South Korea · Men's 81 kg, December 2022
Kim Woo-jae
Kim Woo-jae is a weightlifter from South Korea, born in 1991, with one World Championships medal (1 bronze). The results below cover 12 competitions from 2011 to 2022. The latest result came in the men's 81 kg class, at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships.
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 358 kg
- Best snatch
- 162 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 196 kg
Kim Woo-jae's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 77 kg from 2011 to 2018, 81 kg from 2018 to 2019, 89 kg in 2019, 81 kg from 2021 to 2022. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (77 kg to 81 kg) and again in June 2025. At 80.8 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.
Latest result: 2022 World Weightlifting Championships, 5 December 2022, 81 kg, total 357 kg, place 3.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81 kg2018 to 2022 | 162 | 196 | 358 |
| 89 kg2019 | 100 | 100 | 200 |
| 77 kg2011 to 2018 | 160 | 192 | 347 |
Kim Woo-jae by the numbers
Kim Woo-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
- 460.8
- From 358 kg at 80.9 kg bodyweight, 2021 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 18th of 512
- 358 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 81 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 83%
- At the best total, 162 kg of 196 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
- 30
- Turned 30 in 2021, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 11 of 12
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Kim Woo-jae makes each attempt
Kim Woo-jae made 60% of snatch attempts and 55% 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 Woo-jae head to head
The lifters Kim Woo-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 Woo-jae ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takehiro Kasai | 5 | 4 | 1 |
 Li Dayin |
4 | 0 | 4 |
| Pornchai Lobsi | 4 | 2 | 2 |
 Ajay Singh |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Andrés Caicedo |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Andrés Mata |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Kim Woo-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 3 | 357 | 81 kg | 80.8 | 155 | 162 | 190 | 195 | ||
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 4 | 358 | 81 kg | 80.9 | 162 | 191 | 196 | |||
| 2019 Challenge 210 24 Oct 2019 | 3 | 200 | 89 kg | 82.71 | 90 | 100 | not taken | 100 | not taken | not taken |
| Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 | 6 | 265 | 81 kg | 80.75 | 110 | 115 | 120 | 140 | 145 | not taken |
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 5 | 346 | 81 kg | 80.87 | 150 | 155 | 180 | 185 | 191 | |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | - | - | 81 kg | 80.51 | 156 | |||||
| 2018 Asian Games 20 Aug 2018 | 2 | 347 | 77 kg | 76.95 | 155 | 160 | 187 | |||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 4 | 346 | 77 kg | 76.85 | 154 | 185 | 192 | |||
| 2017 Asian Championships 21 Apr 2017 | 3 | 340 | 77 kg | 76.81 | 150 | 154 | 180 | 186 | ||
| 2016 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2016 | 7 | 320 | 77 kg | 76.7 | 145 | 175 | ||||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 15 | 336 | 77 kg | 76.52 | 147 | 151 | 155 | 181 | ||
| 2011 Summer Universiade 12 Aug 2011 | 10 | 313 | 77 kg | 74.64 | 143 | 170 |
Compare Kim Woo-jae
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Kim Woo-jae met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.