Chen Jingkai

Chen Jingkai

Chen Jingkai (December 1, 1935 ~ December 6, 2010), born in Shilong Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, is a Chinese weightlifter.

On June 7, 1956, Chen Jingkai broke the world record for the lightest clean and jerk with a score of 133 kg, creating China's first world record.

Sports career

Chen Jingkai (1935-2010), male weightlifter, was born in Shilong Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province on December 1, 1935. He is a pioneer of new China sports. Chen Jingkai was fond of fitness since childhood. In 1953, he changed from fitness to weightlifting. In 1955, he joined the sports team of Central South military region. Later, he was selected into the national weightlifting training team. His performance improved rapidly. In one year, his clean and jerk performance soared from 95kg to 130kg. On June 7, 1956, in the "Sino Soviet heavy lift friendly competition" held in Shanghai, he broke the 56kg clean and jerk world record of American athlete C. winchbott by 133 kg. This is the first world record set by Chinese athletes.

Throughout his sports career, Chen Jingkai wrote one legend after another: he broke the world weightlifting records nine times; from 1956 to 1964, he broke the world records of the lightest and the second lightest clean and jerk for nine times in major weightlifting competitions at home and abroad, such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Taiyuan, Moscow and Leipzig.

Chen Jingkai has been a coach of the weightlifting team, chairman of the China Weightlifting Association, deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Commission, and deputy to the National People's Congress. Thanks to his guidance and inspiration, his younger brother Chen Manlin and his nephew Chen Weiqiang both won the weightlifting championship and broke the world records. In China's 28 world weightlifting records, Chen's uncle and nephew created 16, Dongguan Shilong "one door three heroes" has become a popular story around the world.

On December 6, 2010, after watching the opening ceremony of Guangzhou Asian Games, Mr. Chen Jingkai died in Guangzhou.

On June 7, 1956, he took part in the friendly competition between the Chinese people's Liberation Army, Shanghai United team and the Soviet Union weightlifting team in Shanghai. He broke the world record of 132.5kg (the lightest) clean and jerk held by American athlete C. Wenqi with an excellent score of 133kg, thus becoming the first Chinese athlete to break the world record of sports.

On November 11, 1956, he took part in the Chinese delegation's visit to Guangzhou for the Olympic Games. He broke the world weightlifting record twice in a row with the lightest clean and jerk of 133.5kg and 135kg.

On November 291956, he participated in the visiting competition of Chinese Olympic delegation in Shanghai. He broke the world weightlifting record for the fourth time with the lightest clean and jerk of 135.5kg.

On August 6, 1957, he took part in the 3rd International Youth Friendship games in Moscow, the Soviet Union. He broke the world record of weightlifting for the fifth time with 139.5kg clean and jerk in the lightest class.

On September 26, 1958, he took part in the first friendly games of socialist international in Leipzig, Germany. He broke the world record of weightlifting for the sixth time with the lightest clean and jerk of 140.5kg.

March 14, 1959 in the Soviet Union to participate in the "Moscow Cup" International Weightlifting Championships, 60 kg (sub lightweight) sub lightweight clean and jerk 148 kg, the seventh time to break the world weightlifting record.

On May 7, 1961, he participated in the National Weightlifting division competition in Taiyuan, breaking the world weightlifting record for the eighth time with 148.5kg clean and jerk in the second light class.

On April 20, 1963, he took part in the elite athletes' competition in Beijing, breaking the world weightlifting record for the ninth time with 151 kg clean and jerk.

On May 18, 1964, he took part in the National Weightlifting Competition in Shanghai, breaking the world weightlifting record for the tenth time with 151.5kg clean and jerk in the second light class.

Career data

In 1956, he won the title of China's first batch of "athletes".

Since 1959, he has been awarded the national sports medal five times by the State Sports Commission.

In 1959, 1964, 1975 and 1979, he was elected deputy to the second, third, fourth and Fifth National People's Congress. He was interviewed by Chairman Mao for six times.

In 1984, he was rated as one of the outstanding athletes in the 35 years since the founding of the people's Republic of China.

On May 11, 1987, President of the International Olympic Committee Samaranch awarded him the Olympic silver medal. This is the first time that Chinese athletes have won this honor.

In 1997, Chen Jingkai was selected into the International Weightlifting Association Hall of fame, and later served as honorary president of the Asian Weightlifting Association.

On the evening of September 6, 2009, at the award ceremony of "China's most influential New China sports figures" held at Beijing Olympic Sports Center, the most influential sports figures in the 60 year history of new China were announced, and 60 sports celebrities including Chen Jingkai were selected.

