South Korea · Men's 69 kg, August 2008
Lee Bae-young
Lee Bae-young is a weightlifter from South Korea, born in 1979, with one Olympic medal (1 silver) and two World Championships medals (2 silver). The results below cover 8 competitions from 1999 to 2008. The latest result came in the men's 69 kg class, at the 2008 Olympic Games.
- Olympic medal
- 1
- World medals
- 2
- Best total
- 342.5 kg
- Best snatch
- 155 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 190 kg
Lee Bae-young's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 silver. World Championships: 2 silver in the total.
Weight classes: 62 kg in 1999, 69 kg from 2000 to 2008. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 68.67 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 70 kg.
Latest result: 2008 Olympic Games, 9 August 2008, 69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 kg2000 to 2008 | 155 | 190 | 342.5 |
| 62 kg1999 | 130 | 170 | 300 |
Lee Bae-young by the numbers
Lee Bae-young'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
- 487.9
- From 342.5 kg at 68.43 kg bodyweight, 2004 Olympic Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 12th of 1,135
- 342.5 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 69 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 80%
- At the best total, 152.5 kg of 190 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
- 25
- Turned 25 in 2004, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 6 of 8
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Lee Bae-young makes each attempt
Lee Bae-young made 55% of snatch attempts and 38% 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
Lee Bae-young head to head
The lifters Lee Bae-young 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 | Lee Bae-young ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Shi Zhiyong |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Nikolaj Pešalov |
3 | 2 | 1 |
 Siarhei Laurenau |
3 | 2 | 1 |
 Turan Mirzayev |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Vencelas Dabaya |
3 | 3 | 0 |
| Wayne Healy | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Lee Bae-young'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | - | - | 69 kg | 68.67 | 150 | 153 | 155 | |||
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | - | - | 69 kg | 68.73 | ||||||
| 2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 | 2 | 337 | 69 kg | 68.62 | 147 | 152 | 185 | |||
| 2004 Olympic Games 14 Aug 2004 | 2 | 342.5 | 69 kg | 68.43 | Snatch 152.5, clean and jerk 190; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | 2 | 340 | 69 kg | 68.67 | 145 | 150 | 185 | 190 | ||
| 2000 Olympic Games 16 Sep 2000 | - | 330 | 69 kg | 68.84 | 142.5 | 180 | 187.5 | |||
| 1999 World Weightlifting Championships 21 Nov 1999 | 13 | 290 | 62 kg | 61.87 | 130 | not taken | 160 | |||
| 1999 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 3 Jul 1999 | 2 | 300 | 62 kg | 61.74 | 125 | 130 | 160 | 170 | ||
Compare Lee Bae-young
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Lee Bae-young met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.