Meng Suping

Meng Suping
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1989-07-17) 17 July 1989
Ma'anshan, China
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight120.65 kg (266 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
SportWeightlifting
Event+87 kg
ClubAnhui Province
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  China
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro +75 kg
World Championships
2009 Goyang +75 kg
2010 Antalya +75 kg
2014 Almaty +75 kg
2015 Houston +75 kg
2018 Ashgabat +87 kg
2019 Pattaya +87 kg
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou +75 kg
Asian Championships
2011 Tongling +75 kg
2015 Phuket +75 kg
2019 Ningbo +87 kg
National Games of China
2013 Liaoning +75 kg
2017 Tianjin +75 kg
2021 Shaanxi +87 kg

Meng Suping (Chinese: 孟苏平; born 17 July 1989) is a Chinese weightlifter. She competes in the women's super heavyweight category of +75 kg and is an Olympic champion and multiple world medalist.

At the 2012 World University Championships she set a world record in the clean & jerk with a result of 188 kg.

She took first place during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro with 130 kg on snatch and 177 kg on clean & jerk, with a combined weight of 307 kg.[1]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil +75 kg 125 125 130 2 175 175 177 1 307
World Championships
2009 Goyang, South Korea +75 kg 125 131 135 165 173 173 296
2010 Antalya, Turkey +75 kg 120 126 131 165 177 179 310

References

  1. ^ "Meng Suping wins women's over 75kg weightlifting gold at Rio Olympics". Xinhua Agency. 15 August 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.