Shi Zhiyong (Chinese: 石智勇; pinyin: Shí Zhìyǒng; born 10 October 1993) is a Chinese weightlifter, two time Olympic Champion,[1][2] three time World Champion and four time Asian Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3]
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| Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 October 1993 Lingui District, Guilin, Guangxi, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72.90 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –73 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Zhejiang Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shi was born Shi Lei (Chinese: 石磊), but his coach Zhan Xugang gave him the new name after former Olympic Champion Shi Zhiyong.[4]
He holds the current world record in the -73 kg class for the snatch, and has set 13 world records.[5]
Career edit
Olympics edit
In 2016 he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 69 kg category. After the snatch portion of the competition he was in second place, trailing Daniyar İsmayilov by a single kg. Shi was able to beat Daniyar İsmayilov by two kg in the clean & jerk portion of the competition, lifting 190 kg over Daniyar's 188 kg, this gave him a total of 352 kg[6] and an Olympic gold medal.[7]
In 2021 he competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 73 kg category. He set an Olympic record in both the snatch and clean & jerk portions, with lifts of 166 kg and 198 kg respectively, thereby setting the world record. Following this victory, he is now an Olympic champion in 2 weight categories.
World Championships edit
In 2015 he competed at his first World Championships. After the snatch portion he finished third, two kg behind Oleg Chen and Daniyar İsmayilov. In the clean and jerk portion he lifted 190 kg, which gave him a total of 348 kg and a gold medal in the clean & jerk and total.[8][9]
In 2018 the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories and Shi competed in the newly created 73 kg category. He put on a dominating display, earning gold in the snatch with a new world record of 164 kg,[10] this gave him an 8 kg lead over second place. During the clean & jerk, he also won gold by out lifting Won Jeong-sik by 1 kg to set a new world record clean & jerk of 196 kg. He won gold medals in all lifts and finished with a total of 360 kg,[11] a full 12 kg over the silver medalist Won Jeong-sik.
Coming into the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, he was the heavy favorite[12] in the 73 kg category. During the snatch portion of the competition, he was the last competitor to attempt a lift after Bozhidar Andreev completed a 157 kg lift. With his first lift of 160 kg he secured the gold medal in the snatch, and added two more successful lifts to increase his snatch to 166 kg. Coming into the clean & jerk portion he was 9 kg ahead of the silver medalist Andreev, he completed his first lift of 190 kg which gave him a 356 kg total. After O Kang-chol completed his final lift, Shi clinched the gold medal in the total. His final lift was a world record lift of 197 kg, which also set a new world record in the total with 363 kg.[13]
Major results edit
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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Representing  China
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| 2016 |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
69 kg | 156 | 160 | 162 | 2 | 188 | 190 | 1 | 352 | 
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| 2020 |  Tokyo, Japan |
73 kg | 158 | 163 | 166 OR | 1 | 188 | 198 OR | 1 | 364 WR |
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| 2015 |  Houston, United States |
69 kg | 155 | 158 |  |
187 | 190 | |
348 |
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| 2018 |  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
73 kg | 158 | 161 WR | 164 WR | |
188 | 196 WR | – | |
360 WR |
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| 2019 |  Pattaya, Thailand |
73 kg | 160 | 163 | 166 | |
190 | 197 WR | – | |
363 WR |
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| Asian Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2012 |  Pyeongtaek, South Korea |
69 kg | 130 | 137 | 144 | |
170 | 180 | |
324 |
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| 2016 |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
77 kg | 152 | 157 | |
183 | 191 | |
348 |
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| 2019 | Ningbo, China |
73 kg | 160 | 165 WR | 168 WR | |
194 | |
362 WR |
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| 2020 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
73 kg | 160 | 164 | 169 CWR | |
190 | 194 | – | |
363 |
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| 2019 | Tianjin, China |
73 kg | 155 | 160 | 165 | |
187 | 192 | 198 | |
363 |
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| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand |
73 kg | 161 | 165 | |
191 | 5 | 356 | 
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- CWR: Current world record
- WR: World record
References edit
- ^ "Rio 2016 – Profile". Rio 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Rio 2016 – Men's 69kg Standings". Rio 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 73 kg
- ^ "Weightlifting: New Shi Zhiyong, same Olympic gold result". Reuters. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "China Won Gold". IWF.net. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ LA Times. "Shi Zhiyong gives China another gold medal in weightlifting". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Shi Zhiyong wins men's −69kg weightlifting gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ IWF.net (24 November 2015). "Two more world records as Kostova and 'the new Shi' take the honours". Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ Ironmind. "Shi Zhiyong Wins the 69s". Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ Barbend.com (5 November 2018). "Chinese Weightlifter Shi Zhiyong Sweeps Gold and Sets 3 World Records". Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ Xinhaunet. "China's Shi Zhiyong breaks three world records to win 73kg at weightlifting worlds". Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Complete Guide to the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ "China's star weightlifter Shi dominates men's 73kg at world championships". Xinhua. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
External links edit
- Shi Zhiyong at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Shi Zhiyong at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Shi Zhiyong at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
