Hou Zhihui (; born 18 March 1997) is a Chinese weightlifter, two-times Olympic champion, World champion, and two-time Asian champion competing in the women's 49 kg category.
she has set eleven senior world records throughout her career.
Career She competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the 49 kg division, winning silvers medals in all lifts,2018 World Weightlifting Championships –49 kg results and setting two world records in the total.
In 2019 she competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup held in Fuzhou, China, in the 49 kg category. She swept gold medals in all lifts setting new world records in the snatch and total.
In 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won China's second gold medal in women's 49 kg weightlifting, setting new Olympic records in the snatch, clean and jerk, and overall total, with 210 kilograms, which is three short of her world record from the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships.
She won the bronze medal in the women's 49kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.
In August 2024, she again competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She placed second in the Snatch with 89 kg, but she broke the Olympic record in the Clean & Jerk, lifting 117 kg and overcame Romania's Mihaela Cambei with 1 kg ahead in total.
Debunked Doping Allegations
On 26 July 2021, Indian news outlet ANI falsely reported that Hou, the new Women's 49 kg weightlifting olympic champion, would be tested by the International Testing Agency (ITA) for doping, according to ANI's unnamed source. Huo had won gold against India's Mirabai Chanu, who won silver. The article claimed Mirabai Chanu would be upgraded to a gold medal if the tests were positive. This report was subsequently propagated across other news networks, including The Economic Times, Business Standard, India.com and Taiwan News.|Taiwannews.com The World Anti-Doping Agency and ITA debunked the reports, saying they knew nothing of such tests being carried out and that any developments would be transparently reported on their site. On 30 July, ANI reported that no such test occurred, and claimed they made an "inadvertent error while reporting the news". As of 8 October, ANI's original false report remained on its website.
Major results Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 RankOlympic Games 2021 Tokyo, Japan 49 kg 88 92 94 1 109 114 116 1 210 2024 Paris, France 49 kg 89 89 93 2 110 117 117 1 206 World Championships 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 49 kg 88 92 93 108 112 115 208 WR 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 49 kg 89 94 96 110 116 117 211 WR 2022 Bogotá, Colombia49 kg 86 89 92 106 109 — 4 198 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 49 kg 89 93 95 111 116 119 211 IWF World Cup2019 Fuzhou, China 49 kg 90 94 WR 96 111 116 — 210 WR 2024 Phuket, Thailand 49 kg 93 97 CWR 99 113 120 120 217 Asian Games 2023 Hangzhou, China 55 kg 90 95 97 110 115 — 210 Asian Championships2019 Ningbo, China 49 kg 88 92 95 109 113 116 208 2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 49 kg 90 94 96 WR 110 115 117 213 WR 2023 Jinju, South Korea 49 kg 86 89 93 107 111 115 204
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