China · Women's 64 kg, April 2021
Deng Wei
Deng Wei is a weightlifter from China, born in 1993, with one Olympic gold medal and five World Championships gold medals. The results below cover 18 competitions from 2009 to 2021. The latest result came in the women's 64 kg class, at the 2020 Asian Championships.
- Olympic gold
- 1
- World golds
- 5
- Best total
- 262 kg
- Best snatch
- 117 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 147 kg
Deng Wei's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Weight classes: 58 kg from 2009 to 2013, 63 kg from 2014 to 2016, 64 kg from 2018 to 2021. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (63 kg to 64 kg) and again in June 2025. At 63 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 69 kg.
Latest result: 2020 Asian Championships, 17 April 2021, 64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 kg2018 to 2021 | 117 | 145 | 261 |
| 63 kg2014 to 2016 | 115 | 147 | 262 |
| 58 kg2009 to 2013 | 110 | 139 | 244 |
Deng Wei by the numbers
Deng Wei'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
- 344.5
- From 262 kg at 62.34 kg bodyweight, 2016 Olympic Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 1st of 864
- 262 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 63 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 78%
- At the best total, 115 kg of 147 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
- 23
- Turned 23 in 2016, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 16 of 18
- Of the other two: one with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.
How often Deng Wei makes each attempt
Deng Wei made 76% of snatch attempts and 81% 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
Deng Wei head to head
The lifters Deng Wei 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 | Deng Wei ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Namika Matsumoto |
8 | 8 | 0 |
 Giorgia Bordignon |
6 | 6 | 0 |
 Karina Goricheva |
6 | 6 | 0 |
| Kim Ye-ra | 6 | 6 | 0 |
 Mahassen Fattouh |
5 | 5 | 0 |
 Mercedes Pérez |
5 | 5 | 0 |
Deng Wei'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | - | No lifts | 64 kg | 63 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 1 | 255 | 64 kg | 63.41 | 108 | 113 | 117 | 138 | ||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 1 | 261 | 64 kg | 63.4 | 108 | 113 | 116 | 138 | 143 | 145 |
| Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 | 1 | 248 | 64 kg | 63.65 | 105 | 110 | 130 | 135 | 138 | |
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 1 | 257 | 64 kg | 63.74 | 108 | 112 | 115 | 137 | 142 | not taken |
| 2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 | 1 | 254 | 64 kg | 63.4 | 108 | 113 | not taken | 135 | 141 | not taken |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 1 | 252 | 64 kg | 62.84 | 110 | 112 | 135 | 138 | 140 | |
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 1 | 262 | 63 kg | 62.34 | 108 | 112 | 115 | 138 | 147 | not taken |
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 1 | 259 | 63 kg | 62.87 | 110 | 113 | 140 | 146 | not taken | |
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 1 | 252 | 63 kg | 62.21 | 110 | 130 | 136 | 142 | ||
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 2 | 259 | 63 kg | 62.23 | 110 | 115 | 141 | 144 | ||
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | - | - | 58 kg | 57.27 | 105 | 108 | ||||
| 2012 FISU World University Championships 5 Nov 2012 | 1 | 244 | 58 kg | 57.75 | 105 | 133 | 139 | |||
| 2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 29 Jun 2011 | 1 | 243 | 58 kg | 57.77 | 105 | 110 | 128 | 133 | ||
| 2011 China IWF Grand Prix 15 Jan 2011 | 1 | 210 | 58 kg | 57.25 | 85 | 90 | 110 | 115 | 120 | |
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 1 | 237 | 58 kg | 57.54 | 93 | 102 | 120 | 131 | 135 | |
| 2010 Youth Olympic Games 14 Aug 2010 | 1 | 242 | 58 kg | 57.37 | 100 | 105 | 110 | 125 | 132 | |
| 2009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 May 2009 | 1 | 222 | 58 kg | 57.48 | 86 | 91 | 98 | 110 | 116 | 124 |
Compare Deng Wei
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Deng Wei met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.