Yang Lian (weightlifter)

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yang.
Yang Lian (weightlifter)
Personal information
Born 16 October 1982
Medal record
World Championships
2006 Santo Domingo – 48 kg

Yang Lian (born 16 October 1982) is a Chinese weightlifter.

Yang participated in the women's -48 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the gold medal, snatching 98 kg and clean and jerking an additional 119 kg for a total of 217 kg. Both being world records and a world record for the total.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 75th MEN'S and 18th WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -48 KG WOMEN, iwf.net


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