{{Short description|Chinese weightlifter (born 1993)}} {{family name hatnote|Li|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Li Fabin | image = Li Fabin (CHN) 2024.png | imagesize = | caption = Li in 2024 | nationality = Chinese | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|1|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian, China | height = 1.60 m | weight = 60.80 kg | country = China | sport = Weightlifting | event = –61 kg | club = Fujian Province | pb = {{unbulleted list|'''Snatch''': 146 kg (2024. '''CWR''') |'''Clean & Jerk''': 175 kg (2022, '''WR''') |'''Total''': 318 kg (2019, '''CWR''')}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{CHN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|–61 kg}} {{MedalGold|2024 Paris|–61 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2019 Pattaya|–61 kg}} {{MedalGold|2022 Bogotá|–61 kg}} {{Medal|Gold|2023 Riyadh|–61 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Ashgabat|–61 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalGold|2022 Hangzhou|–61 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}} {{MedalGold|2012 Pyeongtaek|–56 kg}} {{MedalGold|2019 Ningbo|–61 kg}} {{MedalGold|2020 Tashkent|–61 kg}} {{MedalGold|2023 Jinju|–61 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Ashgabat|–56 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Tashkent|–56 kg}} }} '''Li Fabin''' ({{zh|c=李发彬|p=Lǐ Fābīn}}; born 15 January 1993) is a Chinese weightlifter, two-times Olympic gold medalist, World Champion, and four time Asian Champion competing in the 56 kg division<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography |url=https://www.iwf.net/biography/?id=949106 |website=IWF.net |accessdate=November 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/LI-Fabin-3011710/ |title=2018 Asian Games profile |access-date=2018-11-03 |archive-date=2018-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103210323/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/LI-Fabin-3011710/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.<ref>[http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M61A.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 61 kg]</ref>
==Career== He competed at the 2018 World Championships in the newly created 61 kg category, winning a silver medal in the snatch and in the total.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 61kg - Standings |url=https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=441 |website=IWF.net |accessdate=November 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/2018/11/03/irawan-world-champion/|title=IRAWAN World Champion|work=IWF.net|date=3 November 2018 |accessdate=20 April 2019}}</ref> He competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 61 kg division winning gold medals in all lifts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/20/c_137993925.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420163535/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/20/c_137993925.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 20, 2019|title=Li Fabin wins three golds at Asian Weightlifting Championships|work=Xinhuanet|accessdate=20 April 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/04/2019%E5%B9%B4%E4%BA%9A%E6%B4%B2%E4%B8%BE%E9%87%8D%E9%94%A6%E6%A0%87%E8%B5%9B%E7%A7%A9%E5%BA%8F%E5%8D%952019-AWF-Asain-Weightlifting-Championships-START-LIST.pdf 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships Start List]</ref>
In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="second_weightlifting_gold_for_china_heartbreak_for_saudi_arabian_tokyo_2020_2021">{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=25 July 2021|title=Second weightlifting gold for China - and heartbreak for Saudi Arabian - at Tokyo 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110740/weightlifting-gold-china-tokyo-2020|access-date=25 July 2021}}</ref>
In August 2024, he competed in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He won his second gold medal setting an Olympic record in Snatch (143 kg).
