China · Men's 61 kg, March 2024
Chen Lijun
Chen Lijun is a weightlifter from China, born in 1993, with one Olympic gold medal and six World Championships medals (5 gold, 1 silver). The results below cover 20 competitions from 2010 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 61 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- Olympic gold
- 1
- World medals
- 6
- Best total
- 339 kg
- Best snatch
- 154 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 187 kg
Chen Lijun's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 gold. World Championships: 5 gold, 1 silver in the total.
Weight classes: 62 kg from 2010 to 2016, 69 kg in 2016, 67 kg from 2018 to 2019, 73 kg in 2019, 67 kg from 2019 to 2022, 61 kg in 2023, 67 kg in 2023, 61 kg in 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 67 kg) and again in June 2025. At 61 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 65 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 61 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 kg2023 to 2024 | 142 | 168 | 310 |
| 67 kg2018 to 2023 | 154 | 187 | 339 |
| 73 kg2019 | 120 | 150 | 270 |
| 69 kg2016 | 138 | 175 | 313 |
| 62 kg2010 to 2016 | 150 | 183 | 333 |
Chen Lijun by the numbers
Chen Lijun's record in context: where the best total ranks, how the snatch compares with the clean and jerk, and the lifts behind the best Sinclair score.
- Best Sinclair score
- 508.3
- From 333 kg at 61.89 kg bodyweight, 2015 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 1st of 408
- 339 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 67 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 83%
- At the best total, 154 kg of 185 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
- Age at best total
- 26
- Turned 26 in 2019, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 16 of 20
- Of the other four: three with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.
How often Chen Lijun makes each attempt
Chen Lijun made 66% of snatch attempts and 77% of clean and jerk attempts at the competitions on this site, against 58% and 56% for every lifter at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998. Below, each attempt in turn. Third attempts are the hardest: lifters ask for their heaviest weight last.
Snatch, first attempt
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Chen Lijun head to head
The lifters Chen Lijun has met most often in the same class, three times or more with both posting a total, and how often each finished ahead.
| Rival | Met | Chen Lijun ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Han Myeong-mok |
6 | 6 | 0 |
| Mitsunori Konnai | 6 | 6 | 0 |
 Adkhamjon Ergashev |
5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bunyad Rashidov | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 Deni |
4 | 4 | 0 |
| Doston Yokubov |
4 | 4 | 0 |
Chen Lijun's competition results
Every result, newest first, with all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash under Total means no total was recorded, and "No lifts" that the lifter was entered but did not lift. Places are for the total.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | - | - | 61 kg | 61 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | - | No lifts | 67 kg | 65.9 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 Asian Games 30 Sep 2023 | 1 | 330 | 67 kg | 67 | 145 | 150 | 175 | 180 | ||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 1 | 333 | 67 kg | 67 | 145 | 150 | 153 | 175 | 180 | not taken |
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 2 | 310 | 61 kg | 60.92 | 137 | 142 | 168 | |||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 2 | 324 | 67 kg | 66.8 | 145 | 148 | 171 | 176 | ||
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 1 | 332 | 67 kg | 66.85 | 145 | 175 | 187 | |||
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 1 | 333 | 67 kg | 66.9 | 145 | 150 | 153 | 171 | 177 | 180 |
| 2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 2 | 320 | 67 kg | 66.63 | 140 | 145 | 150 | 170 | ||
| 2019 Challenge 210 24 Oct 2019 | 2 | 270 | 73 kg | 70.55 | 110 | 115 | 120 | 140 | 145 | 150 |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 1 | 337 | 67 kg | 66.95 | 145 | 150 | 178 | 184 | 187 | |
| Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 | - | - | 67 kg | 66.8 | 170 | 180 | not taken | |||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 1 | 339 | 67 kg | 66.92 | 147 | 151 | 154 | 178 | 185 | not taken |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 1 | 332 | 67 kg | 66.81 | 145 | 150 | 178 | 182 | ||
| 2016 FISU World University Championships 13 Nov 2016 | 1 | 313 | 69 kg | 65.9 | 134 | 138 | 167 | 172 | 175 | |
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | - | - | 62 kg | 61.97 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 1 | 333 | 62 kg | 61.89 | 145 | 150 | 175 | 179 | 183 | |
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 2 | 321 | 62 kg | 61.87 | 140 | 143 | 173 | 178 | ||
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | 1 | 321 | 62 kg | 61.72 | 138 | 143 | 146 | 175 | ||
| 2010 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 11 Jun 2010 | 1 | 291 | 62 kg | 60.88 | 122 | 126 | 153 | 160 | 165 |
Compare Chen Lijun
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Chen Lijun met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.