Liao Qiuyun (, born 13 July 1995) is a Chinese weightlifter. She is the silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and World and Asian Champion. She competes in the women's 55 kg division.
Career In early 2019 Liao competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup in the 55 kg division and won gold medals in all lifts. Later in 2019 she competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 55 kg category, won gold medals in all lifts, and set a world record in the clean & jerk with a lift of 128 kg. She outlifted silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz by 15 kg. In 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won China a silver medal in women's 55 kg weightlifting.
Major results Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 RankRepresenting Olympic Games 2021 Tokyo, Japan 55 kg 92 95 97 2 118 123 126 2 223 World Championships 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 55 kg 95 95 98 120 125 129 WR 227 WR Asian Championships2019 Ningbo, China 55 kg 93 96 96 118 122 128 WR 224 IWF World Cup2019 Fuzhou, China 55 kg 93 96 98 118 121 125 221
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