Chen Xiexia
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| Born | January 8, 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Country |
 China | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chen Xiexia (simplified Chinese: 陈燮霞; traditional Chinese: 陳燮霞; pinyin: Chén Xièxiá; Jyutping: Chan4 Sit3 Ha4; born January 8, 1983 in Panyu, Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a Chinese weightlifter.
Career
She won three golds at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships.[1] and the first gold medal for China in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 48 kg class, setting an Olympic Record by lifting a total of 212 kg.[2]
She also won 3 golds at the 2007 Asian Championships, with a world record of 120 kg in clean and jerk.[3] At the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium on Day 1 of the Olympic Games, 152 cm Xiexia, 25, yelled "jia you!" (come on!), and succeeded on all six attempts (snatch: 95 kg; clean and jerk: 117 kg).[4][5][6]
In August 2016 the International Weightlifting Federation announced that retests of the samples taken from the 2008 Summer Olympics indicated that Chen had tested positive for prohibited substances, namely GHRP-2 (S2. Hormones and related substances), among 15 weightlifters from Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine. Two other Chinese failed the doping test: Cao Lei and Liu Chunhong. If confirmed, Chen faces losing her Olympic medal. [7]
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
- ↑ Flash: Champion Chen of China with a new Olympic Record Archived August 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Progress of World Records, Women Seniors". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ↑ afp.google.com, First Beijing Olympic gold medal results
- ↑ news.xinhuanet.com, Factbox on Olympic weightlifting champion Chen Xiexia
- ↑ en.beijing2008.cn, Chen Xiexia of China wins Weightlifting gold Archived August 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "PUBLIC DISCLOSURES | International Weightlifting Federation". Retrieved 2016-08-24.