South Korea · Men's 73 kg, December 2024
Lee Sang-yeon
Lee Sang-yeon is a weightlifter from South Korea, born in 1995. The results below cover 10 competitions from 2016 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 73 kg class, at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 331 kg
- Best snatch
- 148 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 191 kg
Lee Sang-yeon's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 69 kg from 2016 to 2017, 67 kg from 2018 to 2023, 73 kg in 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 67 kg) and again in June 2025. At 73 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 75 kg.
Latest result: 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 December 2024, 73 kg, total 331 kg, place 9.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73 kg2024 | 148 | 191 | 331 |
| 67 kg2018 to 2023 | 140 | 180 | 317 |
| 69 kg2016 to 2017 | 142 | 175 | 313 |
Lee Sang-yeon by the numbers
Lee Sang-yeon'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
- 458.6
- From 317 kg at 66.86 kg bodyweight, 2023 Asian Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 43rd of 434
- 331 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 73 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 73%
- At the best total, 140 kg of 191 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
- 29
- Turned 29 in 2024, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 8 of 10
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Lee Sang-yeon makes each attempt
Lee Sang-yeon made 50% of snatch attempts and 40% 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 Sang-yeon head to head
The lifters Lee Sang-yeon 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 Sang-yeon ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunyad Rashidov | 5 | 5 | 0 |
 Chen Lijun |
4 | 0 | 4 |
 Doston Yokubov |
4 | 3 | 1 |
| Elyas Tamim Al Busaidi | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Mohammed Kh I E K M Abdulredha | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Lee Sang-yeon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 9 | 331 | 73 kg | 73 | 140 | 185 | 191 | |||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | - | - | 73 kg | 73 | 148 | |||||
| 2024 Asian Championships 3 Feb 2024 | 7 | 322 | 73 kg | 73 | 135 | 140 | 182 | |||
| 2023 Asian Games 30 Sep 2023 | 3 | 317 | 67 kg | 66.86 | 132 | 137 | 175 | 178 | 180 | |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 5 | 306 | 67 kg | 67 | 130 | 176 | ||||
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 2 | 314 | 67 kg | 66.93 | 133 | 136 | 139 | 175 | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 6 | 314 | 67 kg | 66.5 | 136 | 178 | ||||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | - | - | 67 kg | 66.25 | 140 | |||||
| 2017 Summer Universiade 19 Aug 2017 | 5 | 310 | 69 kg | 68.32 | 142 | 168 | ||||
| 2016 FISU World University Championships 13 Nov 2016 | 2 | 313 | 69 kg | 68.48 | 133 | 138 | 170 | 175 |
Compare Lee Sang-yeon
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Lee Sang-yeon met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.