South Korea · Women's 87 kg, July 2021
Kang Yeoun-hee
Kang Yeoun-hee is a weightlifter from South Korea, born in 1992. The results below cover 12 competitions from 2010 to 2021. The latest result came in the women's 87 kg class, at the 2021 Olympic Games.
- Best total
- 235 kg
- Best snatch
- 105 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 131 kg
Kang Yeoun-hee's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 69 kg in 2010, 75 kg from 2015 to 2016, 76 kg in 2019, 81 kg in 2019, 76 kg in 2019, 87 kg in 2020, 76 kg in 2021, 87 kg in 2021. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (75 kg to 76 kg) and again in June 2025. At 76.7 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 77 kg.
Latest result: 2021 Olympic Games, 23 July 2021, 87 kg, total 231 kg, place 9.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87 kg2020 to 2021 | 103 | 130 | 232 |
| 76 kg2019 to 2021 | 105 | 131 | 235 |
| 81 kg2019 | 101 | 125 | 226 |
| 75 kg2015 to 2016 | 104 | 131 | 235 |
| 69 kg2010 | 90 | 117 | 207 |
Kang Yeoun-hee by the numbers
Kang Yeoun-hee'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
- 281.7
- From 235 kg at 74.65 kg bodyweight, 2016 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 90th of 626
- 235 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 75 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 79%
- At the best total, 104 kg of 131 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
- 24
- Turned 24 in 2016, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 12 of 12
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Kang Yeoun-hee makes each attempt
Kang Yeoun-hee made 64% of snatch attempts and 72% 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
Kang Yeoun-hee head to head
The lifters Kang Yeoun-hee 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 | Kang Yeoun-hee ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rim Jong-sim |
4 | 0 | 4 |
 Zhang Wangli |
4 | 0 | 4 |
 Mönkhjantsangiin Ankhtsetseg |
4 | 2 | 2 |
| Kim Su-hyeon |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Aremi Fuentes |
3 | 1 | 2 |
 Ayumi Kamiya |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Kang Yeoun-hee'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 | 9 | 231 | 87 kg | 76.7 | 100 | 103 | 120 | 125 | 128 | |
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 5 | 220 | 76 kg | 75.5 | 95 | 100 | 120 | |||
| 2020 International Solidarity Championships 8 Feb 2020 | 1 | 231 | 87 kg | 81.35 | 95 | 101 | 125 | 130 | ||
| Roma 2020 World Cup 27 Jan 2020 | 1 | 232 | 87 kg | 81.4 | 100 | 103 | 125 | 129 | ||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 5 | 235 | 76 kg | 75.76 | 102 | 105 | 125 | 130 | ||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 6 | 235 | 76 kg | 75.1 | 104 | 125 | 131 | |||
| Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 | 1 | 226 | 81 kg | 76.6 | 96 | 101 | 120 | 125 | ||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 1 | 220 | 81 kg | 77.13 | 97 | 123 | ||||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 | 7 | 215 | 76 kg | 75.8 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 110 | 115 | 120 |
| 2016 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2016 | 2 | 235 | 75 kg | 74.65 | 100 | 104 | 127 | 129 | 131 | |
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 11 | 233 | 75 kg | 74.78 | 98 | 102 | 126 | 131 | ||
| 2010 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 11 Jun 2010 | 4 | 207 | 69 kg | 68.58 | 85 | 90 | 110 | 114 | 117 |
Compare Kang Yeoun-hee
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Kang Yeoun-hee met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.