Name: Chen Xiaomin Gender: F Height: 1.58m Weight: 63kg Date of birth: February 7, 1977 Place of birth: Heshan, Guangdong Province Sport: Weightlifting

Sports career:

Took up weightlifting in 1989. Entered the Guangdong provincial team in 1991. Joined the national team in 1992.

Personal best:

2000 Sydney Olympic Games - 1st 63kg class

High performances:

1993 National Games - 1st 54kg (surpassing three ARs on six occasions)
1993 World Women's Championships - 1st 54kg snatch, C&J & total (three WRs)
1994 National Championships - 1st 59kg
1994 Hiroshima Asian Games - 1st 59kg (equalling WR with 97.5kg in snatch and breaking WRs with 122.5kg in C&J and 220kg in two-lift total)
1995 World Women's Championships - 1st 59kg snatch, C&J & total (92.5kg, 122.5kg & 215kg, rewriting WR in C&J with 123.5kg), 1st team
1996 Asian Championships - 1st 59kg total (207.5kg)
1996 Warsaw World Women's Championships - 1st 59kg snatch (97.5kg) & total (207.5kg), breaking WR in snatch (99kg); 2nd C&J (110kg)
1997 Asian Women's Championships - 1st 64kg snatch, C&J & total (breaking WR in snatch with 107.5kg)
2000 2000 Sydney Olympic Games - 1st 63kg class

At present: