China · Women's 81 kg, March 2024
Liang Xiaomei
Liang Xiaomei is a weightlifter from China, born in 1997, with two World Championships gold medals. The results below cover 7 competitions from 2016 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 81 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- World golds
- 2
- Best total
- 284 kg
- Best snatch
- 123 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 161 kg
Liang Xiaomei's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Weight classes: 75 kg in 2016, 81 kg from 2022 to 2023, 87 kg in 2023, 81 kg from 2023 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (75 kg to 81 kg) and again in June 2025. At 80.88 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 86 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 81 kg, total 253 kg, place 7.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81 kg2022 to 2024 | 123 | 161 | 284 |
| 87 kg2023 | 120 | 155 | 275 |
| 75 kg2016 | 109 | 136 | 245 |
Liang Xiaomei by the numbers
Liang Xiaomei'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
- 328.5
- From 284 kg at 81 kg bodyweight, 2023 IWF Grand Prix II. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 1st of 274
- 284 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 81 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 76%
- At the best total, 123 kg of 161 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
- 26
- Turned 26 in 2023, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 7 of 7
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Liang Xiaomei makes each attempt
Liang Xiaomei made 86% of snatch attempts and 80% 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
Liang Xiaomei head to head
The lifters Liang Xiaomei 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 | Liang Xiaomei ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wang Zhouyu |
5 | 4 | 1 |
 Maya Laylor |
4 | 4 | 0 |
 Rigina Adashbaeva |
4 | 4 | 0 |
| Wakana Nagashima | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Anamjan Rustamova | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Dayana Chirinos |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Liang Xiaomei'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 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 7 | 253 | 81 kg | 80.88 | 110 | 113 | 140 | |||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 1 | 284 | 81 kg | 81 | 115 | 120 | 123 | 150 | 161 | not taken |
| 2023 Asian Games 30 Sep 2023 | 1 | 275 | 87 kg | 81.55 | 110 | 115 | 120 | 140 | 148 | 155 |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 1 | 281 | 81 kg | 81 | 115 | 120 | 122 | 150 | 156 | 159 |
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 1 | 275 | 81 kg | 80.23 | 113 | 118 | 120 | 145 | 150 | 155 |
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 1 | 270 | 81 kg | 80.5 | 113 | 118 | 147 | 152 | ||
| 2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 23 Jun 2016 | 3 | 245 | 75 kg | 74.98 | 103 | 109 | 130 | 136 |
Compare Liang Xiaomei
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Liang Xiaomei met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.