Chen Lijun (Chinese 谌利军; born 8 February 1993) is a Chinese weightlifter, 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.
Career Olympics 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 due to legs cramps.
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 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.
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.
Major results Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 RankOlympic Games2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 62 kg 143 143 — — — — — — — — 2021 Tokyo, Japan 67 kg 145 150 151 5 175 187 — 1 332 World Championships 2013 Wrocław, Poland 62 kg 138 143 146 173 173 175 321 2015 Houston, United States 62 kg 145 150 152 175 179 183 WR 333 WR 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 67 kg 145 150 153 178 182 185 332 WR 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 67 kg 145 150 153 178 184 187 WR 337 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 67 kg 145 148 150 171 176 176 6 324 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 67 kg 145 150 153 175 180 — 333 Asian Games2014 Incheon, South Korea 62 kg 140 143 145 2 173 173 178 2 321 2023 Hangzhou, China 67 kg 145 145 150 GR 1 175 180 180 1 330 GR Asian Championships2019 Ningbo, China 67 kg 147 151 154 WR 178 185 WR — 339 CWR 2020 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 67 kg 145 150 153 171 177 180 333 2023 Jinju, South Korea 61 kg 137 142 142 168 173 173 310
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