Meng Suping

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Meng.
Meng Suping
Personal information
Born (1989-07-17) July 17, 1989
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 120 kg (265 lb)
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  China
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro +75 kg
World Championships
2010 Antalya +75 kg
2014 Almaty +75 kg
2015 Houston +75 kg
2009 Goyang +75 kg
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou + 75 kg
Asian Championships
2011 Tongling +75 kg
2015 Phuket +75 kg

Meng Suping (simplified Chinese: 孟苏平; traditional Chinese: 孟蘇平; born July 17，1989 in Ma'anshan, Anhui) is a Chinese weightlifter. She competes in the women's super heavyweight category of +75 kg. At the 2012 World University Championships she set a world record in the clean & jerk with a result of 188 kg. The record however only lasted a year until it was overtaken by Tatiana Kashirina. 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]

References

  1. ↑ Xinhua Agency: Meng Suping wins women's over 75kg weightlifting gold at Rio Olympics (2016-08-15)
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