Chen Yanqing is one of the early stars of women's weightlifting at the Olympic Games after winning back-to-back gold medals.

The Chinese athlete triumphed at Athens 2004 at 58kg and won the same event again on home soil at Beijing 2008.

From a poor family, Chen was talent spotted and won World Championship gold in Athens in 1999.

She also won two Asian Games titles during her career, in 1998 and 2006.