==Major results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight ! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=60 | Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Rank |- ! width=60 | 1 ! width=60 | 2 ! width=60 | 3 ! width=45 | Rank ! width=60 | 1 ! width=60 | 2 ! width=60 | 3 ! width=45 | Rank |- ! colspan=13 | Summer Olympics |- | 2021 || align=left|{{JPN}} Tokyo, Japan || 61 kg ||<s>137</s>||137||'''141''' || {{n/a}} ||166||'''172''' {{OlyR|weightlifting}}||<s>178 </s>|| {{n/a}} ||'''313''' {{OlyR|weightlifting}}||{{gold1}} |- | 2024 || align=left |{{FRA}} Paris, France || 61 kg || 137 || 140 || '''143''' {{OlyR|weightlifting}} || {{n/a}} || <s>167</s> || '''167''' || <s>172</s> || {{n/a}} || '''310''' || {{gold1}} |- ! colspan=13 | World Championships |- | 2014 || align=left |{{KAZ}} Almaty, Kazakhstan || 56 kg || 130 || '''134''' || <s>135</s> || {{silver2}} || '''157''' || <s>162</s> || <s>162</s> || 4 || '''291''' || 4 |- | 2018 || align=left |{{TKM}} Ashgabat, Turkmenistan || 61 kg || 133 || 138 || '''142'''|| {{silver2}} || 160 || 165 || '''168''' || 4 || '''310''' || {{silver2}} |- | 2019 || align=left | {{THA}} Pattaya, Thailand || 61 kg || 138 || 141 || '''145 WR''' || {{gold1}} || 168 || '''173''' || <s>175</s> || {{gold1}} || '''318 CWR''' || {{gold1}} |- | 2022 || align=left |{{COL}} Bogotá, Colombia || 61 kg || 137 || <s>140</s> || <s>140</s> || {{gold1}} || 167 || <s>175</s> || '''175 WR'''|| {{gold1}} || '''312''' || {{gold1}} |- | 2023 || align=left |{{KSA}} Riyadh, Saudi Arabia || 61 kg || 137 || '''141''' || <s>146</s> || {{gold1}} || <s>167</s> || '''167''' || <s>169</s> || {{silver2}} || '''308''' || {{gold1}} |- ! colspan=13 | IWF World Cup |- | 2024 || align=left |{{THA}} Phuket, Thailand || 61 kg || 138 || 143 || '''146 CWR''' || {{gold1}} || '''166''' || <s>173</s> || <s>173</s> || 5 || '''312''' || {{gold1}} |- ! colspan=13|Asian Games |- |2023 || align=left|{{CHN}} Hangzhou, China || 61 kg || 137 || 141 || '''143 GR''' || {{n/a}} || '''167''' || <s>171</s> || <s>171</s> || {{n/a}} || '''310 GR''' || {{gold1}} |- ! colspan=13|Asian Championships |- |2012|| align=left|{{KOR}} Pyeongtaek, South Korea || 56 kg || 121 || 125 || '''126''' || {{gold1}} || 150 || '''153''' || <s>155</s> || {{bronze3}} || '''279''' || {{gold1}} |- |2016|| align=left|{{UZB}} Tashkent, Uzbekistan || 56 kg || 121 || <s>126</s> || '''126''' || {{silver2}} || 142 || <s>147</s> || '''147''' || 4 || '''273''' || {{bronze3}} |- |2017|| align=left|{{TKM}} Ashgabat, Turkmenistan || 56 kg || <s>123</s> || '''123''' || <s>125</s> || {{Silver2}} || <s>145</s> || 145 || '''149''' || {{silver2}} || '''272''' || {{Silver2}} |- |2019|| align=left|{{CHN}} Ningbo, China || 61 kg || 137 || <s>141</s> || '''141''' || {{gold1}} || 167 || '''171''' || <s>175</s> || {{gold1}} || '''312''' || {{gold1}} |- |2021|| align=left|{{UZB}} Tashkent, Uzbekistan || 61 kg || 138 || <s>142</s> || '''142''' || {{gold1}} || '''170''' || <s>176</s> || <s>176</s> || {{gold1}} || '''312''' || {{gold1}} |- |2023|| align=left|{{KOR}} Jinju, South Korea || 61 kg || 136 || 141 || '''143''' || {{gold1}} || 166 || '''171''' ||<s>174</s> || {{gold1}} || '''314''' || {{gold1}} |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IWF}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com profile|fabin-li}} * {{2018 Asian Games profile|LI-Fabin-3011710}}
{{s-start}} {{s-sports|oly}} {{succession box | before = Su Bingtian | title = Flagbearer for {{CHN}}<br>at the Olympics closing ceremony | years = (with Ou Zixia)<br>Paris 2024 | after = ''Incumbent'' }} {{s-end}}
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