Xu Lili
Xu at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Born1 February 1981 (1981-02) (age 42)
Chifeng, China
Sport
Country China
SportPowerlifting
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 79 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 73 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mexico City 79 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tbilisi 73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nur-Sultan 79 kg
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 79kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Hangzhou73 kg

Xu Lili (born 1 February 1981) is a Chinese power lifter.[1] She is a two-time silver medalist at the Summer Paralympics and has been world champion in the women's up-to-73kg competition.

Career

She was born in Chifeng in 1981. Like her fellow athlete Song Lingling her disability in her legs is due to polio. While she was working at a factory in 2009 she was spotted and asked if she would like to be an athlete. Li Weipu became her coach and she made her international debut in the following year at the World Championships in Kuala Lumpur where she made the final in the below 75kg category.[2] Xu also competed in the 2015 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships where she took silver[3] and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio.[4]

She won the silver medal in the women's 73 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan[5] behind Mariana D'Andrea of Brazil. She had broken her own personal record by lifting 138kg. A few months later, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.[6] With this result she was again world champion in the women's up-to-73kg competition.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Powerlifting - XU Lili - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Tokyo2020.org. Retrieved 15 September 2021. Date of Birth: 1 Feb 1981, Place of birth: CHIFENG
  2. ↑ "Lili Xu - Powerlifting | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  3. ↑ Omolayo, Huseynov shock victors at 2015 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships, 30 July 2015, PowerLiftingWatch, Retrieved 7 September 2016
  4. ↑ "Paralympic - XU Lili - Powerlifting - China". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Powerlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Tbilisi 2021: Bonnie Gustin and Bose Omolayo extend domination". Paralympic.org. 2 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  7. ↑ Morgan, Liam (2 December 2021). "Omolayo breaks world record to claim gold at World Para Powerlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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