0196 - China Selects 10 Best Athletes Of 1983. Wu Shude, a weightlifter. He...Back

China Selects 10 Best Athletes Of 1983. Wu Shude, a weightlifter. He was previously selected one of China's best 10 successively in 1979, 1980 and 1981. Wu was born in Nanning, capital city of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in August 1959. He attended the world youth weightlifting championships in July, 1978, his first international competition and won the title in the 52kg snatch category. In August, 1981, he improved the world snatch record in the 56kg category with 126.5kg at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Japan. Last August, he snatched 128kg ... a new 56kg class world ... China's 5th ... Games. Photo by ...