Li Dayin (Chinese: 李大银; pinyin: Lǐ Dàyín; born 12 February 1998) is a Chinese weightlifter, World Champion and Asian Champion currently competing in the 89 kg division.[1][2][3] He has set three world records and holds the snatch junior world record in the 81 kg division, as well as the snatch and total senior world record in the 89 kg division. He won the gold medal in the men's 81 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[4]

Li Dayin
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1998-02-12) 12 February 1998 (age 26)
Xiushan County, Chongqing, China
Height1.75 m (5,9 ft) [citation needed]
Weight88.48 kg (195 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
SportWeightlifting
Event–89 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Representing  China
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bogotá –81 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pattaya –81 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Riyadh –89 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ashgabat –81 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ningbo –81 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Jinju –89 kg
National Games of China
Gold medal – first place 2021 Shaanxi –81 kg

Career edit

World Championships edit

In 2018 the International Weightlifting Federation updated the weight classes, and he competed in the newly created 81 kg division as the 2018 World Championships. The 81 kg competition saw 5 world records set and 11 junior world records set.[5] In the snatch portion Li set two junior world records and was in third place after Lü Xiaojun and Mohamed Ihab exchanged world record lifts. In the clean & jerk portion of the competition he exchanged junior world records with Harrison Maurus, his final gold medal winning lift of 204 kg secured him the bronze medal in the total and junior world records in all lifts.[6][7][8]

Other Competitions edit

He competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup (a qualifying event for the 2020 Summer Olympics) held in Fuzhou.[9] He swept gold and set a new world record in the total with 375 kg.[10]

Major results edit

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing   China
World Championships
2018   Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 81 kg 163 168 172   193 198 204   372  
2019   Pattaya, Thailand 81 kg 166 166 171   198 206 206   377 WR  
2022   Bogotá, Colombia 81 kg 167 171 174   198 201 201   372  
2023   Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 89 kg 170 177 177 4 206 213 213   383  
Asian Championships
2019   Ningbo, China 81 kg 163 168 172   195 195 200 4 363  
2021   Tashkent, Uzbekistan 81 kg 167 172 175 CWR   198 198 198
2023   Jinju, South Korea 89 kg 171 176 180 WR   205 216 216   396 CWR  
IWF World Cup
2019   Fuzhou, China 81 kg 163 168 171   195 200 204   375 WR  
2019   Tianjin, China 81 kg 165 171 171   190 195 200   371  
2024   Phuket, Thailand 89 kg 173 177 178   210 210 216 4 383  
  • CWR: Current world record
  • WR: World record

References edit

  1. ^ "Asian Games profile". en.Asiangames2018.id. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Biography". IWF.net. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 81 kg
  4. ^ Oliver, Brian (11 December 2022). "Teenager Nasar gets world record after bomb-out at weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  5. ^ 2018 IWF World Championships Ashgabat Results Book
  6. ^ "81 kg Standings". IWF.net. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  7. ^ Ashgabat2018. "A Chinese weightlifter became the fourth time champion of the IWF World Championships". Retrieved 31 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "World Record Parade in the men's 81kg". IWF.net. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  9. ^ "2019 IWF World Cup Start List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  10. ^ "2019 IWF World Cup Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-03-03.

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