Hou Zhihui

Hou Zhihui
Hou in 2024
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1997-03-18) 18 March 1997
Meitang Village, Zhangshi Town, Guiyang County, Chenzhou, Hunan, China[1]
Height1.48 m (4 ft 10 in)
Weight48.85 kg (108 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
SportWeightlifting
Event
–49 kg
ClubHunan Province
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo–49 kg
Gold medal – first place2024 Paris–49 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Ashgabat–49 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Pattaya–49 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Riyadh–49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Bogotá–49 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Ningbo–49 kg
Gold medal – first place2020 Tashkent–49 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Jinju–49 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 Wroclaw–48 kg
National Games of China
Gold medal – first place2017 Tianjin–48 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Shaanxi–49 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Guandong–49 kg

Hou Zhihui (Chinese: 侯志慧; pinyin: Hóu Zhìhuì; born 18 March 1997) is a Chinese weightlifter, two-times Olympic champion, World champion, and two-time Asian champion competing in the women's 49 kg category.[2]

As of 2021, she has set eleven senior world records throughout her career.[3]

Career

She competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the 49 kg division, winning silvers medals in all lifts,[4] and setting two world records in the total.[5]

In 2019 she competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup held in Fuzhou, China, in the 49 kg category. She swept gold medals in all lifts[6] setting new world records in the snatch and total.

In 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won China's second gold medal in women's 49 kg weightlifting, setting new Olympic records in the snatch, clean and jerk, and overall total, with 210 kilograms, which is three short of her world record from the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships.[7]

She won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.

In August 2024, she again competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She placed second in the Snatch with 89 kg, but she broke the Olympic record in the Clean & Jerk, lifting 117 kg and overcame Romania's Mihaela Cambei with 1 kg ahead in total.

Debunked Doping Allegations

On 26 July 2021, Indian news outlet ANI falsely reported that Hou, the new Women's 49 kg weightlifting olympic champion, would be tested by the International Testing Agency (ITA) for doping, according to ANI's unnamed source. Huo had won gold against India's Mirabai Chanu, who won silver. The article claimed Mirabai Chanu would be upgraded to a gold medal if the tests were positive.[8] This report was subsequently propagated across other news networks,[9] including The Economic Times, Business Standard, India.com and Taiwan News.[10][11][12] The World Anti-Doping Agency and ITA debunked the reports, saying they knew nothing of such tests being carried out and that any developments would be transparently reported on their site.[13][14] On 30 July, ANI reported that no such test occurred, and claimed they made an "inadvertent error while reporting the news".[15] As of 8 October, ANI's original false report remained on its website.[16]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan49 kg889294 OR1109114116 OR1210 OR1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024France Paris, France49 kg8989932110117117 OR12061st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan49 kg8892931st place, gold medalist(s)1081121151st place, gold medalist(s)208 WR1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand49 kg8994961st place, gold medalist(s)1101161172nd place, silver medalist(s)211 WR2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia49 kg8689923rd place, bronze medalist(s)106109—41983rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia49 kg8993951st place, gold medalist(s)1111161192nd place, silver medalist(s)2112nd place, silver medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2019China Fuzhou, China49 kg9094 WR961st place, gold medalist(s)111116—1st place, gold medalist(s)210 WR1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024Thailand Phuket, Thailand49 kg9397 CWR991st place, gold medalist(s)1131201202nd place, silver medalist(s)2172nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Games
2023China Hangzhou, China55 kg909597N/a110115—N/a2103rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2019China Ningbo, China49 kg8892951st place, gold medalist(s)1091131161st place, gold medalist(s)2081st place, gold medalist(s)
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan49 kg909496 WR1st place, gold medalist(s)1101151173rd place, bronze medalist(s)213 WR1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023South Korea Jinju, South Korea49 kg8689932nd place, silver medalist(s)1071111153rd place, bronze medalist(s)2042nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "快讯丨湖南首金！侯志慧获东京奥运举重女子49公斤级冠军". Hunan Daily. 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  2. ↑ Oliver, Brian (24 July 2021). "Gold for China and disappointment for United States in first weightlifting event of Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "World records – International Weightlifting Federation".
  4. ↑ 2018 World Weightlifting Championships –49 kg results
  5. ↑ "World July ituky Trujillo Tayyip try fjytrjty=IWF.net". 3 November 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Chinese weightlifter Hou breaks world records to win golds at IWF World Cup". China Daily. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Ece Toksabay; Junko Fujita (24 July 2021). "Weightlifting-China's Hou wins 49-kg weightlifting gold". Reuters. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifter Hou to be tested by anti-doping authorities, silver medallist Chanu stands chance to get medal upgrade".
  9. ↑ "Indian media fake news about Olympic weightlifting doping takes off around Asia". www.insidethegames.biz. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  10. ↑ "Taiwanese weightlifter could take bronze if China's Hou found doping | Taiwan News | 2021-07-28 12:30:00". 28 July 2021.|Taiwannews.com
  11. ↑ "Indian media falsely report Mirabai Chanu stands chance of upgrading to gold - Alt News". 2 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "Unverified Doping Charge Against Mirabai Chanu's Opponent Goes Viral | BOOM". August 2021.
  13. ↑ "Indian media fake news about Olympic weightlifting doping takes off around Asia - Insidethegames.biz - The Verified". Archived from the original on 2021-08-03.
  14. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting gold medallist Zhihui Hou not taken for doping test- The New Indian Express". 30 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting gold medallist Zhihui Hou not taken for doping test".
  16. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifter Hou to be tested by anti-doping authorities, silver medallist Chanu stands chance to get medal upgrade".
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