Women's +87 kg, July 2021
Lee Seon-mi
Lee Seon-mi is a weightlifter, born in 2000. The results below cover 10 competitions from 2016 to 2021. The latest result came in the women's +87 kg class, at the 2021 Olympic Games.
- Best total
- 280 kg
- Best snatch
- 127 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 153 kg
Lee Seon-mi's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: +69 kg in 2016, +90 kg in 2018, +87 kg from 2019 to 2021. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (+90 kg to +87 kg) and again in June 2025. At 118.9 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be +86 kg.
Latest result: 2021 Olympic Games, 23 July 2021, +87 kg, total 277 kg, place 4.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| +87 kg2019 to 2021 | 127 | 153 | 280 |
| +90 kg2018 | 122 | 152 | 274 |
| +69 kg2016 | 113 | 140 | 253 |
Lee Seon-mi by the numbers
Lee Seon-mi'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
- 287.6
- From 280 kg at 121.09 kg bodyweight, 2019 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 16th of 187
- 280 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's +87 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, 127 kg of 153 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
- 19
- Turned 19 in 2019, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 10 of 10
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Lee Seon-mi makes each attempt
Lee Seon-mi made 77% of snatch attempts and 68% 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 Seon-mi head to head
The lifters Lee Seon-mi 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 Seon-mi ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chang Yu-Hsuan | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 Nurul Akmal |
4 | 4 | 0 |
 Li Wenwen |
3 | 0 | 3 |
| Ashamarie Benitez Rivera | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Charisma Amoe-Tarrant |
3 | 3 | 0 |
| Magdalena Karolak | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Lee Seon-mi'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 4 | 277 | +87 kg | 118.9 | 118 | 122 | 125 | 148 | 152 | |
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 4 | 258 | +87 kg | 119.2 | 112 | 143 | 146 | |||
| 2020 Asian Junior Championships 13 Feb 2020 | 2 | 230 | +87 kg | 118.75 | 102 | 108 | 110 | 120 | not taken | not taken |
| 2019 Asian Junior Championships 19 Oct 2019 | 1 | 277 | +87 kg | 118.35 | 117 | 123 | 127 | 143 | 150 | |
| 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2019 | 1 | 276 | +87 kg | 121.3 | 123 | 150 | 153 | |||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 4 | 280 | +87 kg | 121.09 | 120 | 127 | 148 | 153 | ||
| 2019 EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships 7 Jan 2019 | 3 | 268 | +87 kg | 119 | 115 | 120 | 141 | 148 | ||
| 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 7 Jul 2018 | 1 | 274 | +90 kg | 116.7 | 110 | 115 | 122 | 140 | 145 | 152 |
| 2018 Asian Junior Championships 20 Apr 2018 | 1 | 255 | +90 kg | 116.8 | 110 | 115 | 120 | 135 | ||
| 2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 Oct 2016 | 2 | 253 | +69 kg | 111.57 | 105 | 113 | 133 | 140 |
Compare Lee Seon-mi
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Lee Seon-mi met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.