Deng Lijuan

Deng Lijuan is a Chinese competition speed climber, born on 12 May 2000. Speed climbing is the head-to-head racing discipline of competition climbing, and its results are decided by fractions of a second. Deng represented China at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where speed climbing was contested as its own event. She won her quarterfinal and semifinal heats against two Indonesian climbers and reached the final against the Polish climber Aleksandra Miroslaw. Although she set a personal best time of 6.18 seconds, she lost the final by 0.08 seconds and took the silver medal. The article also lists her results at the World Championships, the World Cup and the Asian Championships, and the silver medal at the Paris Games is the result that defines her career so far.