South Korea · Men's 102 kg, March 2024
Jin Yun-seong
Jin Yun-seong is a weightlifter from South Korea, born in 1995, with two World Championships medals (2 silver). The results below cover 19 competitions from 2011 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 102 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- World medals
- 2
- Best total
- 400 kg
- Best snatch
- 181 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 220 kg
Jin Yun-seong's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 2 silver in the total.
Weight classes: 85 kg in 2011, 94 kg from 2014 to 2016, 105 kg in 2017, 109 kg in 2019, 102 kg in 2019, 109 kg in 2019, 102 kg in 2019, 109 kg in 2021, 102 kg from 2021 to 2023, 109 kg in 2023, 102 kg in 2023, 109 kg in 2023, 102 kg in 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (105 kg to 109 kg) and again in June 2025. At 102 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 110 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102 kg2019 to 2024 | 181 | 218 | 398 |
| 109 kg2019 to 2023 | 180 | 220 | 400 |
| 105 kg2017 | 180 | 207 | 387 |
| 94 kg2014 to 2016 | 168 | 200 | 368 |
| 85 kg2011 | 133 | 160 | 293 |
Jin Yun-seong by the numbers
Jin Yun-seong'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
- 459.0
- From 398 kg at 101.45 kg bodyweight, 2023 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 19th of 300
- 400 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 109 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 82%
- At the best total, 180 kg of 220 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 2021, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 15 of 19
- 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 Jin Yun-seong makes each attempt
Jin Yun-seong made 55% of snatch attempts and 52% 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
Jin Yun-seong head to head
The lifters Jin Yun-seong 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 | Jin Yun-seong ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Pardeep Singh |
4 | 4 | 0 |
 Akbar Djuraev |
3 | 1 | 2 |
 Artūrs Plēsnieks |
3 | 1 | 2 |
 Hernán Viera |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Öwez Öwezow |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Reza Dehdar |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Jin Yun-seong'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 | - | - | 102 kg | 102 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2024 Asian Championships 3 Feb 2024 | - | - | 102 kg | 102 | 150 | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2023 Asian Games 30 Sep 2023 | - | - | 109 kg | 104 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | - | No lifts | 102 kg | 101.72 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | 1 | 361 | 109 kg | 102.15 | 160 | 165 | not taken | 185 | 196 | |
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 2 | 398 | 102 kg | 101.45 | 175 | 180 | 213 | 218 | ||
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 2 | 396 | 102 kg | 101.7 | 176 | 180 | 216 | |||
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 6 | 400 | 109 kg | 107.3 | 180 | 220 | ||||
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 4 | 400 | 109 kg | 105.5 | 180 | 220 | ||||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 1 | 388 | 102 kg | 101.71 | 170 | 178 | 210 | |||
| 2019 International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament 11 Nov 2019 | 3 | 377 | 109 kg | 103.7 | 166 | 171 | 200 | 206 | ||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 2 | 397 | 102 kg | 101.9 | 176 | 181 | 211 | 216 | ||
| Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 | 1 | 386 | 102 kg | 101.25 | 167 | 175 | 201 | 211 | ||
| 2019 EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships 7 Jan 2019 | 3 | 360 | 109 kg | 102.55 | 165 | 195 | ||||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 9 | 387 | 105 kg | 101.41 | 180 | 207 | ||||
| 2016 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2016 | 3 | 368 | 94 kg | 93.35 | 165 | 168 | 195 | 200 | ||
| 2015 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 6 Jun 2015 | 3 | 356 | 94 kg | 93.62 | 155 | 160 | 165 | 190 | 191 | |
| 2014 Asian Cup & Interclubs Championships 18 Nov 2014 | 1 | 345 | 94 kg | 93.92 | 150 | 157 | 160 | 185 | ||
| 2011 Asian Junior Championships 5 Sep 2011 | 8 | 293 | 85 kg | 84.4 | 125 | 133 | 145 | 153 | 160 |
Compare Jin Yun-seong
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Jin Yun-seong.