{{Short description|Chinese Paralympic powerlifter}} {{Family name hatnote|Cui|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Cui Zhe | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 December 1986}} | birth_place = Heze, China | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's powerlifting }} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition| Paralympic Games }} {{MedalGold|2024 Paris|–41 kg}} {{MedalSilver| 2008 Beijing | −40 kg }} {{MedalSilver| 2012 London | −40 kg }} {{MedalSilver| 2016 Rio | −41 kg }} {{MedalSilver| 2020 Tokyo | −45 kg }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold| 2021 Tbilisi|−45 kg}} {{MedalGold| 2023 Dubai|−41 kg}} {{MedalSilver| 2014 Dubai|−41 kg}} {{MedalCompetition | Asian Para Games}} {{MedalGold|2010 Guangzhou|44 kg}} {{MedalGold|2014 Incheon|41 kg}} {{MedalGold|2018 Jakarta |−41 kg}} {{MedalGold|2022 Hangzhou|45 kg}} | updated = }}
'''Cui Zhe''' ({{zh|c=崔哲}}, born 1 December 1986 in Heze) is a powerlifter from China.<ref name="Tokyo 2020">{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/powerlifting/athlete-profile-n1710950-cui-zhe.htm |title=Powerlifting: CUI Zhe |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=15 September 2021 |quote=Date of Birth: 1 Dec 1986, Place of birth: HEZE |archive-date=15 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915094323/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/powerlifting/athlete-profile-n1710950-cui-zhe.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Zhe Cui |work=London 2012 Paralympics |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/cui-zhe-5508509/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526200337/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/cui-zhe-5508509/ |archive-date=26 May 2013}}</ref> She survived polio at two years old, and began powerlifting in 2003.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Zhe Cui - Powerlifting {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/zhe-cui |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}</ref> She won the gold medal in the women's 41{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics held in Paris, France.<ref name="powerlifting_results_book_summer_paralympics_2024">{{Cite web |title=Powerlifting Results Book |url=https://www.paralympic.org/OG2024/pdf/PG2024/PWL/PG2024_PWL_B99_PWL-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908194033/https://www.paralympic.org/OG2024/pdf/PG2024/PWL/PG2024_PWL_B99_PWL-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=8 September 2024 |access-date=9 September 2024 |website=2024 Summer Paralympics}}</ref>
==Career== Chi Zhe made her international debut at the 2005 Asian Weightlifting Championships.<ref name=":0" /> At the 2012 Summer Paralympics she won a silver medal in the women's 40 kg powerlifting event, lifting {{convert|97|kg|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's -40 kg |work=London 2012 Paralympics |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/powerlifting/event/women-40kg/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429212208/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/powerlifting/event/women-40kg/index.html |archive-date=29 April 2013}}</ref>
She also won the silver medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="Tokyo 2020" /><ref name="powerlifting_results_book_summer_paralympics_2020">{{Cite web |title=Powerlifting Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/PWL/PG2020-_PWL_B99_PWL-------------------------------.pdf |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830130058/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/PWL/PG2020-_PWL_B99_PWL-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=30 August 2021 |access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref> A few months later, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.<ref name="world_records_fall_in_historic_start_tbilisi_2021">{{Cite web |date=28 November 2021 |title=Tbilisi 2021: World record falls in historic start |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/tbilisi-2021-world-record-falls-historic-start |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128202408/https://www.paralympic.org/news/tbilisi-2021-world-record-falls-historic-start |archive-date=28 November 2021 |access-date=28 November 2021 |website=Paralympic.org}}</ref><ref name="results_book_world_para_powerlifting_championships_2021">{{Cite web |title=2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/2021_WCH_Senior_%20Results%20Book.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224225926/https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/2021_WCH_Senior_%20Results%20Book.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2021 |access-date=24 December 2021 |website=Paralympic.org}}</ref>
Cui is featured in the 2020 documentary film ''Rising Phoenix''.<ref>{{Cite web|last= Ramseyer|first=Celine|title=New 'Rising Phoenix' Netflix documentary will make you laugh and cry|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/28/sport/rising-phoenix-netflix-documentary-peacock-paralympians-spt-intl/index.html|access-date=2020-09-07|website=CNN|date=28 August 2020 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IPC profile|zhe-cui|old_id=927056}}
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