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Weightlifting (often known as Olympic weightlifting) is a competitive strength sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with the aim of successfully lifting the heaviest weights. Athletes compete in two specific ways of lifting the barbell overhead.
This is a list of world records in Olympic weightlifting. These records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) restructured its weight classes in 1993, 1998 and 2018, nullifying earlier records.
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This is the list of Olympic records in weightlifting. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. The weight classes for men on the Olympic program were adjusted for the 2000 Games , so Olympic records only exist based on the results during and after that. [ 1 ]
Liu Huanhua (Chinese: 刘焕华 [2]; pinyin: Liú Huànhuá; born 20 August 2001) is a Chinese weightlifter [3] currently competing in the men's 102 kg category. He is also the current senior world record holder for both the clean and jerk and the total in his weight class.
Olympic Games team member representing USA at the Olympics 1992 in Barcelona, Spain, finishing 10th place in SHW division at age 21 [32] Team Captain of the Olympic Weightlifting team representing USA at the Olympics 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing 14th in SHW division due to back injury at age 25 [32] Pan American Games [1] [6] [7] [4]
This result was an Olympic record, which was also achieved by Svetlana Podobedova who was awarded the gold medal in the competition by virtue of lighter bodyweight, though Podobedova was subsequently stripped of her medal due to doping. Zabolotnaya's 131 kg snatch was a (later also nullified due to doping-related cheating) Olympic record.
At the 1980 Summer Olympics Vardanyan became the first weightlifter from Armenia ever to win a gold medal in weightlifting. In a dominant performance, Vardanyan also became the first light-heavyweight (82.5 kg) to lift a total of 400 kg in an official competition, shattering both the Olympic and world records.