Li Wenwen

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Li Wenwen

| honorific_suffix = OLY

| native_name = 李雯雯

| nickname = Big Baby

| image = Li Wenwen 01.png

| imagesize =

| caption = Li in 2024

| nationality = Chinese

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|3|5}}

| birth_place = Anshan, Liaoning, China

| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sport.gov.cn/n4/n15363/n15364/c999919/content.html|title = 一个对自己成绩不满意一个被奥运金牌"压"累了——汪周雨李雯雯都要向极限进击|date=3 August 2021|website=General Administration of Sport of China|access-date=4 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://inf.news/en/sport/52a44129ee5f51cc3968deb87c1540a2.html|title = Worried about the cardboard bed?A 300-pound Chinese weightlifting girl is sleeping on the ground, she has great hopes of winning gold in the Olympics|date=4 August 2021|website=iNews|access-date=4 August 2021}}

| weight = 150 kg{{Cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/athletes_newbw/?athlete=li-wenwen-2000-03-05&id=16034|title = Athletes}}

| hometown = Beijing, China

| country = China

| sport = Weightlifting

| coach = Wu Meijin[https://tv.cctv.com/2024/05/21/VIDECNjB6gl3a5dI3cDhGnLb240521.shtml 人在奥运年李雯雯：快乐“大宝贝”重新归来] {{in lang|zh}}

| event = +87 kg

| club = Fujian Province

| pb = {{Unbulleted list|Snatch: 148 kg (2021, CWR)|Clean & Jerk: 187 kg (2021, CWR)|Total: 335 kg (2021, CWR)}}

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Women's weightlifting }}

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Li Wenwen ({{zh|s=李雯雯|hp=Lǐ Wénwén}}; born 5 March 2000) is a Chinese weightlifter competing in the women's +87 kg division.{{cite web|title=China collect 31 golds, breaking 9 records at IWF World Cup |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-02/27/c_137855435.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227232548/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-02/27/c_137855435.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 February 2019 |work=xinhuanet|access-date=27 February 2019}} She is a double Olympic champion, as well as the double world and 3 time Asian champion. In 2021, she set the current world records for both clean & jerk and snatch.

Career

In 2019, Li competed at the IWF World Cup{{Cite web |url=https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/02/2019-Fuzhou-World-Cup_Start-List.pdf |title=IWF World Cup Fuzhou Start List |access-date=27 February 2019 |archive-date=28 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228130433/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/02/2019-Fuzhou-World-Cup_Start-List.pdf |url-status=dead }} in Fuzhou, winning silver medals and setting junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk and total in the +87 kg category.{{Cite web |url=https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/02/2019-Fuzhou-World-Cup_Results-Book.pdf |title=IWF World Cup Fuzhou Results |access-date=27 February 2019 |archive-date=28 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228130350/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/02/2019-Fuzhou-World-Cup_Results-Book.pdf |url-status=dead }} Later in 2019, she competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the +87 kg category. In the snatch portion she set a world record with a lift of 147 kg, and won gold medals in all lifts.

She competed at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in the +87 kg division against teammate Meng Suping.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/features/detail/essential-guide-2019-world-weightlifting-championships/|title=ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS|work=Olympic Channel|access-date=27 September 2019}} She had a perfect 6 for 6 day and won gold medals in all lifts which included a world record clean & jerk of 186 kg which also set the total world record.{{cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/2019/09/27/li-holds-three-world-records/|title=LI holds all three World Records|work=IWF.net|date=27 September 2019|access-date=27 September 2019}}

Li improved on her own world records at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships in 2021. She increased her snatch record from 147 to 148, her clean & jerk record from 186 to 187, and her total record from 332 to 335.[https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/04/2020AsianResultsBook.pdf Results Book]

She represented China at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's +87 kg event, winning the gold medal with a new Olympic record of 320 kg.{{Cite web|title=Women's +87 kg Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFWO87KG-------------FNL---------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802130705/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFWO87KG-------------FNL---------.pdf|archive-date=2 August 2021|access-date=2 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}

In August 2024, she finished in first place in the women's +81{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=Weightlifting Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}}

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 \| Olympic Games
2021	align=left \| Tokyo, Japan	+87 kg	130	135	140 OR	{{n/a}}	162	173	180 OR	{{n/a}}	320 OR	{{gold1}}
2024	align=left\| Paris, France	+81 kg	130	136	—	{{n/a}}	167	173	~~174~~	{{n/a}}	309	{{gold1}}
colspan=13\|World Championships
2019	align=left\| Pattaya, Thailand	+87 kg	136	142	146	{{gold1}}	175	182	186 WR	{{gold1}}	332 WR	{{gold1}}
2022 \|align=left\|Bogotá, Colombia \|+87 kg \|130 \|~~141~~ \|141 \|{{Gold1}} \|166 \|170 \|— \|{{Gold1}} \|311 \|{{Gold1}}
2023	align=left \| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	+87 kg	~~130~~	~~130~~	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
colspan=13\|IWF World Cup
2019	align=left\| Fuzhou, China	+87 kg	135	142	~~146~~	{{silver2}}	~~175~~	175	182	{{silver2}}	324	{{silver2}}
2019	align=left\| Tianjin, China	+87 kg	130	138	~~142~~	{{gold1}}	165	173	177	{{gold1}}	315	{{gold1}}
2024	align=left\| Phuket, Thailand	+87 kg	133	140	145	{{gold1}}	170	180	—	{{gold1}}	325	{{gold1}}
colspan=13\|Asian Championships
2019	align=left\| Ningbo, China	+87 kg	137	142	147 WR	{{gold1}}	175	~~180~~	~~185~~	{{gold1}}	322	{{gold1}}
2021	align=left\| Tashkent, Uzbekistan	+87 kg	135	143	148 CWR	{{gold1}}	175	187 CWR	—	{{gold1}}	335 CWR	{{gold1}}
2023	align=left\| Jinju, South Korea	+87 kg	130	135	140	{{gold1}}	170	175	—	{{gold1}}	315	{{gold1}}