2020 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 61 kg | 138 | 142 | ![]() |
170 | ![]() |
312 | ![]() | |||
2023 | Jinju, South Korea | 61 kg | 136 | 141 | 143 | ![]() |
166 | 171 | ![]() |
314 | ![]() |
References
- ^ "Biography". IWF.net. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
- ^ 2018 Asian Games profile
- ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 61 kg
- ^ "Men's 61kg - Standings". IWF.net. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
- ^ "IRAWAN World Champion". IWF.net. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Li Fabin wins three golds at Asian Weightlifting Championships". Xinhuanet. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships Start List
- ^ Oliver, Brian (25 July 2021). "Second weightlifting gold for China - and heartbreak for Saudi Arabian - at Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
External links
- Li Fabin at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Li Fabin at Olympedia
- Li Fabin at Olympics.com
- Li Fabin at the Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Games (archived)