Chen Wei-ling

Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Competitor for  Chinese Taipei
Olympic Games
Bronze	2008 Beijing	48 kg
World Games
Gold	2009 Kaohsiung	48 kg

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Chen Wei-ling (simplified Chinese: 陈苇绫; traditional Chinese: 陳葦綾; pinyin: Chén Wěilíng; born January 4, 1982) is from Tainan, Taiwan, ROC. She is an Olympic weightlifter and powerlifter.

Achievements

Chen holds various all time world records in powerlifting as follows

44 kg class - Women's 

• Squat all time world record - 171.5 kg @ 43.8 kg that she lifted on 27th of May 2005, in Finland competing in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) world's championships. Her lift was with only a single ply piece suit, and knee wraps.

• Deadlift all time world record - 175.0 kg @ 43.7 kg on the 23rd of May 2003 in Chicago, Illinois for the IPF world's. This also completed was 4 times her body weight and done in a single ply deadlift suit, knee wraps, and wrist wraps.

• Totalled 3rd all time best performance with 170 kg squat, 62.5 kg bench and 170 kg deadlift on 27th of May 2005 at the IPF world's in Finland. She totalled 402.5 kg (Almost 10 times her own weight, at 43.8 kg)

48 kg class - Women's

• 3rd heaviest squat of all time (IPF worlds) lifting 4.2 times her own weight (@47kg), with 197.5 kg, that she did in Australia.

• At the same competition, she lifted an incredible 185.0 kg (about 4 times her own weight), which was the greatest lift of all time (also not with maximum equipment).

• Also at the same competition, she got the all time world record lifting a total of 457.5 kg (197.5 kg Squat, 75.0 kg Bench Press, 185.0 kg deadlift (Total 10x her own weight)).

In weightlifting, Wei-Ling competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 48 kg class. Here she snatched 75.0 kg and clean and jerked 95.0 kg for a total of 170.0 kg, ranking 11th.^[1]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics she won the bronze medal in the 48 kg category. She snatched 84 kg and clean and jerked 112 kg for a total of 196 kg.^[2]

Personal bests

Powerlifting

• Squat: 207.5 kg
• Bench Press: 92.5 kg (World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25 Jul 2009)
• Deadlift: 195.0 kg (World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25 Jul 2009)
• Total: 495.0 kg (World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25 Jul 2009)
• Open: 668.275 Wilks points (boddyweight: 46.75 kg, total: 495 kg, World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25 Jul 2009)

Raw lifts (Powerlifting)

• Squat: 160.0 kg
• Bench Press: 55.0 kg
• Deadlift: 170.0 kg

Weightlifting

• Snatch: 87 kg, Asian Championship 2009
• Clean and Jerk: 113 kg, Asian Championship 2009
• Total: 200 kg, Asian Championship 2009

Weightlifting associated exercises

• Full Back Squat: 155.0 kg
• Olympic Front Squat: 131.0 kg
• Clean: 112.0 kg
• Clean Pull: 125.0 kg
• Snatch Pull: 100.0 kg
• Jerk: 112.0 kg
• Military Press: 55.0 kg

References

1. ^ "CHEN Wei Ling". International Weightlifting Federation. http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=580. 
2. ^ "CHEN Wei-Ling". International Weightlifting Federation. http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=1126. 

• http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/records/97-women
• Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 48 kg

External links

• Athlete Biography at beijing2008
• 108 kg clean and jerk on the 5th of July 2009 at the President's Cup in Taipei
• squat at the World Games 2009

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Name	Chen, Wei-ling
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