Position

He was honorary president of the Asian Weightlifting Federation for life. Chairman of China Weightlifting Association (1979.3-1996.9), former deputy director of Guangdong Sports Committee (1973.9-1996.1), vice chairman of Guangdong Sports Federation and chairman of Guangdong Weightlifting Association.

Chen Jingkai was elected as a deputy to the second, third, fourth and Fifth National People's Congress. He was received six times by Chairman Mao Zedong, as well as Premier Zhou Enlai and vice premier he long.

Although Chen Jingkai did not catch up with the Olympic Games, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of Chinese sports, especially weightlifting, and his commitment to the promotion of the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee awarded the Olympic silver medal on May 11, 1987, which was the first time that Chinese athletes were awarded this honor. In addition, he was awarded the gold medal and the highest honor bronze medal by the International Weightlifting Federation. The Asian Weightlifting Federation awarded the gold medal and the highest medal, the gold medal. The international bodybuilding Federation awarded the silver medal and the gold medal and was selected as a member of the world weightlifting Hall of fame. Won the gold medal of contribution award of China Weightlifting Association. He has been rated as an outstanding athlete in the 40 years since the founding of the people's Republic of China, 45 outstanding athletes in the new China sports circle and one of the "50 stars of new China Sports".

Characters and deeds

The breakthrough of "zero"

Before Chen Jingkai broke the world record, Chinese sports had been in the depression of seeking "zero" breakthrough.

In the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games, China only caught up with the end of the Olympic Games, though it was invited after many difficulties. The results were not satisfactory. China regarded it as a diplomatic place to gain political gains.

The urgency of seeking breakthrough is obvious. This urgency stems from two desires: one is to do better than in the past to prove its superiority to the old system; the other is to do better than other countries, especially the United States, to prove its superiority to the western system.

In practice, this desire is first manifested as a process of careful selection.

At that time, China's economic foundation was weak, so it was unrealistic to want to blossom in sports. In addition, some sports, such as big ball games, have a big gap with foreign countries, so catching up is not a day's work. Therefore, the focus of breakthrough is on those sports with a small international gap, and weightlifting is one of them.

"Weightlifting can be divided into many levels. In the large level, we have a big gap with the international level because of our inherent disadvantage, but in the small level, the gap is not as big as the dust." Zhao Qingkui, one of China's first weightlifters, told China Newsweek.

On the other hand, in the international organizations at that time, Taiwan was the representative of China, and new China was often deprived of its qualification to participate in international competitions. "People didn't compare with us at all," Zhao Qingkui said. If there are not many competitions, what should we do? Weightlifting, which can achieve results without competition, has entered the vision of sports officials.

"As long as I lift this weight, it shows that I have this ability. This way is intuitive and effective." Zhao Qingkui said.

In March 1955, China's first weightlifting test competition started in Beijing. Eight players won and became members of China's first weightlifting training team. "Every one of them is one or two in their level," Xue Deming, who was selected as the first in the lightest level at that time, told China Newsweek. The only exception is Chen Jingkai.

Chen Jingkai's selection was escorted by many Bole people from the beginning. Born in Shilong Town, Dongguan in 1935, this little man likes to play the game of "arch stone burden" since childhood.

This kind of game was quite popular in Hong Kong at that time. A round stone cake made of two pieces of red stone was pierced with a firewood stick, which was very similar to a weightlifting barbell. There are many people playing in Dongguan, which is adjacent to Hong Kong. Chen Jingkai is very talented in playing this game. Later, he was sent to the Affiliated High School of South China United University in Guangzhou by his elder brother Chen Zhi, and worked in the nearby Tan's fitness center. Tan Wenbiao, whose ancestral home is Hong Kong, is the owner of the fitness center.

In 1952, the first sports meeting after the founding of new China, the August 1st sports meeting, was held ceremoniously. The sports meeting was hosted by the army. Many outstanding athletes in the sports meeting were left in the army, and each military region was still searching for new talents in its jurisdiction to reserve talents for the next sports meeting. Li Qilong, the weightlifting coach of the sports team of the Central South military region, found Tan Wenbiao, who was familiar with him, hoping to find something in the fitness center. Tan Wenbiao recommended Chen Jingkai to him, not only because the 1.49-meter little man had thick legs and developed muscles, but also because he wanted to find a meal for Chen Jingkai. At that time, the situation of the whole country was that people's desire to buy was fully released and the number of goods was increasing Changgen could not keep up with the growth of demand. In 1953 and 1954, the whole country planned to purchase and sell many agricultural products

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