Japan · Women's 55 kg, July 2021
Kanae Yagi
Kanae Yagi is a weightlifter from Japan, born in 1992. The results below cover 21 competitions from 2009 to 2021. The latest result came in the women's 55 kg class, at the 2021 Olympic Games.
- Best total
- 195 kg
- Best snatch
- 86 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 110 kg
Kanae Yagi's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 48 kg in 2009, 53 kg from 2010 to 2018, 55 kg in 2018, 49 kg in 2019, 55 kg from 2019 to 2021. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (53 kg to 55 kg) and again in June 2025. At 54.75 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 57 kg.
Latest result: 2021 Olympic Games, 23 July 2021, 55 kg, total 183 kg, place 11.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 kg2018 to 2021 | 85 | 110 | 195 |
| 49 kg2019 | - | 102 | - |
| 53 kg2010 to 2018 | 86 | 110 | 195 |
| 48 kg2009 | 71 | 93 | 164 |
Kanae Yagi by the numbers
Kanae Yagi'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
- 286.8
- From 195 kg at 52.01 kg bodyweight, 2013 Summer Universiade. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 91st of 761
- 195 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 53 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, 85 kg of 110 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
- 21
- Turned 21 in 2013, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 19 of 21
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Kanae Yagi makes each attempt
Kanae Yagi made 57% of snatch attempts and 67% 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
Kanae Yagi head to head
The lifters Kanae Yagi 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 | Kanae Yagi ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hidilyn Diaz |
9 | 0 | 9 |
| Hsu Shu-ching | 7 | 0 | 7 |
 Zulfiya Chinshanlo |
7 | 0 | 7 |
 Kristina Şermetowa |
7 | 1 | 6 |
 Ayşegül Çoban |
7 | 5 | 2 |
| Ayana Sadoyama | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Kanae Yagi'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 11 | 183 | 55 kg | 54.75 | 78 | 81 | 99 | 102 | ||
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 10 | 182 | 55 kg | 54.8 | 80 | 102 | ||||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | - | 195 | 55 kg | 54.75 | 83 | 85 | 107 | 110 | ||
| Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 | 3 | 193 | 55 kg | 54.5 | 82 | 84 | 104 | 107 | 109 | |
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 6 | 187 | 55 kg | 52.48 | 81 | 84 | 103 | |||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 | - | - | 49 kg | 48.85 | 99 | 102 | ||||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 25 | 182 | 55 kg | 54.37 | 78 | 80 | 96 | 100 | 102 | |
| 2018 Asian Games 20 Aug 2018 | 7 | 190 | 53 kg | 52.76 | 82 | 84 | 103 | 106 | ||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 6 | 195 | 53 kg | 52.66 | 83 | 85 | 107 | 110 | ||
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 6 | 186 | 53 kg | 52.39 | 81 | 101 | 105 | |||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 13 | 191 | 53 kg | 52.46 | 81 | 84 | 104 | 107 | ||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 9 | 194 | 53 kg | 52.09 | 81 | 84 | 86 | 104 | 106 | 108 |
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 9 | 190 | 53 kg | 52.47 | 80 | 82 | 102 | 105 | 108 | |
| 2013 Summer Universiade 6 Jul 2013 | 1 | 195 | 53 kg | 52.01 | 82 | 85 | 105 | 108 | 110 | |
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 10 | 191 | 53 kg | 52.36 | 82 | 105 | 109 | |||
| 2012 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 10 May 2012 | 6 | 190 | 53 kg | 52.07 | 80 | 83 | 104 | 107 | ||
| 2011 Summer Universiade 12 Aug 2011 | 7 | 186 | 53 kg | 52.44 | 80 | 82 | 84 | 102 | ||
| 2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 29 Jun 2011 | 4 | 185 | 53 kg | 52.31 | 80 | 82 | 103 | |||
| 2010 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 11 Jun 2010 | 7 | 167 | 53 kg | 51.39 | 73 | 94 | ||||
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | 9 | 164 | 48 kg | 47.77 | 68 | 71 | 90 | 93 | ||
| 2009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 May 2009 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.57 | 86 | 90 |
Compare Kanae Yagi
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Kanae Yagi.