Lin Weining

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Lin Weining
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney 69 kg

Lin Weining (Chinese: 林伟宁; born March 15, 1979, in Changyi County, Shandong) is a Chinese weightlifter. She began with wushu in 1991, and switched to weightlifting in 1992. She joined the provincial weightlifting team four years later.

Major performances

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