Hou Zhihui, a female weightlifter from Guiyang County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, is eligible to compete in the women's 49kg division at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games, according to the news announced by Chinese Weightlifting Team on June 12.

Hou Zhihui was born in 1997 in Zhangshi Town of Guiyang County. She started to train for weightlifting in January 2009 in Guiyang Sports School and then went to Hunan Weightlifting Team in November 2009.