Ouyang Xiaofang
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Ouyang Xiaofang is a weightlifter
from Liaoning
, People's Republic of China
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Ouyang participated in the women's -63 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships
and won the gold medal, snatching
110 kg and clean and jerk
ing an additional 136 kg for a total of 246 kg.
At the 2006 Asian Games, she suffered a knee injury, but won the silver medal in the 63 kg category.
Powerlifting
Powerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...
from Liaoning
Liaoning
' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" , a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. "Níng" means "peace"...
, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
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Ouyang participated in the women's -63 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships
2006 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held at the Handball Pavilion and Weightlifting Pavilion Dr. José Joaquín Puello in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...
and won the gold medal, snatching
Snatch (weightlifting)
The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...
110 kg and 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...
ing an additional 136 kg for a total of 246 kg.
At the 2006 Asian Games, she suffered a knee injury, but won the silver medal in the 63 kg category.