South Korea · Men's 105 kg, November 2014
Kim Min-jae
Kim Min-jae is a weightlifter from South Korea, born in 1983, with one Olympic medal (1 silver) and one World Championships gold medal. The results below cover 10 competitions from 2009 to 2014. The latest result came in the men's 105 kg class, at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Olympic medal
- 1
- World gold
- 1
- Best total
- 397 kg
- Best snatch
- 185 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 215 kg
Kim Min-jae's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 silver. World Championships: 1 gold in the total.
Weight classes: 94 kg from 2009 to 2012, 105 kg in 2014. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 102.2 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 110 kg.
Latest result: 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 November 2014, 105 kg, total 395 kg, place 8.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 105 kg2014 | 182 | 215 | 397 |
| 94 kg2009 to 2012 | 185 | 214 | 396 |
Kim Min-jae by the numbers
Kim Min-jae'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
- 472.7
- From 396 kg at 93.82 kg bodyweight, 2011 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 70th of 888
- 397 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 105 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 85%
- At the best total, 182 kg of 215 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
- 31
- Turned 31 in 2014, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 9 of 10
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Kim Min-jae makes each attempt
Kim Min-jae made 67% of snatch attempts and 59% 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 Min-jae head to head
The lifters Kim Min-jae 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 Min-jae ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ruslan Nurudinov |
4 | 2 | 2 |
| Hsieh Wei-Chun | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 Ilya Ilyin |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Asghar Ebrahimi |
3 | 2 | 1 |
| Ali Jadid | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Yuki Hiraoka | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Kim Min-jae'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 8 | 395 | 105 kg | 102.2 | 175 | 180 | 210 | 215 | ||
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 2 | 397 | 105 kg | 102.85 | 177 | 182 | 210 | 215 | ||
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 2 | 395 | 94 kg | 93.68 | 178 | 182 | 185 | 210 | ||
| 2012 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2012 | 1 | 386 | 94 kg | 93.98 | 175 | 205 | 211 | |||
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 7 | 396 | 94 kg | 93.82 | 177 | 182 | 205 | 214 | ||
| 2011 Asian Championships 9 Apr 2011 | 1 | 388 | 94 kg | 93.8 | 165 | 173 | 178 | 200 | 210 | |
| 2010 Asian Games 12 Nov 2010 | 3 | 383 | 94 kg | 93.86 | 170 | 175 | 178 | 205 | ||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | - | - | 94 kg | 93.96 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2009 East Asian Games 7 Dec 2009 | 2 | 374 | 94 kg | 93.14 | 160 | 171 | 195 | 203 | ||
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | 1 | 384 | 94 kg | 93.86 | 175 | 178 | 205 | 206 |
Compare Kim Min-jae
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Kim Min-jae met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.