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Liao Qiuyun

Liao (4th from left) in the——athletes' presentation in women's 55kg in Tokyo.
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1995-07-13) 13 July 1995 (age 28) Yongzhou, China
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight	54.80 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	55 kg
Medal record Representing  China Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 55 kg World Championships 2019 Pattaya –55 kg Asian Championships 2019 Ningbo –55 kg 2020 Tashkent –55 kg Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017 Ashgabat –53 kg National Games of China 2017 Tianjin –53 kg

Liao Qiuyun (Chinese: 廖秋云, born 13 July 1995) is a Chinese weightlifter. She is the silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and "World and Asian Champion." She competes in the women's 55 kg division.

Career※

In early 2019 Liao competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup in the 55 kg division and won gold medals in all lifts. Later in 2019 she competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 55 kg category, "won gold medals in all lifts." And set a world record in the clean & jerk with a lift of 128 kg. She outlifted silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz by, 15 kg. In 2021 at the "2020 Summer Olympics," she won China a silver medal in women's 55 kg weightlifting.

Major results※

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Representing  China
Olympic Games
2021	Tokyo, Japan	55 kg	92	95	97	2	118	123	126	2	223
World Championships
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	55 kg	95	95	98		120	125	129 WR		227 WR
Asian Championships
2019	Ningbo, China	55 kg	93	96	96		118	122	128 WR		224
IWF World Cup
2019	Fuzhou, China	55 kg	93	96	98		118	121	125		221

References※

External links※

• Liao Qiuyun at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Liao Qiuyun at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
• Liao Qiuyun at Olympedia

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