DENG Zhiwei

People's Republic of China

Date of Birth: 12 Feb 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Place of birth: HEBEI

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 125kg	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Men's Freestyle 125kg Bronze Medal Match #324 CHN DENG ZDENG Zhiwei 0 IRI ZARE AHZARE Amir Hossein 5 VPO	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat C	Men's Freestyle 125kg 1/8 Final #247 ROC KOZYREV SKOZYREV Sergei 1 CHN DENG ZDENG Zhiwei 4 VPO1	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat C	Men's Freestyle 125kg 1/4 Final #254 GEO PETRIASHVILI GPETRIASHVILI Geno 5 VPO1 CHN DENG ZDENG Zhiwei 2	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat C	Men's Freestyle 125kg Repechage #301 EGY ABDELMOTTALEB DKGABDELMOTTALEB Diaaeldin Kamal Gouda 2 CHN DENG ZDENG Zhiwei 7 VPO1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
13	Freestyle 125kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Freestyle 125kg	2018	Budapest, HUN
3	Freestyle 125kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ
5	Freestyle 120kg	2013	Budapest, HUN
10	Freestyle 125kg	2014	Tashkent, UZB
11	Freestyle 120kg	2011	Istanbul, TUR
18	Freestyle 125kg	2015	Las Vegas, NV, USA

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Freestyle 125kg	2018	Indonesia

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Freestyle 125kg	2019	Xian, CHN
8	Freestyle 125kg	2018	Bishkek, KGZ

Ranking Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Freestyle 125kg	2018	Budapest, HUN
2	Freestyle 125kg	2018	Minsk, BLR
3	Freestyle 125kg	2018	Warsaw, POL
4	Freestyle 125kg	2019	Krasnoyarsk, RUS
5	Freestyle 125kg	2019	Ruse, BUL

Occupation:

Armed Forces Athlete

Languages spoken:

People's Liberation Army [PLA] [CHN] / Shandong Province [CHN]

He began wrestling at age 15. (hb.jjj.qq.com, 12 Sep 2017)

He was fond of sports from a young age, and his physique was suited to wrestling. (yzdsb.com.cn, 31 May 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (thepaper.cn, 06 Jun 2020)

In 2014 he was named an Elite Athlete of International Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. (sport.gov.cn, 10 Apr 2014)

Milestones

He became the first male freestyle wrestler representing the People's Republic of China to win a medal at the world championships by claiming silver in the 125kg category at the 2018 edition of the tournament in Budapest, Hungary. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Feb 2020; 81.cn, 26 Oct 2018)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
VPO:: Victory by points - without any point scored by the opponent
VPO1:: Victory by points - with point(s) scored by the opponent

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