Li Dayin


Li Dayin is a Chinese weightlifter. He is a World Champion, Asian Champion and has held the snatch junior world records in Olympic weightlifting|junior world record] in the defunct 81 kg division, as well as the snatch and total world records in Olympic weightlifting|senior world record] in the defunct 89 kg division. He won the gold medal in the 2022 World Weightlifting [Championships – Men's 81 kg|men's 81kg] event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.

Career

World Championships

In 2018 the International Weightlifting Federation updated the weight classes, and he competed in the newly created 81 kg division as the 2018 World Championships. The 81 kg competition saw 5 List of world [records in Olympic weightlifting|world records] set and 11 junior world records set. In the snatch portion Li set two junior world records and was in third place after Lü Xiaojun and Mohamed Ihab exchanged world record lifts. In the clean & jerk portion of the competition he exchanged junior world records with Harrison Maurus, his final gold medal winning lift of 204 kg secured him the bronze medal in the total and junior world records in all lifts.

Other Competitions

He competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup held in Fuzhou. He swept gold and set a new world record in the total with 375 kg.

Major results