South Korea · Women's 77 kg, May 2026
Kim I-seul
Kim I-seul is a weightlifter from South Korea, with one World Championships medal (1 bronze). The results below cover 9 competitions from 2021 to 2026. The latest result came in the women's 77 kg class, at the 2026 Asian Championships.
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 255 kg
- Best snatch
- 115 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 140 kg
Kim I-seul's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 81 kg in 2021, 87 kg in 2022, 81 kg from 2023 to 2025, 77 kg in 2026. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (81 kg to 77 kg).
Latest result: 2026 Asian Championships, 10 May 2026, 77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77 kg2026 | 95 | - | - |
| 81 kg2021 to 2025 | 115 | 140 | 255 |
| 87 kg2022 | 107 | - | - |
Kim I-seul by the numbers
Kim I-seul'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
- 294.9
- From 255 kg at 81 kg bodyweight, 2024 IWF World Cup. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 17th of 274
- 255 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 81 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, 115 kg of 140 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%.
- Competitions with a total
- 7 of 9
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Kim I-seul makes each attempt
Kim I-seul made 60% of snatch attempts and 46% 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
Kim I-seul head to head
The lifters Kim I-seul 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 | Kim I-seul ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Wang Zhouyu |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Laura Amaro |
3 | 1 | 2 |
| Liang Xiaomei |
3 | 1 | 2 |
 Rigina Adashbaeva |
3 | 2 | 1 |
| Seyedehelham Hosseini | 3 | 2 | 1 |
 Dayana Chirinos |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Kim I-seul'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.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Asian Championships 10 May 2026 | - | - | 77 kg | 75 | 95 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2025 Asian Championships 9 May 2025 | 2 | 235 | 81 kg | 78.72 | 101 | 105 | 125 | 130 | ||
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 12 | 227 | 81 kg | 79.56 | 95 | 101 | 120 | 126 | ||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 6 | 255 | 81 kg | 81 | 110 | 115 | 140 | |||
| 2024 Asian Championships 3 Feb 2024 | 3 | 238 | 81 kg | 80.6 | 105 | 128 | 133 | |||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 16 | 219 | 81 kg | 78.55 | 99 | 120 | ||||
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 4 | 238 | 81 kg | 79.7 | 100 | 105 | 107 | 126 | 131 | |
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | - | - | 87 kg | 81.4 | 107 | |||||
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 3 | 238 | 81 kg | 76.7 | 105 | 108 | 130 |
Compare Kim I-seul
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Kim I-seul.