Qiu Hongxia
Personal information
Born10 February 1982
Medal record
Women’s Weightlifting
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Santo Domingo –53 kg
Silver medal – second place 2001 Antalya –53 kg

Qiu Hongxia (born 10 February 1982) is a Chinese weightlifter.

Qiu participated in the women's -53 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the gold medal, snatching 98 kg and clean and jerking an additional 128 kg for a total of 226 kg.[1] With these lifts, she held the world records in the clean and jerk, and still holds one for the total in the women's 53 kg class.[2]

References

  1. ^ 75th MEN'S and 18th WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -53 KG WOMEN Archived March 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, iwf.net
  2. ^ "Progress of World Records, Women". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on August 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-09.


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