Li Wenwen (; born 5 March 2000) is a Chinese weightlifter competing in the women's +87 kg division. 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.
Career In 2019, Li competed at the IWF World Cup in Fuzhou, winning silver medals and setting junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk and total in the +87 kg category. 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. 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.
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.Results Book
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.
In August 2024, she finished in first place in the women's +81kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.
Major results Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Olympic Games 2021 Tokyo, Japan +87 kg 130 135 140 OR 162 173 180 OR 320 OR 2024 Paris, France +81 kg 130 136 — 167 173 174 309 World Championships2019 Pattaya, Thailand +87 kg 136 142 146 175 182 186 WR 332 WR 2022Bogotá, Colombia+87 kg130141141166170—311 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia +87 kg 130 130 — — — — — — — —IWF World Cup2019 Fuzhou, China +87 kg 135 142 146 175 175 182 324 2019 Tianjin, China +87 kg 130 138 142 165 173 177 315 2024 Phuket, Thailand +87 kg 133 140 145 170 180 — 325 Asian Games2026 Aichi–Nagoya, Japan +86 kg 132 136 140 166 170 175 310 Asian Championships2019 Ningbo, China +87 kg 137 142 147 WR 175 180 185 322 2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan +87 kg 135 143 148 WR 175 187 CWR — 335 CWR 2023 Jinju, South Korea +87 kg 130 135 140 170 175 — 315
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