South Korea · Men's +105 kg, July 2012
Jeon Sang-Guen
Jeon Sang-Guen is a weightlifter from South Korea, born in 1981, with one Olympic medal (1 bronze) and one World Championships medal (1 bronze). The results below cover 10 competitions from 2000 to 2012. The latest result came in the men's +105 kg class, at the 2012 Olympic Games.
- Olympic medal
- 1
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 437 kg
- Best snatch
- 200 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 246 kg
Jeon Sang-Guen's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 bronze. World Championships: 1 bronze in the total.
Latest result: 2012 Olympic Games, 27 July 2012, +105 kg, total 436 kg, place 3.
Jeon Sang-Guen by the numbers
Jeon Sang-Guen'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
- 444.8
- From 437 kg at 158.15 kg bodyweight, 2012 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 31st of 704
- 437 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's +105 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 84%
- At the best total, 200 kg of 237 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
- 31
- Turned 31 in 2012, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 7 of 10
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Jeon Sang-Guen makes each attempt
Jeon Sang-Guen made 47% of snatch attempts and 58% 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
Jeon Sang-Guen head to head
The lifters Jeon Sang-Guen 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 | Jeon Sang-Guen ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Chen Shih-chieh | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 |
Jeon Sang-Guen'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 3 | 436 | +105 kg | 157.53 | 190 | 246 | ||||
| 2012 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2012 | 2 | 437 | +105 kg | 158.15 | 180 | 190 | 200 | 220 | 237 | |
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 3 | 433 | +105 kg | 157.86 | 183 | 192 | 232 | 241 | ||
| 2011 China IWF Grand Prix 15 Jan 2011 | - | - | +105 kg | 157.65 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2010 Asian Games 12 Nov 2010 | 2 | 428 | +105 kg | 157.08 | 180 | 190 | 230 | 238 | ||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 4 | 427 | +105 kg | 158.89 | 185 | 230 | 242 | |||
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | - | - | +105 kg | 155.49 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | - | - | +105 kg | 157.14 | 180 | |||||
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | 13 | 397.5 | +105 kg | 148.45 | 170 | 210 | 220 | 227.5 | ||
| 2000 University World Cup 9 Jun 2000 | 3 | 365 | +105 kg | 125.95 | 150 | 160 | 170 | 190 | 195 |
Compare Jeon Sang-Guen
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Jeon Sang-Guen met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

