Is Lu Xiaojun the best ever?

Lu Xiaojun (CHN -81) is arguably the greatest weightlifter of the last decade. He won his first World Championship title in 2009 at the age of 25, and then, after a decade of more gold medals and world records at the Olympics and World Championships he won again at the 2019 World Championships aged 35.

Does Lu Xiaojun still compete?

He is a two time Olympic champion and five time world champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

How much does Xiaojun deadlift?

The 2012 Olympic gold medalist yells his way through a deadlift that’s 3.45-times his competition bodyweight. Chinese weightlifter Lü Xiaojun just gets stronger and stronger with age. The former 77-kilogram, now 81-kilogram weightlifter has snatched a 150-kilogram (330.7-pound) triple and 180 kilograms (396.8 pounds).

When did Lu Xiaojun start weightlifting?

“In 2003 I entered the National team. In the national team, relatively speaking, I do not have any cost burden.” During this time his family’s situation improved and his thoughts quietly began to change. Lu Xiaojun told reporters that from the age of 19 he took weightlifting as his career.

Who is the best weightlifter in the world?

Snatching glory: The best male weightlifters from India

• Sathish Sivalingam. Satish Sivalingam confirmed his status as one of the leading lifters in the country by clinching consecutive gold medals (77 kg category) at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.
• Ragala Venkat Rahul.
• Katulu Ravi Kumar.
• Jeremy Lalrinnunga.

Who is the greatest weightlifters of all time?

Naim Süleymanoğlu (23 January 1967 – 18 November 2017) was a Turkish Olympic weightlifter. He was a seven-time World Weightlifting champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist who set 46 world records.

Do Olympic weightlifters cut weight?

In Weightlifting, if the desired category is M81, then the athlete must reduce bodyweight to 81.00Kg or less. If 81.01Kg is the best they can do by the end of the weigh-in period, the athlete fails to make weight.

What does Tian Tao weigh?

95.75 kg
Tian Tao

What is the world record clean and jerk?

264 kilograms
The current world record clean & jerk is 264 kilograms, held by Talakhdze. On that same day, he posted a video of him snatching 225 kilograms, which is also the heaviest snatch caught on film.

Who is the best Olympic lifter of all time?

Naim Süleymanoğlu (23 January 1967 – 18 November 2017) was a Turkish Olympic weightlifter. He was a seven-time World Weightlifting champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist and set multiple world records….Naim Süleymanoğlu.