Chinese Taipei · Men's 65 kg, October 2025
Kao Chan-hung
Kao Chan-hung is a weightlifter from Chinese Taipei, born in 1993. The results below cover 29 competitions from 2010 to 2025. The latest result came in the men's 65 kg class, at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 291 kg
- Best snatch
- 131 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 160 kg
Kao Chan-hung's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 62 kg from 2010 to 2014, 69 kg in 2015, 62 kg from 2015 to 2018, 61 kg from 2018 to 2023, 67 kg in 2023, 61 kg in 2024, 67 kg in 2025, 65 kg in 2025. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (62 kg to 61 kg) and again in June 2025 (67 kg to 65 kg).
Latest result: 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 October 2025, 65 kg, total 271 kg, place 15.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65 kg2025 | 123 | 148 | 271 |
| 67 kg2023 to 2025 | 131 | 160 | 291 |
| 61 kg2018 to 2024 | 129 | 158 | 283 |
| 62 kg2010 to 2018 | 131 | 158 | 289 |
| 69 kg2015 | 126 | 155 | 281 |
Kao Chan-hung by the numbers
Kao Chan-hung'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
- 441.8
- From 289 kg at 61.75 kg bodyweight, 2017 Summer Universiade. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 103rd of 408
- 291 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 67 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, 131 kg of 160 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
- 32
- Turned 32 in 2025, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 27 of 29
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Kao Chan-hung makes each attempt
Kao Chan-hung made 59% of snatch attempts and 62% 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
Kao Chan-hung head to head
The lifters Kao Chan-hung 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 | Kao Chan-hung ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Antonio Vazquez Mendez | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | |
| 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 6 | 0 | 6 |
Kao Chan-hung'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 | 15 | 271 | 65 kg | 63.97 | 120 | 123 | 148 | |||
| 2025 Asian Championships 9 May 2025 | 6 | 291 | 67 kg | 66.25 | 131 | 160 | ||||
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 5 | 283 | 61 kg | 61 | 122 | 125 | 151 | 156 | 158 | |
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 12 | 282 | 61 kg | 61 | 123 | 127 | 155 | |||
| 2024 Asian Championships 3 Feb 2024 | 7 | 280 | 61 kg | 61 | 125 | 155 | ||||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 6 | 286 | 67 kg | 66.38 | 121 | 125 | 129 | 150 | 157 | |
| 2023 Asian Games 30 Sep 2023 | 9 | 275 | 61 kg | 60.99 | 118 | 121 | 124 | 147 | 151 | |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 18 | 279 | 61 kg | 60.96 | 122 | 125 | 151 | 154 | ||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | 7 | 277 | 61 kg | 61 | 121 | 124 | 150 | 153 | ||
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | - | - | 61 kg | 60.7 | 125 | |||||
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | - | - | 61 kg | 60.7 | 125 | 129 | ||||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 3 | 278 | 61 kg | 60.84 | 120 | 123 | 150 | 155 | ||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 9 | 283 | 61 kg | 60.75 | 125 | 155 | 158 | |||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 8 | 279 | 61 kg | 60.87 | 123 | 126 | 153 | |||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 | 5 | 273 | 61 kg | 60.95 | 122 | 151 | ||||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 15 | 276 | 61 kg | 60.63 | 120 | 123 | 147 | 150 | 153 | |
| 2018 Asian Games 20 Aug 2018 | 9 | 280 | 62 kg | 61.89 | 126 | 154 | ||||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 9 | 285 | 62 kg | 61.85 | 125 | 130 | 150 | 155 | ||
| 2017 Summer Universiade 19 Aug 2017 | 3 | 289 | 62 kg | 61.75 | 125 | 128 | 131 | 155 | 158 | |
| 2016 FISU World University Championships 13 Nov 2016 | 3 | 264 | 62 kg | 61.04 | 120 | 138 | 144 | not taken | ||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 21 | 276 | 62 kg | 61.92 | 120 | 124 | 126 | 142 | 147 | 150 |
| 2015 Asian Championships 6 Sep 2015 | 13 | 281 | 69 kg | 64.54 | 120 | 126 | 145 | 150 | 155 | |
| 2014 FISU World University Championships 5 Dec 2014 | 3 | 261 | 62 kg | 61.76 | 115 | 135 | 143 | 146 | ||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 18 | 265 | 62 kg | 61.95 | 115 | 120 | 135 | 140 | 145 | |
| 2013 Asian Junior Championships 1 Jul 2013 | 1 | 256 | 62 kg | 61.9 | 115 | 130 | 136 | 141 | ||
| 2013 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 3 May 2013 | 8 | 254 | 62 kg | 61.31 | 105 | 112 | 130 | 139 | 142 | |
| 2012 Asian Junior Championships 10 Nov 2012 | 6 | 254 | 62 kg | 61.3 | 115 | 137 | 139 | |||
| 2012 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 10 May 2012 | 16 | 244 | 62 kg | 61.05 | 110 | 134 | ||||
| 2010 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships 8 Apr 2010 | 9 | 206 | 62 kg | 61.25 | 90 | 96 | 110 |
Compare Kao Chan-hung
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Kao Chan-hung met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

