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31 years |
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October 10, 1993 |
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Libra |
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China |
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Shi Zhiyong (Chinese: 石智勇; pinyin: Shí Zhìyǒng; born 10 October 1993) is a Chinese weightlifter, Olympic Champion and two time World Champion and three time Asian Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.
Shi was born Shi Lei, but his coach Zhan Xugang gave him the new name after former Olympic Champion Shi Zhiyong.
He holds the current world records in the 73 kg class for the Snatch, Clean and Jerk and total, and has set 8 world records.
In 2016 he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 69 kg category. After the snatch portion of the competition he was in second place, trailing Daniyar İsmayilov by a single kg. Shi was able to beat Daniyar İsmayilov by two kg in the clean & jerk portion of the competition, lifting 190 kg over Daniyar's 188 kg, this gave him a total of 352 kg and an Olympic gold medal.
Height | 5 ft 6 in / 168 cm |
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Weight | 152 lb / 69 kg |
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Nationality | Chinese |
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