Chinese Taipei · Women's 48 kg, August 2016
Chen Wei-ling
Chen Wei-ling is a weightlifter from Chinese Taipei, born in 1982, with one Olympic gold medal and one World Championships medal (1 bronze). The results below cover 14 competitions from 2003 to 2016. The latest result came in the women's 48 kg class, at the 2016 Olympic Games.
- Olympic gold
- 1
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 200 kg
- Best snatch
- 87 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 113 kg
Chen Wei-ling's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 gold. World Championships: 1 bronze in the total.
Latest result: 2016 Olympic Games, 5 August 2016, 48 kg, total 181 kg, place 7.
Chen Wei-ling by the numbers
Chen Wei-ling'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
- 312.6
- From 196 kg at 46.36 kg bodyweight, 2009 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 10th of 575
- 200 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 48 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 77%
- At the best total, 87 kg of 113 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten women lifting in national federation meets sit between 70% and 85%.
- Age at best total
- 27
- Turned 27 in 2009, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 14 of 14
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Chen Wei-ling makes each attempt
Chen Wei-ling made 64% of snatch attempts and 66% 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 Wei-ling head to head
The lifters Chen Wei-ling 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 Wei-ling ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hiromi Miyake |
6 | 1 | 5 |
 Pensiri Laosirikul |
5 | 3 | 2 |
 Im Jyoung-Hwa |
5 | 5 | 0 |
 Estefanía Juan Tello |
4 | 2 | 2 |
 Genny Pagliaro |
4 | 2 | 2 |
| Carolina Valencia Hernandez | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Chen Wei-ling'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.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 7 | 181 | 48 kg | 47.13 | 75 | 79 | 81 | 100 | ||
| 2016 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2016 | 5 | 191 | 48 kg | 47.2 | 79 | 83 | 85 | 102 | 106 | |
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 5 | 188 | 48 kg | 47.46 | 80 | 83 | 100 | 105 | ||
| 2012 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2012 | 8 | 166 | 48 kg | 47.71 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 83 | 90 | 95 |
| 2010 Asian Games 12 Nov 2010 | 3 | 191 | 48 kg | 47.24 | 83 | 86 | 105 | |||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 4 | 185 | 48 kg | 47.08 | 77 | 80 | 98 | 102 | 105 | |
| 2009 East Asian Games 7 Dec 2009 | 2 | 192 | 48 kg | 47.33 | 79 | 105 | 113 | not taken | ||
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | 3 | 196 | 48 kg | 46.36 | 80 | 84 | 108 | 112 | ||
| 2009 Asian Championships 9 May 2009 | 1 | 200 | 48 kg | 47.7 | Snatch 87, clean and jerk 113; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | 1 | 196 | 48 kg | 47.11 | 84 | 108 | 112 | |||
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | 11 | 172 | 48 kg | 46.76 | 76 | 96 | ||||
| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 | 13 | 160 | 48 kg | 45.63 | 67 | 70 | 82 | 87 | 90 | |
| 2004 Olympic Games 14 Aug 2004 | 11 | 170 | 48 kg | 47.01 | Snatch 75, clean and jerk 95; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | 15 | 160 | 48 kg | 45.8 | 70 | 90 | ||||
Compare Chen Wei-ling
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Chen Wei-ling met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.