China · Women's +86 kg, September 2026
Li Wenwen
Li Wenwen is a weightlifter from China, born in 2000, with two Olympic gold medals and two World Championships gold medals. The results below cover 15 competitions from 2019 to 2026. The latest result came in the women's +86 kg class, at the 2026 Asian Games.
- Olympic golds
- 2
- World golds
- 2
- Best total
- 335 kg
- Best snatch
- 148 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 187 kg
Li Wenwen's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Weight classes: +87 kg from 2019 to 2024, +81 kg in 2024, +86 kg in 2026. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (+87 kg to +86 kg) and again in August 2026 (+87 kg to +86 kg). The 2024 Olympic Games used a shorter list of classes, with +81 kg the heaviest for women.
Latest result: 2026 Asian Games, 23 September 2026, +86 kg, total 310 kg, place 1.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| +86 kg2026 | 140 | 170 | 310 |
| +81 kg2024 | 136 | 173 | 309 |
| +87 kg2019 to 2024 | 148 | 187 | 335 |
Li Wenwen by the numbers
Li Wenwen'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
- 335.7
- From 335 kg at 150.8 kg bodyweight, 2020 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 1st of 187
- 335 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
- 79%
- At the best total, 148 kg of 187 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
- 21
- Turned 21 in 2021, 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 Wenwen makes each attempt
Li Wenwen made 84% of snatch attempts and 88% 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 Wenwen head to head
The lifters Li Wenwen 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 Wenwen ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Nurul Akmal |
7 | 7 | 0 |
 Son Young-hee |
7 | 7 | 0 |
 Emily Campbell |
5 | 5 | 0 |
| Park Hye-jeong |
5 | 5 | 0 |
 Kim Kuk-hyang |
4 | 4 | 0 |
 Duangaksorn Chaidee |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Li Wenwen'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Asian Games 23 Sep 2026 | 1 | 310 | +86 kg | - | Snatch 140, clean and jerk 170; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2024 Olympic Games 7 Aug 2024 | 1 | 309 | +81 kg | 149.25 | 130 | 136 | not taken | 167 | 173 | |
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 1 | 325 | +87 kg | 150.22 | 133 | 140 | 145 | 170 | 180 | not taken |
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | - | No lifts | +87 kg | 149.02 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | - | - | +87 kg | 148.9 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 1 | 315 | +87 kg | 149.3 | 130 | 135 | 140 | 170 | 175 | not taken |
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 1 | 311 | +87 kg | 146.9 | 130 | 141 | 166 | 170 | not taken | |
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 1 | 320 | +87 kg | 150.1 | 130 | 135 | 140 | 162 | 173 | 180 |
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 1 | 335 | +87 kg | 150.8 | 135 | 143 | 148 | 175 | 187 | not taken |
| 2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 1 | 315 | +87 kg | 148.84 | 130 | 138 | 165 | 173 | 177 | |
| 2019 Challenge 210 24 Oct 2019 | 1 | 295 | +87 kg | 149.64 | 110 | 120 | 130 | 150 | 160 | 165 |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 1 | 332 | +87 kg | 147.95 | 136 | 142 | 146 | 175 | 182 | 186 |
| Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 | 1 | 326 | +87 kg | 150.45 | 135 | 141 | 170 | 180 | 185 | |
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 1 | 322 | +87 kg | 149.84 | 136 | 142 | 147 | 175 | ||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 | 2 | 324 | +87 kg | 149.1 | 135 | 142 | 175 | 182 | ||
Compare Li Wenwen
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Li Wenwen met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.