Luo Shifang
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| Born | 2 April 2001[1] Guiyang County, Chenzhou, Hunan, China[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 59 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luo Shifang (Chinese: 罗诗芳; pinyin: Luó Shīfāng; born 2 April 2001) is a Chinese weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[3]
Career
[edit]Luo took up weightlifting at the age of 12. She started practicing to improve her physical fitness.[4]
Luo won a medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships, held in Bogotá, Colombia.[5] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Jinju, South Korea.[6]
In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[7][8] She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.[9]
She is the current gold medalist on Women's 59 Kg by winning at 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris on August 8, 2024. In this occasion she established three Olympic records on weightlifting: Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total score.
Major results
[edit]| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean and jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Paris, France | 59 kg | 101 | 105 | 107 OR | — | 129 | 134 OR | — | 241 OR | 
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 59 kg | 101 | 5 | 126 | 129 |  |
230 | 4 | |||
| 2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 59 kg | 101 | 104 | 107 | |
128 | 133 | 136 | |
243 |
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| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 59 kg | 103 | 108 |  |
133 | 140 | |
248 CWR |
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| Asian Games | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | Hangzhou, China | 59 kg | 100 | 104 | 107 | — | 128 | 133 | — | 240 |
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| Asian Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | Jinju, South Korea | 59 kg | 98 | 102 | 105 | |
126 | 130 | 133 | |
238 |
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- CWR: Current world record
- OR: Olympics record
References
[edit]- ^ IWF Youth World Championships - Lima 2024 - Start Book Women IWF
- ^ "视频丨桂阳籍举重选手罗诗芳破全国青年纪录夺冠" [Guiyang-born weightlifter Luo Shifang breaks the national youth record to win the championship] (in Chinese). 18 September 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "LUO Shifang". Paris 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Asian Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (8 September 2023). "Luo puts last year's failure behind her to give China another title at IWF World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Weightlifting Medalists" (PDF). 2022 Asian Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
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