Chen Xiexia is a Chinese weightlifter. She won three golds at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships

2007 World Weightlifting Championships

The Royal World Weightlifting Championships 2007 were held at the 700th Anniversary Sports Complex in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The event took place from September 17 to September 26, 2007.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...

. and the first gold medal for China

China

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 in the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in the 48 kg class, setting an Olympic Record by lifting a total of 212 kg.

She also won 3 golds at the 2007 Asian Championship

2007 Asian Weightlifting Championships

The 2007 Asian Weightlifting Championships were held at the Taishan College Gymnasium in Tai'an Shandong in PR China between April 17 and April 28 2007. It was the 38th men's and 19th women's championship...

s, with a world record of 120 kg in clean and jerk

Clean and jerk

The clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...

. At the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium on Day 1 of the Olympic Games, 152cm Xiexia, 25, yelled "jia you!" (come on!), and succeeded on all six attempts (snatch: 95 kg; clean and jerk: 117kg).