Zeng Guoqiang

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zeng.

Zeng Guoqiang
Medal record

Men's Weightlifting
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	52 kg

Zeng Guoqiang (Chinese: 曾国强; born 1965 in Dongguan, Guangdong) is a Male Chinese weightlifter. By winning the 52 kg class weightlifting at the 23rd Olympic Games in 1984, he became China's first Olympic gold medalist in weightlifting.

Major performances

1983 World Youth Championships - 1st 52 kg
1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games - 1st 52 kg
1984 World Championships - 1st 52 kg C&J & total
1984 Asian Championships - 1st 52 kg snatch, C&J & total
1985 World Championships - 2nd 52 kg C&J & total

Honors

1984 - Named Best Athlete at the 16th Asian Championships

References

- China Daily
Factbox on Chinese weightlifting

Olympic champions in weightlifting – Flyweight

1972–1992: –52 kg, 1996: 54

1972: Zygmunt Smalcerz 1976: Aleksandr Voronin 1980: Kanybek Osmonaliyev 1984: Zeng Guoqiang 1988: Sevdalin Marinov 1992: Ivan Ivanov 1996: Halil Mutlu

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