Li Fabin

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Li Fabin

| image = Li Fabin (CHN) 2024.png

| imagesize =

| caption = Li in 2024

| nationality = Chinese

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|1|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian, China

| height = 1.60 m

| weight = 60.80 kg

| country = China

| sport = Weightlifting

| event = –61 kg

| club = Fujian Province

| pb = {{unbulleted list|Snatch: 146 kg (2024. CWR) |Clean & Jerk: 175 kg (2022, WR) |Total: 318 kg

(2019, CWR)}}

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{CHN}}}}

}}

Li Fabin (Chinese: 李发彬; born 15 January 1993) is a Chinese weightlifter, two-times Olympic gold medalist, World Champion, and four time Asian Champion competing in the 56 kg division{{cite web|title=Biography |url=https://www.iwf.net/biography/?id=949106 |website=IWF.net |accessdate=November 3, 2018}}[https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/LI-Fabin-3011710/ 2018 Asian Games profile] until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M61A.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 61 kg]

Career

He competed at the 2018 World Championships in the newly created 61 kg category, winning a silver medal in the snatch and in the total.{{cite web|title=Men's 61kg - Standings |url=https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=441 |website=IWF.net |accessdate=November 3, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/2018/11/03/irawan-world-champion/|title=IRAWAN World Champion|work=IWF.net|date=3 November 2018 |accessdate=20 April 2019}} He competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 61 kg division winning gold medals in all lifts.{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/20/c_137993925.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420163535/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/20/c_137993925.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 20, 2019|title=Li Fabin wins three golds at Asian Weightlifting Championships|work=Xinhuanet|accessdate=20 April 2019}}[https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/04/2019%E5%B9%B4%E4%BA%9A%E6%B4%B2%E4%B8%BE%E9%87%8D%E9%94%A6%E6%A0%87%E8%B5%9B%E7%A7%A9%E5%BA%8F%E5%8D%952019-AWF-Asain-Weightlifting-Championships-START-LIST.pdf 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships Start List]

In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=25 July 2021|title=Second weightlifting gold for China - and heartbreak for Saudi Arabian - at Tokyo 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110740/weightlifting-gold-china-tokyo-2020|access-date=25 July 2021}}

In August 2024, he competed in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He won his second gold medal setting an Olympic record in Snatch (143 kg).

Major results

width=60 \| 1 ! width=60 \| 2 ! width=60 \| 3 ! width=45 \| Rank ! width=60 \| 1 ! width=60 \| 2 ! width=60 \| 3 ! width=45 \| Rank
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 width=40 \| Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 \| Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 \| Weight ! colspan=4 \| Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 \| Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=60 \| Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 \| Rank
colspan=13 \| Summer Olympics
2021	align=left\| Tokyo, Japan	61 kg	~~137~~	137	141	{{n/a}}	166	172 {{OlyR\|weightlifting}}	~~178~~	{{n/a}}	313 {{OlyR\|weightlifting}}	{{gold1}}
2024	align=left \| Paris, France	61 kg	137	140	143 {{OlyR\|weightlifting}}	{{n/a}}	~~167~~	167	~~172~~	{{n/a}}	310	{{gold1}}
colspan=13 \| World Championships
2014	align=left \| Almaty, Kazakhstan	56 kg	130	134	~~135~~	{{silver2}}	157	~~162~~	~~162~~	4	291	4
2018	align=left \| Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	61 kg	133	138	142	{{silver2}}	160	165	168	4	310	{{silver2}}
2019	align=left \| Pattaya, Thailand	61 kg	138	141	145 WR	{{gold1}}	168	173	~~175~~	{{gold1}}	318 CWR	{{gold1}}
2022	align=left \| Bogotá, Colombia	61 kg	137	~~140~~	~~140~~	{{gold1}}	167	~~175~~	175 WR	{{gold1}}	312	{{gold1}}
2023	align=left \| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	61 kg	137	141	~~146~~	{{gold1}}	~~167~~	167	~~169~~	{{silver2}}	308	{{gold1}}
colspan=13 \| IWF World Cup
2024	align=left \| Phuket, Thailand	61 kg	138	143	146 CWR	{{gold1}}	166	~~173~~	~~173~~	5	312	{{gold1}}
colspan=13\|Asian Games
2023	align=left\| Hangzhou, China	61 kg	137	141	143 GR	{{n/a}}	167	~~171~~	~~171~~	{{n/a}}	310 GR	{{gold1}}
colspan=13\|Asian Championships
2012	align=left\| Pyeongtaek, South Korea	56 kg	121	125	126	{{gold1}}	150	153	~~155~~	{{bronze3}}	279	{{gold1}}
2016	align=left\| Tashkent, Uzbekistan	56 kg	121	~~126~~	126	{{silver2}}	142	~~147~~	147	4	273	{{bronze3}}
2017	align=left\| Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	56 kg	~~123~~	123	~~125~~	{{Silver2}}	~~145~~	145	149	{{silver2}}	272	{{Silver2}}
2019	align=left\| Ningbo, China	61 kg	137	~~141~~	141	{{gold1}}	167	171	~~175~~	{{gold1}}	312	{{gold1}}
2021	align=left\| Tashkent, Uzbekistan	61 kg	138	~~142~~	142	{{gold1}}	170	~~176~~	~~176~~	{{gold1}}	312	{{gold1}}
2023	align=left\| Jinju, South Korea	61 kg	136	141	143	{{gold1}}	166	171	~~174~~	{{gold1}}	314	{{gold1}}