Xiang Yanmei
Xiang Yanmei ( born June 13, 1992) is a Chinese weightlifter. It was 2013 world champion in the weight category to 69 kg body weight.
Career
Xiang Yanmei began as a teenager with the weight lifting. They will start for the national team of Hunan Province. At a size of 1.67 meters, it lifts in the weight category to 69 kg body weight.
Your first deposit at an international championship, she completed at the Asia Cup 2011 in Tongling / China. She started there with a body weight of 69.84 kg in the weight class up to 75 kg and achieved a duel capacity of 261 kg ( 115-146 ). With this performance, she won the title in superior style before Tatjana Chromowa from Kazakhstan, to 223 kg ( 100-123 ) came. Even in the individual disciplines tearing and piercing, she won the Asian championship. In 2011 she was also employed at the World Championships in Paris. They achieved this in the weight category to 69 kg in 264 kg ( 116-148 ). With this performance she won behind Oksana Sliwenko from Russia, 266 kg ( 118-148 ) achieved, the 2nd place. Second places they occupied in tearing and piercing.
In April 2012, Xiang Yanmei Chinese champion was a duel capacity of 271 kg ( 120-151 ). It pointed Kang Yue, which is also to 271 kg ( 122-149 ) came, due to their lower body weight on the 2nd place. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 but was not used. The reason for this was determined by the IOC quota system for the starting places. Under this scheme, China had only four places in the seven weight classes in women's weightlifting. This meant that a weightlifter as Xiang Yanmei, good prospects for winning the gold medal would have had could not be used.
In the Chinese Championships in April 2013, Xiang Yanmei took 265 kg ( 115-150 ), again the title. It pointed Chen Yujuan, 251 kg ( 106-145 ) achieved, the 2nd place. In September 2013, it took 2nd place at the Chinese National Games. Your battle power was there 265 kg ( 120-145 ). The winner Xie Hongli also came to 265 kg ( 111-154 ), but was a little lighter than they. At the World Cup 2013 in October 2013 Xiang Yanmei was preferred to Xie Hongli. It justified this confidence and won a duel capacity of 271 kg ( 123-148 ) the world title. She also won in the individual disciplines cracking and crashing.
International success
National competitions
(if known)
World Cup individual medals
- World Championship gold medals: 2013/Reißen - 2013/Stoßen
- World Championship silver medals: 2013/Reißen - 2013/Stoßen
- All competitions in a duel, consisting of tearing and piercing
- WM = World Cup