Xu Lili (powerlifter)

Xu Lili is a Chinese para powerlifter, born on 1 February 1981 in Chifeng. She acquired a leg disability from polio and was encouraged to take up para powerlifting while working in a factory in 2009, then made her international debut at the 2010 World Championships in Kuala Lumpur under coach Li Weipu. She won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro and again at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, where she lifted 138 kilograms in the women's 73 kilogram event behind Mariana D'Andrea of Brazil. A few months later she won the world title in that class at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Tbilisi. The name carries a qualifier because a separate Olympic judoka is also called Xu Lili.