Tang Lingsheng

Tang Ling Sheng ( born January 10, 1971 in Lingui, China) is a former Chinese weightlifter and Olympic champion.

Sporting career

Tang began weightlifting at the age of 12 years and began in 1987 to systematically train. Internationally, he first appeared on the World Junior Championship in 1990 in Sarajevo in appearance. Here he was able to prove with 245.0 kg ( 112.5 / 132.5 kg ) in the 59 kg Bantangewicht to fifth place. The winner Ivan Ivanov scored 260.0 kg.

His first try in the national team of seniors he had for the 1993 World Championships in Melbourne, where he, with 130.0 kg in the snatch and 162.5 kg in pushing, bronze in the snatch, as well as in a duel with 292.5 kg in the new class could win up to 59 kg. The winner was Nikolaj Peschalow with 305.0 kg before Hafiz Suleymanoglu with 295.0 kg. In 1994 he won the silver medal at the Asian Games in his class at the World Championships in Istanbul, he finished with 285.0 kg ( 125.0 / 160.0 kg ) in sixth place.

At the 1995 World Cup in their own country, Tang could not prevail due to the strong competition in the field of play. With an output of 292.5 kg ( 125.0 / 167.5 kg ), he was in a duel fifth, but could in pushing win gold. The winner was the Greek Leonidas Sabanis with 302.5 kg.

After his relatively poor performance often prevented a better placement in the snatch in the previous years, Tang upgraded to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta in this discipline considerably. He failed in 1995 in Guangzhou twice at 130.0 kg, this load now turned his initial trial dar. The 25 -year-old Tang could all three attempt in the snatch of 130.0 kg, 135.0 kg and 137.5 kg, and all attempt at interference with 162.5 kg, 167.5 kg and 170.0 kg make valid. Only in the last penetration test, he secured a duel capacity of 307.5 kg gold before Sabanis with 305.0 kg and 302.5 kg Peschalow with. After the first conversion of the weight classes in 1993 and the associated deletion of all existing world records, this duel power also meant a new world record in the bantamweight to 59 kg.

Others

  • Tang was at the 2008 Olympic Games in China torchbearers.

Personal best

  • Tear: 137.5 kg in class to 59 kg at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta
  • Launched: 170.0 kg in class to 59 kg at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta
  • Duel: 307.5 kg in class to 59 kg at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta
Olympic weightlifting Lingui District 1993 World Weightlifting Championships 1995 World Weightlifting Championships Ivan Ivanov (weightlifter) Joseph DePietro Charles Vinci Aleksey Vakhonin Mohammad Nassiri Wu Shude Oksen Mirzoyan Halil Mutlu Long Qingquan Om Yun-chol
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