China · Women's +87 kg, September 2019

Meng Suping

Meng Suping is a weightlifter from China, born in 1989, with one Olympic gold medal and six World Championships medals (4 silver, 2 bronze). The results below cover 15 competitions from 2009 to 2019. The latest result came in the women's +87 kg class, at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships.

Olympic gold
1
World medals
6
Best total
327 kg
Best snatch
145 kg
Best clean and jerk
188 kg
Career

Meng Suping's career: classes, totals and best lifts

Olympic Games: 1 gold. World Championships: 4 silver, 2 bronze in the total.

Weight classes: +75 kg from 2009 to 2016, +87 kg from 2018 to 2019. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (+75 kg to +87 kg) and again in June 2025. At 120.65 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be +86 kg.

Latest result: 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 September 2019, +87 kg, total 311 kg, place 3.

Meng Suping: totals from the 14 competitions with a total, 2009 to 2019, best 327 kg in 2018.2603003402009201120132015201720192009 World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Nov 2009: 296 kg2010 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Sep 2010: 310 kg2010 Asian Games, 12 Nov 2010: 311 kg2011 China IWF Grand Prix, 15 Jan 2011: 270 kg2011 Asian Championships, 9 Apr 2011: 304 kg2012 FISU World University Championships, 5 Nov 2012: 323 kg2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 320 kg2015 Asian Championships, 6 Sep 2015: 310 kg2015 World Weightlifting Championships, 20 Nov 2015: 325 kg2016 Olympic Games, 5 Aug 2016: 307 kg2018 World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Nov 2018: 327 kg2019 IWF World Cup (February), 22 Feb 2019: 325 kg2019 Asian Championships, 18 Apr 2019: 305 kg2019 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Sep 2019: 311 kg
Meng Suping: totals from the 14 competitions with a total, 2009 to 2019, best 327 kg in 2018.2603003402009201320172009 World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Nov 2009: 296 kg2010 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Sep 2010: 310 kg2010 Asian Games, 12 Nov 2010: 311 kg2011 China IWF Grand Prix, 15 Jan 2011: 270 kg2011 Asian Championships, 9 Apr 2011: 304 kg2012 FISU World University Championships, 5 Nov 2012: 323 kg2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 320 kg2015 Asian Championships, 6 Sep 2015: 310 kg2015 World Weightlifting Championships, 20 Nov 2015: 325 kg2016 Olympic Games, 5 Aug 2016: 307 kg2018 World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Nov 2018: 327 kg2019 IWF World Cup (February), 22 Feb 2019: 325 kg2019 Asian Championships, 18 Apr 2019: 305 kg2019 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Sep 2019: 311 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms. Larger red points are senior Olympic or World Championships wins.

Best lifts in each class

The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.

Class Years Snatch Clean and jerk Total
+87 kg2018 to 2019 2018 to 2019 143 185 327
+75 kg2009 to 2016 2009 to 2016 145 188 325
Numbers

Meng Suping by the numbers

Meng Suping'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
336.0
From 327 kg at 120.92 kg bodyweight, 2018 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
3rd of 187
327 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
78%
At the best total, 143 kg of 184 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
29
Turned 29 in 2018, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
14 of 15
The other was an entry without an attempt.
Attempts

How often Meng Suping makes each attempt

Meng Suping made 76% of snatch attempts and 67% 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

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Meng Suping: 93%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Meng Suping: 71%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Meng Suping: 64%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Meng Suping: 79%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Meng Suping: 86%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Meng Suping: 36%
Rivals

Meng Suping head to head

The lifters Meng Suping 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 Meng Suping ahead Rival ahead
Russia Tatiana Kashirina 7 1 6
North Korea Kim Kuk-hyang 7 7 0
United States Sarah Robles 6 6 0
Kazakhstan Alexandra Aborneva 5 5 0
Ukraine Anastasiia Lysenko 5 5 0
South Korea Lee Hui-sol 5 5 0
Results

Meng Suping'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
2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 3 311 +87 kg 120.65 131137140 kg missed173 kg missed174183 kg missed
Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 - No lifts +87 kg 117.4 not takennot takennot takennot takennot takennot taken
2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 2 305 +87 kg 120.19 130137 kg missed137 kg missed170175180 kg missed
2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 1 325 +87 kg 121.35 135140 kg missed140176185188 kg missed
2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 2 327 +87 kg 120.92 135140143175184188 kg missed
2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 1 307 +75 kg 120.27 125 kg missed125130175 kg missed175177
2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 2 325 +75 kg 120.87 135140145180190 kg missed190 kg missed
2015 Asian Championships 6 Sep 2015 1 310 +75 kg 118.44 130137 kg missed137 kg missed170180190 kg missed
2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 2 320 +75 kg 119.91 130135140170180190 kg missed
2012 FISU World University Championships 5 Nov 2012 1 323 +75 kg 120.95 130135138 kg missed173180188
2011 Asian Championships 9 Apr 2011 1 304 +75 kg 118.8 123130134160165170
2011 China IWF Grand Prix 15 Jan 2011 1 270 +75 kg 116.65 110115120140145150
2010 Asian Games 12 Nov 2010 2 311 +75 kg 116.7 130135 kg missed135175 kg missed176182 kg missed
2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 2 310 +75 kg 115.72 120126131165177179
2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 3 296 +75 kg 113.95 125131135 kg missed165173 kg missed173 kg missed
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Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Meng Suping met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

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