Chen Xiexia’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Weightlifter
Is Athlete 
Weightlifter 
From China 
Type Sports 
Gender female
Birth 8 January 1983, Panyu District
Age: 37 years

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. 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.

She also won 3 golds at the 2007 Asian Championships, with a world record of 120 kg in clean and jerk. 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).

On 12 January 2017 it was announced that because of a doping violation she had been disqualified from the 2008 Olympic Games.

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