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{{Short description|Chinese weightlifter (born 1985)}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Liu]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1985|1|29}}<ref name="IWF"/><ref name="Athens2004"/><ref name="CIS"/>
| birth_place    = [[Zhaoyuan, Shandong]]<ref name="CIS"/>
| height         = 1.65 m<ref name="Athens2004"/>
| weight_class   = 69 kg
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCompetition|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg|&ndash; 69 kg]]}}
{{Medal|DQ|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg|&ndash; 69 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 World Weightlifting Championships|2004 Vancouver]]| &ndash; 69 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 World Weightlifting Championships|2005 Doha]]| &ndash; 75 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 World Weightlifting Championships|2007 Chiang Mai]]|[[2007 World Weightlifting Championships - Women's 69 kg|&ndash; 69 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Weightlifting at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Weightlifting at the 2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 69 kg|69 kg]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Weightlifting at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 69 kg|69 kg]]}}
}}

'''Liu Chunhong''' ({{zh|s=刘春红|p=Liú Chūnhóng}}; born January 29, 1985,<ref name="IWF">{{cite web |url=https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=liu-chunhong-1985-01-29&id=121 |title=Liu Chunhong |website=iwf.sport |publisher=[[International Weightlifting Federation]] |access-date=August 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Athens2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.athens2004.com/en/ParticipantsAthletes/newParticipants?pid=364635 |title=Liu Chunhong |website=athens2004.com |publisher=[[Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040821000657/http://www.athens2004.com/en/ParticipantsAthletes/newParticipants?pid=364635 |archive-date=August 21, 2004 |access-date=August 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name="CIS">{{cite web |url=http://data.star.sports.cn/person_en.php?id=1210 |title=Liu Chunhong |work=CIS Chinese Athletes Database |publisher=[[Chinese Olympic Committee]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013075209/http://data.star.sports.cn/person_en.php?id=1210 |archive-date=October 13, 2019 |access-date=August 19, 2024}}</ref> in [[Zhaoyuan, Shandong|Zhaoyuan]], [[Shandong Province]]<ref name="CIS"/>) is a [[PR China|Chinese]] [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]].

==Career==
At the [[2003 World Weightlifting Championships]] she won in the 69&nbsp;kg category with a total of ten new world records and junior world records.<ref>{{cite news |title=Weltrekordfestival von Liu Chunhong |url=http://sport.ard.de/sp/weitere/news200311/20/gewichtheben.jhtml |accessdate=August 11, 2008 |work=ARD Sport |language=German |date=November 20, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.china.org.cn/olympic/2008-08/13/content_16212422.htm |title=Chinese Liu Chunhong breaks 3 world records -- china.org.cn |website=www.china.org.cn |access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref>

She competed in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], and won the gold medal in the 69&nbsp;kg class.

At the [[2007 World Weightlifting Championships]] she won the [[snatch (weightlifting)|snatch]] competition in the 69&nbsp;kg category with 121&nbsp;kg, and won the silver medal lifting in total 271&nbsp;kg.<ref>{{cite web |title=LIU Chunhong |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=121 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527160431/http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=121 |archivedate=May 27, 2011}}</ref>

At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] she won the gold medal in the 69&nbsp;kg category, while setting new Olympic and world records in both the snatch and clean and jerk with a lift of 128&nbsp;kg and 158&nbsp;kg respectively for a world record total of 286&nbsp;kg. This total would have been enough to win gold and set the Olympic record in the 75&nbsp;kg category (heavyweight), as well as tie Svetlana Podobedova's then world record in that category. She became the first ever woman to defend her Olympic title in weightlifting.<ref>{{cite web |title=Liu Chunhong breaks women's weightlifting world,record |publisher=xinhuanet |url=http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/13/content_9256791.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518135216/http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/13/content_9256791.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 18, 2011}}</ref>

On January 12, 2017 it was announced that because of a doping violation she had been disqualified from the 2008 Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web |title=IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-eight-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-test-at-beijing-2008-and-london-2012 |publisher=[[IOC]] |accessdate=January 12, 2017}}</ref>

==Personal bests (69 kg)==
*Snatch: 128&nbsp;kg ([[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg|2008 Summer Olympics]], disqualified in 2017)
*Clean and Jerk: 158&nbsp;kg ([[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg|2008 Summer Olympics]], disqualified in 2017)
*Total: 286&nbsp;kg ([[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg|2008 Summer Olympics]], disqualified in 2017)

===Other===
*Jerk (off rack): 175&nbsp;kg (training claim){{citation needed|date=November 2015}}
*Front Squat: 200.0&nbsp;kg{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}
*Back Squat: 230.0&nbsp;kg (Raw women's 69&nbsp;kg all-time world record){{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IWF|id=121|athlete=liu-chunhong-1985-01-29}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|chunhong-liu}}
* {{Chinese Olympic Committee|1210|Liu Chunhong|en_archive=20191013075209}}

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[[Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists]]
[[Category:21st-century Chinese sportswomen]]


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