Chen Yanqing

{{Short description|Chinese weightlifter (born 1979)}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2004 Athens | 58 kg}}

{{MedalGold| 2008 Beijing | 58 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 1997 Chiang Mai | 64 kg}}

{{MedalGold | 1999 Athens | 58 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1998 Bangkok | 58 kg}}

{{MedalGold| 2006 Doha | 58 kg}}

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Chen Yanqing ({{zh|s=陈艳青|t=陳艷青|p=Chén Yànqīng}}; born May 4, 1979) is a Chinese weightlifter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal in the 58 kg class in both competitions,{{cite web|title=Yangquin Chen Olympic medals and stats |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CHENYAN02 |publisher=databaseOlympics.com |year=2006 |accessdate=2008-09-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929064450/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CHENYAN02 |archive-date=2008-09-29 }} making her the first woman to win gold medals in weightlifting in two consecutive Olympics.

Chen was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu. She won her first gold medal in 1995 at the Junior Asian Women Weightlifting Championship, and another at a 1998 world championship. She was slated to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics but was scratched from the Chinese Olympic lineup for strategic reasons a short time before the games began. She has also won the National Games and East Asia Games{{cite news|title='Ugly' Weightlifting Olympic Record Breaker |url=http://www.womenofchina.cn/Profiles/Sportswomen/205657.jsp |work=Nanjing Morning Post |id=www.womenofchina.cn |agency=All-China Women's Federation |date=2008-08-13 |accessdate=2008-09-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824081250/http://www.womenofchina.cn/Profiles/Sportswomen/205657.jsp |archive-date=2008-08-24 }} and set the world record in her weight class in the snatch and lift in 2006.{{cite news|first=Rebecca|last=Blumenstein|title=Lifting China: In Beijing's Pursuit of Olympic Gold, Weightlifter's Family Pays a Price|url=http://wsj.com/article/SB121824136943426125.html|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|date=2008-08-09|accessdate=2008-08-26}}