Hou Zhihui

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hou.
Hou Zhihui
Hou in 2024
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1997-03-18) 18 March 1997
Meitang Village, Zhangshi Town, Guiyang County, Chenzhou, Hunan, China[1]
Height1.48 m (4 ft 10 in)
Weight48.85 kg (108 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
SportWeightlifting
Event–49 kg
ClubHunan Province
Medal record
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo –49 kg
2024 Paris –49 kg
World Championships
2018 Ashgabat –49 kg
2019 Pattaya –49 kg
2023 Riyadh –49 kg
2022 Bogotá –49 kg
Asian Championships
2019 Ningbo –49 kg
2020 Tashkent –49 kg
2023 Jinju –49 kg
Junior World Championships
2015 Wroclaw –48 kg
National Games of China
2017 Tianjin –48 kg
2021 Shaanxi –49 kg

Hou Zhihui (Chinese: 侯志慧; pinyin: Hóu Zhìhuì; born 18 March 1997) is a Chinese weightlifter, two-times Olympic champion, World champion, and two-time Asian champion competing in the women's 49 kg category.[2]

As of 2021, she has set eleven senior world records throughout her career.[3]

Career

She competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the 49 kg division, winning silvers medals in all lifts,[4] and setting two world records in the total.[5]

In 2019 she competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup held in Fuzhou, China, in the 49 kg category. She swept gold medals in all lifts[6] setting new world records in the snatch and total.

In 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won China's second gold medal in women's 49 kg weightlifting, setting new Olympic records in the snatch, clean and jerk, and overall total, with 210 kilograms, which is three short of her world record from the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships.[7]

She won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.

In August 2024, she again competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She placed second in the Snatch with 89 kg, but she broke the Olympic record in the Clean & Jerk, lifting 117 kg and overcame Romania's Mihaela Cambei with 1 kg ahead in total.

Debunked Doping Allegations

On 26 July 2021, Indian news outlet ANI falsely reported that Hou, the new Women's 49 kg weightlifting olympic champion, would be tested by the International Testing Agency (ITA) for doping, according to ANI's unnamed source. Huo had won gold against India's Mirabai Chanu, who won silver. The article claimed Mirabai Chanu would be upgraded to a gold medal if the tests were positive.[8] This report was subsequently propagated across other news networks,[9] including The Economic Times, Business Standard, India.com and Taiwan News.[10][11][12] The World Anti-Doping Agency and ITA debunked the reports, saying they knew nothing of such tests being carried out and that any developments would be transparently reported on their site.[13][14] On 30 July, ANI reported that no such test occurred, and claimed they made an "inadvertent error while reporting the news".[15] As of 8 October, ANI's original false report remained on its website.[16]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2021 Tokyo, Japan 49 kg 88 92 94 OR 1 109 114 116 OR 1 210 OR
2024 Paris, France 49 kg 89 89 93 2 110 117 117 OR 1 206
World Championships
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 49 kg 88 92 93 108 112 115 208 WR
2019 Pattaya, Thailand 49 kg 89 94 96 110 116 117 211 WR
2022 Bogotá, Colombia 49 kg 86 89 92 106 109 — 4 198
2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 49 kg 89 93 95 111 116 119 211
IWF World Cup
2019 Fuzhou, China 49 kg 90 94 WR 96 111 116 — 210 WR
2024 Phuket, Thailand 49 kg 93 97 CWR 99 113 120 120 217
Asian Games
2023 Hangzhou, China 55 kg 90 95 97 — 110 115 — — 210
Asian Championships
2019 Ningbo, China 49 kg 88 92 95 109 113 116 208
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 49 kg 90 94 96 WR 110 115 117 213 WR
2023 Jinju, South Korea 49 kg 86 89 93 107 111 115 204

References

  1. ^ "快讯丨湖南首金！侯志慧获东京奥运举重女子49公斤级冠军". Hunan Daily. 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  2. ^ Oliver, Brian (24 July 2021). "Gold for China and disappointment for United States in first weightlifting event of Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ "World records – International Weightlifting Federation".
  4. ^ 2018 World Weightlifting Championships –49 kg results
  5. ^ "World July ituky Trujillo Tayyip try fjytrjty=IWF.net". 3 November 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Chinese weightlifter Hou breaks world records to win golds at IWF World Cup". China Daily. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  7. ^ Ece Toksabay; Junko Fujita (24 July 2021). "Weightlifting-China's Hou wins 49-kg weightlifting gold". Reuters. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifter Hou to be tested by anti-doping authorities, silver medallist Chanu stands chance to get medal upgrade".
  9. ^ "Indian media fake news about Olympic weightlifting doping takes off around Asia". www.insidethegames.biz. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  10. ^ "Taiwanese weightlifter could take bronze if China's Hou found doping | Taiwan News | 2021-07-28 12:30:00". 28 July 2021.|Taiwannews.com
  11. ^ "Indian media falsely report Mirabai Chanu stands chance of upgrading to gold - Alt News". 2 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Unverified Doping Charge Against Mirabai Chanu's Opponent Goes Viral | BOOM". August 2021.
  13. ^ "Indian media fake news about Olympic weightlifting doping takes off around Asia - Insidethegames.biz - The Verified". Archived from the original on 2021-08-03.
  14. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting gold medallist Zhihui Hou not taken for doping test- The New Indian Express". 30 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting gold medallist Zhihui Hou not taken for doping test".
  16. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifter Hou to be tested by anti-doping authorities, silver medallist Chanu stands chance to get medal upgrade".
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