Olympic Weightlifting Champion Chen Xiexia

Following is the factbox on Chen Xiexia, Olympic weightlifting champion in women's 48kg category:

Name: Chen Xiexia

Date of Birth: January 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

(Xinhua News Agency August 9, 2008)

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