China · Men's 89 kg, May 2025
Li Dayin
Li Dayin is a weightlifter from China, born in 1998, with four World Championships medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze). The results below cover 15 competitions from 2018 to 2025. The latest result came in the men's 89 kg class, at the 2025 Asian Championships.
- World medals
- 4
- Best total
- 396 kg
- Best snatch
- 180 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 216 kg
Li Dayin's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 81 kg from 2018 to 2019, 89 kg in 2019, 81 kg from 2019 to 2022, 89 kg in 2023, 96 kg in 2023, 89 kg from 2023 to 2025. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025. At 88.56 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.
Latest result: 2025 Asian Championships, 9 May 2025, 89 kg, total 379 kg, place 2.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89 kg2019 to 2025 | 180 | 216 | 396 |
| 96 kg2023 | 176 | 206 | 382 |
| 81 kg2018 to 2022 | 175 | 206 | 377 |
Li Dayin by the numbers
Li Dayin'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
- 486.2
- From 396 kg at 88.48 kg bodyweight, 2023 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 2nd of 459
- 396 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 89 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, 180 kg of 216 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 2023, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 13 of 15
- Of the other two: one with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.
How often Li Dayin makes each attempt
Li Dayin made 68% of snatch attempts and 63% 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
Li Dayin head to head
The lifters Li Dayin 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 | Li Dayin ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Moldodosov | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Lü Xiaojun |
4 | 2 | 2 |
 Mirmostafa Javadi |
4 | 3 | 1 |
 Alex Bellemarre |
4 | 4 | 0 |
 Kim Woo-jae |
4 | 4 | 0 |
 Rejepbay Rejepov |
4 | 4 | 0 |
Li Dayin'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Asian Championships 9 May 2025 | 2 | 379 | 89 kg | 88.56 | 170 | 176 | not taken | 203 | ||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 3 | 383 | 89 kg | 89 | 173 | 210 | ||||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | - | No lifts | 89 kg | 89 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 Asian Games 30 Sep 2023 | 4 | 382 | 96 kg | 89.77 | 171 | 176 | 206 | |||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 2 | 383 | 89 kg | 89 | 170 | 206 | 213 | |||
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 1 | 396 | 89 kg | 88.48 | 171 | 176 | 180 | 205 | 216 | |
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 1 | 372 | 81 kg | 80.7 | 167 | 171 | 196 | 201 | ||
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | - | - | 81 kg | 80.7 | 167 | 172 | 175 | |||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 1 | 371 | 81 kg | 80.88 | 165 | 171 | 190 | 195 | 200 | |
| 2019 Challenge 210 24 Oct 2019 | 1 | 342 | 89 kg | 85.77 | 150 | 160 | 170 | 172 | not taken | not taken |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 2 | 377 | 81 kg | 80.9 | 166 | 171 | 198 | 206 | ||
| Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 | 1 | 365 | 81 kg | 80.95 | 163 | 193 | 198 | 202 | ||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 1 | 363 | 81 kg | 80.87 | 163 | 168 | 195 | |||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 | 1 | 375 | 81 kg | 80.9 | 163 | 171 | 195 | 200 | 204 | |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 3 | 372 | 81 kg | 80.81 | 163 | 168 | 193 | 198 | 204 |
Compare Li Dayin
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Li Dayin met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.