Li Fabin

Li Fabin

Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 31) Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	60.80 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	–61 kg
Club	Fujian Province
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 146 kg (2024. CWR) Clean & Jerk: 175 kg (2022, WR) Total: 318 kg (2019, CWR)
Medal record Representing  China Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo –61 kg World Championships 2019 Pattaya –61 kg 2022 Bogotá –61 kg 2023 Riyadh –61 kg 2018 Ashgabat –61 kg IWF World Cup 2024 Phuket –61 kg Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou –61 kg Asian Championships 2012 Pyeongtaek –56 kg 2019 Ningbo –61 kg 2020 Tashkent –61 kg 2023 Jinju –61 kg 2017 Ashgabat –56 kg 2016 Tashkent –56 kg Junior World Championships 2011 Penang –56 kg National Games of China 2017 Tianjin –56 kg 2021 Shaanxi –61 kg

Li Fabin (Chinese: 李发彬; born 15 January 1993) is a Chinese weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist, World Champion, and four time Asian Champion competing in the 56 kg division^[1][2] until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.^[3]

Career

He competed at the 2018 World Championships in the newly created 61 kg category, winning a silver medal in the snatch and in the total.^[4][5] He competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 61 kg division winning gold medals in all lifts.^[6][7]

In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[8]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2021	Tokyo, Japan	61 kg	137	137	141	1	166	172 OR	178	1	313 OR
World Championships
2014	Almaty, Kazakhstan	56 kg	130	134	135		157	162	162	4	291	4
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	61 kg	133	138	142		160	165	168	4	310
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	61 kg	138	141	145 WR		168	173	175		318 CWR
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	61 kg	137	140	140		167	175	175 WR		312
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	61 kg	137	141	146		167	167	169		308
Asian Games
2023	Hangzhou, China	61 kg	137	141	143 GR	1	167	171	171	3	310 GR
Asian Championships
2012	Pyeongtaek, South Korea	56 kg	121	125	126		150	153	155		279
2016	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	56 kg	121	126	126		142	147	147	4	273
2017	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	56 kg	123	123	125		145	145	149		272
2019	Ningbo, China	61 kg	137	141	141		167	171	175		312
2020	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	61 kg	138	142	142		170	176	176		312
2023	Jinju, South Korea	61 kg	136	141	143		166	171	174		314
IWF World Cup
2024	Phuket, Thailand	61 kg	138	143	146 CWR		166	173	173	5	312

References

External links

• Li Fabin at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Li Fabin at Olympedia
• Li Fabin at Olympics.com
• Li Fabin at the Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Games (archived)