Kang Yue
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Born | Qingdao, Shandong, China | 8 October 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85.55 kg (189 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | -87 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kang Yue (Chinese: 康月[1]; pinyin: Kāng yuè; born 8 October 1991) is a Chinese weightlifter,[2] and World Champion competing in the 75 kg division until 2018 and 87 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3]
Career
[edit]Kang's first appearance was at the 2009 National Games of China, where she placed third in the women's 69 kg class.
World Championships
[edit]In 2010, Kang made her first international appearance in the women's 69 kg class at the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships in Antalya. She finished second in both the snatch and clean and jerk, earning a silver medal.[4]
At the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships in Wroclaw, Kang moved up to the 75 kg class where she finished first in the snatch, and second in the clean and jerk. This culminated in an overall silver medal finish.[5]
In the following year at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in Almaty, Kang went on to win silver in the snatch, and bronze in the clean & jerk. This resulted in another silver medal.[6]
At the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in the United States, Kang went on to finish first in the snatch and third place in the clean and jerk, which resulted with an overall gold medal finish.[7]
Asian Games
[edit]In 2014, Kang competed at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, where she finished first in the snatch, and second in the clean and jerk. This resulted in a silver medal finish.[8]
Asian Championships
[edit]Kang went on to compete in the women's 87 kg category at the 2021 Asian Weightlifting Championships, following the International Weightlifting Federation's decision to update their weight classes in 2018.[9] She went on to earn silver medals in the snatch and clean and jerk, resulting in another silver medal finish.[10]
Major results
[edit]Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | Ref | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||||
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World Championships | |||||||||||||
2010 | ![]() |
69 kg | 105 | 113 | ![]() |
130 | 140 | ![]() |
253 | ![]() |
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2013 | ![]() |
75 kg | 122 | 126 | ![]() |
150 | ![]() |
276 | ![]() |
[5] | |||
2014 | ![]() |
75 kg | 126 | ![]() |
151 | ![]() |
277 | ![]() |
[12] | ||||
2015 | ![]() |
75 kg | 127 | ![]() |
155 | ![]() |
282 | ![]() |
[7] | ||||
Asian Games | |||||||||||||
2014 | ![]() |
75 kg | 125 | 131 | 1 | 153 | 160 | 2 | 291 | ![]() |
[13] | ||
Asian Championships | |||||||||||||
2021 | ![]() |
87 kg | 118 | ![]() |
149 | 155 | ![]() |
273 | ![]() |
[14] |
References
[edit]- ^ "体育之星 > 举重 > 康月" [Sports Star > Weightlifting > Kang Yue]. sports.sina.com.cn/ (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Athlete Results". IWF.net. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ^ 2019 World Championships Entry List
- ^ "78TH MEN'S AND 21ST WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - Women's Snatch, Clean & Jerk". IWF. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ a b "IWF Results Book - Wroclaw 2013" (PDF). IWF. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "2014 IWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - Women's Snatch, Clean & Jerk". IWF. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ a b "IWF Results Book - Houston 2015" (PDF). IWF. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "2014 ASIAN GAMES - Women's Snatch, Clean & Jerk". IWF. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ 2019 World Championships Entry List
- ^ "2020 ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Women's Snatch, Clean & Jerk". IWF. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "78TH MEN'S AND 21ST WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - Women's Snatch, Clean & Jerk". IWF. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "2014 IWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - Women's Snatch, Clean & Jerk". IWF. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "2014 ASIAN GAMES - Women's Snatch, Clean & Jerk". IWF. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "2020 ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Women's Snatch, Clean & Jerk". IWF. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
External links
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Chinese female weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Summer World University Games medalists in weightlifting
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for China
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century Chinese women
- 21st-century Chinese sportspeople
- Chinese weightlifting biography stubs