Yang Lian (weightlifter)

Yang Lian

Personal information
Nationality	China
Born	(1982-10-16) 16 October 1982 (age 42)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	48 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 98 kg (2006, WR) Clean and jerk: 119 kg (2006) Total: 217 kg (2006, WR)
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing  China World Championships 2006 Santo Domingo – 48 kg East Asian Games 2005 Macau – 48 kg 2009 Hong Kong – 48 kg National Games of China 2005 Jiangsu – 48 kg 2009 Shandong – 48 kg

Yang Lian (Chinese: 杨炼, born 16 October 1982) is a Chinese weightlifter.

Yang participated in the women's 48 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the gold medal, snatching 98 kg and clean and jerking an additional 119 kg for a total of 217 kg. Both being world records and a world record for the total.^[1]

References

1. "75th MEN'S and 18th WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -48 KG WOMEN". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008.

External links

• Yang Lian at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Yang Lian at the International Weightlifting Results Project