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Cheng Cheng-Chung

b. 1936

Taiwanese weightlifter

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Born 1936. Cheng Cheng-Chung is a Taiwanese weightlifter.

Cheng Cheng-chung (; born 9 July 1936) is a Taiwanese weightlifter. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Biography Cheng is from the Gangshan District of Taiwan's Kaohsiung. He graduated from a . Cheng was the owner of a watch shop in Gangshan in 1960. In 1959, he served in Taiwan's military. At Taiwan's Provincial Games in 1958, he represented Tainan and won in the middleweight weightlifting category. He competed in an international weightlifting competition in Manila on 27 May 1960 and placed second in the middleweight category. On 27 October 1960, Cheng represented Tainan in Taiwan's Provincial Games in the light heavyweight division. In the snatch event, he lifted . In the bench press event, he lifted , which broke a competition record. He lifted in the clean and jerk, which set a national record. In total, he lifted which set a national record and earned him first place. He lifted a total of , which smashed the national record. At the April 1962 Asian Games Weightlifting Trials at the Kaohsiung Gymnasium , Cheng in three lifts lifted . This broke the Asian Games record and qualified him for the Asian Games.

Cheng competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. After he placed last in Group A, the Central News Agency said he underperformed relative to expectations. He did a military press of , a snatch of , and a clean and jerk of . The total weight he lifted was which was below his top weight of at home.

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Zhèng Zhèng-zhōng

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Taiwanese weightlifter

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Cheng Cheng-Chung was born on 9 July 1936.

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Cheng Cheng-Chung is a weightlifter.

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Cheng Cheng-Chung is Taiwanese.

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· Wikipedia: Cheng Cheng-Chung

· Wikidata: Q67871115

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