South Korea · Women's 76 kg, May 2023
Lee Min-ji
Lee Min-ji is a weightlifter from South Korea, born in 1999, with one World Championships gold medal. The results below cover 5 competitions from 2015 to 2023. The latest result came in the women's 76 kg class, at the 2023 Asian Championships.
- World gold
- 1
- Best total
- 244 kg
- Best snatch
- 107 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 139 kg
Lee Min-ji's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Weight classes: 69 kg in 2015, 76 kg from 2019 to 2021, 81 kg in 2022, 76 kg in 2023. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 76 kg) and again in June 2025. At 73.43 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 77 kg.
Latest result: 2023 Asian Championships, 5 May 2023, 76 kg, total 228 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 kg2019 to 2023 | 105 | 139 | 244 |
| 81 kg2022 | 107 | - | - |
| 69 kg2015 | 85 | 103 | 188 |
Lee Min-ji by the numbers
Lee Min-ji'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
- 290.6
- From 244 kg at 75.7 kg bodyweight, 2021 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 22nd of 387
- 244 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 76 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 76%
- At the best total, 105 kg of 139 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 2021, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 4 of 5
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Lee Min-ji makes each attempt
Lee Min-ji made 73% of snatch attempts and 73% 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 Min-ji'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 3 | 228 | 76 kg | 73.43 | 96 | 100 | 124 | 128 | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | - | - | 81 kg | 76.8 | 100 | 105 | 107 | |||
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 1 | 244 | 76 kg | 75.7 | 105 | 133 | 137 | 139 | ||
| 2019 Asian Junior Championships 19 Oct 2019 | 2 | 228 | 76 kg | 73.51 | 90 | 99 | 105 | 116 | 121 | 123 |
| 2015 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 7 Apr 2015 | 5 | 188 | 69 kg | 67.4 | 80 | 85 | 95 | 100 | 103 |
Compare Lee Min-ji
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. These lifters lifted in nearby classes, in any year.