Chen Wei-ling

Chen Wei-ling

Personal information
Born	(1982-01-04) 4 January 1982 (age 40) Tainan, Taiwan
Height	1.49 m (4 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Country	Chinese Taipei
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	Women's 48 kg
Medal record Women's weightlifting Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 48 kg Women's powerlifting World Games 2009 Kaohsiung Lightweight 2013 Cali Lightweight 2017 Wroclaw Lightweight

Chen Wei-ling (Chinese: 陳葦綾; pinyin: Chén Wěilíng; born 4 January 1982) is from Tainan, Taiwan. 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 (single ply, with knee wraps)– 171.5 kg @ 43.8 kg.
• Deadlift (single ply, with knee wraps)– 175.0 kg @ 43.7 kg.

47 kg class – Women's

• Squat (raw) - 152.5kg at 46.56kg
• Squat (equipped) - 210kg at 46.75kg bodyweight.
• Deadlift (equipped) - 186.0 kg
• Total (raw) - 407.5kg at 46.75kg bodyweight.
• Total (equipped) - 500kg at 46.56kg bodyweight.

In weightlifting, Wei-Ling competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 48 kg class. 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 originally 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] She was later awarded the gold medal after the original gold and silver medallists were disqualified for drug use.

Best competition lifts[]

Powerlifting[]

Equipped

• Squat: 210 kg (World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25-26.07.2009)
• Bench Press: 95 kg (World Games, Cali, Colombia, 30.07-01.08.2013)
• Deadlift: 195.0 kg (World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25-26.07.2009)
• Total: 495.0 kg (World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25-26.07.2009)
• Open: 668.275 Wilks points (bodyweight: 46.75 kg, total: 495 kg, World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25-26.07.2009)

Raw[]

• Squat: 145.0 kg (International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup, Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)
• Bench Press: 77.5 kg (International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup, Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)
• Deadlift: 172.5 kg (International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup, Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)
• Total: 395 kg (International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup, Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)
• Open: 533.684 Wilks points (bodyweight 46.70 kg, total: 395 kg, International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup, Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)

Weightlifting[]

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

References[]

• http://goodlift.ddns.net/records_s.php?fd=0&ac=0&sx=W&eq=1
• http://goodlift.ddns.net/records_s.php?fd=0&ac=0&sx=W&eq=0
• Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg

External links[]

• Athlete Biography for CHEN Wei-Ling at Beijing2008.cn at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-08-14)
• 108 kg clean and jerk on the 5th of July 2009 at the President's Cup in Taipei
• squat at the World Games 2009^{[permanent dead link]}