China · Women's 59 kg, August 2024
Luo Shifang
Luo Shifang is a weightlifter from China, born in 2001, with one Olympic gold medal and one World Championships gold medal. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2017 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 59 kg class, at the 2024 Olympic Games.
- Olympic gold
- 1
- World gold
- 1
- Best total
- 248 kg
- Best snatch
- 108 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 140 kg
Luo Shifang's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Weight classes: 58 kg in 2017, 59 kg from 2022 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (58 kg to 59 kg) and again in June 2025. At 59 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 61 kg.
Latest result: 2024 Olympic Games, 7 August 2024, 59 kg, total 241 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 kg2022 to 2024 | 108 | 140 | 248 |
| 58 kg2017 | 85 | 110 | 195 |
Luo Shifang by the numbers
Luo Shifang'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
- 336.7
- From 248 kg at 59 kg bodyweight, 2024 IWF World Cup. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 2nd of 438
- 248 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 59 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 77%
- At the best total, 108 kg of 140 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
- 23
- Turned 23 in 2024, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 8 of 8
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Luo Shifang makes each attempt
Luo Shifang made 79% of snatch attempts and 83% 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
Luo Shifang head to head
The lifters Luo Shifang 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 | Luo Shifang ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuo Hsing-chun | 6 | 5 | 1 |
 Natasya Beteyob |
6 | 6 | 0 |
 Anyelin Venegas |
5 | 5 | 0 |
| Thi Tam Quang | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dora Tchakounté | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 Elreen Ando |
4 | 4 | 0 |
Luo Shifang'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.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Olympic Games 7 Aug 2024 | 1 | 241 | 59 kg | 59 | 101 | 105 | 107 | 129 | 134 | |
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 1 | 248 | 59 kg | 59 | 103 | 108 | 133 | 140 | ||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 1 | 247 | 59 kg | 59 | 103 | 108 | 130 | 135 | 139 | |
| 2023 Asian Games 30 Sep 2023 | 2 | 240 | 59 kg | 59 | 100 | 104 | 107 | 128 | 133 | |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 1 | 243 | 59 kg | 59 | 101 | 104 | 107 | 128 | 133 | 136 |
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 1 | 238 | 59 kg | 58.85 | 98 | 102 | 105 | 126 | 130 | 133 |
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 4 | 230 | 59 kg | 58.6 | 101 | 126 | 129 | |||
| 2017 Asian Junior Championships 21 Jul 2017 Also the 2017 Asian Youth Championships, place 1 | 4 | 195 | 58 kg | 56.7 | 80 | 85 | 102 | 107 | 110 |
Compare Luo Shifang
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Luo Shifang met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.