South Korea · Women's 87 kg, January 2020

Lee Jieun

Lee Jieun is a weightlifter from South Korea, born in 1997. The results below cover 6 competitions from 2014 to 2020. The latest result came in the women's 87 kg class, at the Roma 2020 World Cup.

Best total
238 kg
Best snatch
111 kg
Best clean and jerk
127 kg
Career

Lee Jieun's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 69 kg in 2014, 71 kg in 2019, 81 kg in 2019, 87 kg from 2019 to 2020. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 71 kg) and again in June 2025. At 81.5 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 86 kg.

Latest result: Roma 2020 World Cup, 27 January 2020, 87 kg, total 220 kg, place 4.

Lee Jieun: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 2014 to 2020, best 238 kg in 2019.18021525020142015201620172018201920202014 Asian Youth Championships, 4 Mar 2014: 194 kg2019 EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships, 7 Jan 2019: 215 kgReady Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event), 6 Jul 2019: 207 kg2019 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Sep 2019: 238 kg2019 IWF World Cup (December), 10 Dec 2019: 232 kgRoma 2020 World Cup, 27 Jan 2020: 220 kg
Lee Jieun: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 2014 to 2020, best 238 kg in 2019.18021525020142016201820202014 Asian Youth Championships, 4 Mar 2014: 194 kg2019 EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships, 7 Jan 2019: 215 kgReady Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event), 6 Jul 2019: 207 kg2019 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Sep 2019: 238 kg2019 IWF World Cup (December), 10 Dec 2019: 232 kgRoma 2020 World Cup, 27 Jan 2020: 220 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.

Best lifts in each class

The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.

Class Years Snatch Clean and jerk Total
87 kg2019 to 2020 2019 to 2020 107 125 232
81 kg2019 2019 111 127 238
71 kg2019 2019 100 115 215
69 kg2014 2014 89 105 194
Numbers

Lee Jieun by the numbers

Lee Jieun'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
279.2
From 238 kg at 78.3 kg bodyweight, 2019 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
37th of 274
238 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
87%
At the best total, 111 kg of 127 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%.
Age at best total
22
Turned 22 in 2019, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
6 of 6
A total at every competition listed.
Attempts

How often Lee Jieun makes each attempt

Lee Jieun made 78% of snatch attempts and 61% 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

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Lee Jieun: 100%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Lee Jieun: 83%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Lee Jieun: 50%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Lee Jieun: 50%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Lee Jieun: 83%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Lee Jieun: 50%
Results

Lee Jieun'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
Roma 2020 World Cup 27 Jan 2020 4 220 87 kg 81.5 100105 kg missed105 kg missed120 kg missed120124 kg missed
2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 3 232 87 kg 81.41 100107112 kg missed120 kg missed120125
2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 6 238 81 kg 78.3 102108111117123127
Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 2 207 81 kg 76.95 9397102 kg missed110115 kg missed120 kg missed
2019 EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships 7 Jan 2019 2 215 71 kg 69.7 9598100113 kg missed115119 kg missed
2014 Asian Youth Championships 4 Mar 2014 3 194 69 kg 66.47 848789100102105
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