China · Women's +86 kg, May 2026
Li Yan
Li Yan is a weightlifter from China, born in 2004, with one World Championships gold medal. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2012 to 2026. The latest result came in the women's +86 kg class, at the 2026 Asian Championships. Li Yan holds the current women's +86 kg world record in the snatch.
- World gold
- 1
- Best total
- 324 kg
- Best snatch
- 149 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 178 kg
Li Yan's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Weight classes: 53 kg from 2012 to 2015, +87 kg from 2024 to 2025, +86 kg in 2026. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (53 kg to +87 kg) and again in June 2025 (+87 kg to +86 kg).
Latest result: 2026 Asian Championships, 10 May 2026, +86 kg, total 323 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 | 145 | 178 | 323 |
| +87 kg2024 to 2025 | 149 | 175 | 324 |
| 53 kg2012 to 2015 | 86 | 105 | 189 |
Li Yan by the numbers
Li Yan'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
- 329.9
- From 324 kg at 127.96 kg bodyweight, 2024 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 4th of 187
- 324 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.
- Current world records
- 1
- Snatch 145 kg, women's +86 kg.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 85%
- At the best total, 149 kg of 175 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
- 20
- Turned 20 in 2024, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 8 of 8
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Li Yan makes each attempt
Li Yan made 75% of snatch attempts and 70% 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 Yan head to head
The lifters Li Yan 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 Yan ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Park Hye-jeong |
3 | 3 | 0 |
| Wang Ling Chen | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Li Yan'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. A row that names two events was one competition scored for both; its places can differ because each ranks its own field.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Asian Championships 10 May 2026 | 1 | 323 | +86 kg | 129.86 | 135 | 140 | 145 | 166 | 171 | 178 |
| 2025 Asian Championships 9 May 2025 | 1 | 310 | +87 kg | 128.19 | 135 | 140 | 162 | 170 | not taken | |
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 1 | 324 | +87 kg | 127.96 | 135 | 142 | 149 | 160 | 170 | 175 |
| 2015 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 7 Apr 2015 | 1 | 185 | 53 kg | 52.61 | 80 | 83 | 100 | 102 | ||
| 2015 Asian Junior Championships 1 Jan 2015 | 1 | 185 | 53 kg | 52.7 | 80 | 100 | 105 | |||
| 2014 Asian Cup & Interclubs Junior Championships 18 Nov 2014 | 1 | 189 | 53 kg | 52.56 | 80 | 86 | 103 | |||
| 2014 Afro-Asian Championships 18 Nov 2014 Also the 2014 Asian Cup & Interclubs Championships, place 2 | 2 | 185 | 53 kg | 52.99 | 78 | 81 | 85 | 100 | ||
| 2012 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2012 | 4 | 169 | 53 kg | 52.67 | 70 | 74 | 90 | 95 |
Compare Li Yan
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Li Yan met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.