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Factbox on Olympic weightlifting champion Chen Xiexia
Xinhua
Updated: 2008-08-09 12:28
BEIJING -- Following is the factbox on Chen Xiexia, Olympic weightlifting champion in women's 48kg category:
Name: Chen Xiexia
Date of Birth: Jan, 8 1983, in Panyu City, Guangdong Province, China
Height: 152cm
Bodyweight: 47.46kg
Olympic entry total: 210kg
Olympic performance: total: 212kg (snatch: 95kg; clean and jerk: 117kg)
Career highlights: gold at 2008 Beijing Olympics;
three golds (snatch, clean and jerk, and the total) in 2007 World Championships;
three golds in 2007 Asian Championships
World records: 120kg clean and jerk, created in 2007 Asian Championships