India · Women's 49 kg, September 2026
Mirabai Chanu
Mirabai Chanu is a weightlifter from India, born in 1994, with one Olympic medal (1 silver) and three World Championships medals (1 gold, 2 silver). The results below cover 35 competitions from 2011 to 2026. The latest result came in the women's 49 kg class, at the 2026 Asian Games.
- Olympic medal
- 1
- World medals
- 3
- Best total
- 205 kg
- Best snatch
- 88 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 119 kg
Mirabai Chanu's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 silver. World Championships: 1 gold, 2 silver in the total.
Weight classes: 48 kg from 2011 to 2018, 49 kg from 2019 to 2024, 48 kg from 2025 to 2026, 49 kg in 2026. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (48 kg to 49 kg), June 2025 (49 kg to 48 kg) and August 2026 (48 kg to 49 kg).
Latest result: 2026 Asian Games, 23 September 2026, 49 kg, total 198 kg, place 2.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 kg2026 | 87 | 111 | 198 |
| 48 kg2025 to 2026 | 85 | 115 | 199 |
| 49 kg2019 to 2024 | 88 | 119 | 205 |
| 48 kg2011 to 2018 | 86 | 110 | 196 |
Mirabai Chanu by the numbers
Mirabai Chanu'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
- 314.6
- From 205 kg at 48.9 kg bodyweight, 2020 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 5th of 309
- 205 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 49 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 72%
- At the best total, 86 kg of 119 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
- 27
- Turned 27 in 2021, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 32 of 35
- Of the other three: one with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and two entered without taking an attempt.
How often Mirabai Chanu makes each attempt
Mirabai Chanu made 66% 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
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Mirabai Chanu head to head
The lifters Mirabai Chanu 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 | Mirabai Chanu ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hou Zhihui |
8 | 1 | 7 |
| Jiang Huihua |
7 | 0 | 7 |
 Ri Sŏng-gŭm |
7 | 0 | 7 |
| Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu |
7 | 4 | 3 |
| Fang Wan-ling | 7 | 6 | 1 |
 Dika Toua |
7 | 7 | 0 |
Mirabai Chanu'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 | 2 | 198 | 49 kg | - | Snatch 87, clean and jerk 111; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2026 Commonwealth Games 23 Jul 2026 | 1 | 190 | 48 kg | 47.95 | 82 | 85 | 105 | not taken | ||
| 2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 | 2 | 199 | 48 kg | 47.81 | 84 | 109 | 112 | 115 | ||
| 2025 Commonwealth Championships 24 Aug 2025 | 1 | 193 | 48 kg | 47.87 | 84 | 105 | 109 | |||
| 2024 Olympic Games 7 Aug 2024 | 4 | 199 | 49 kg | 48.8 | 85 | 88 | 111 | |||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 12 | 184 | 49 kg | 49 | 75 | 79 | 81 | 98 | 103 | |
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | - | No lifts | 49 kg | 49 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 Asian Games 30 Sep 2023 | 4 | 191 | 49 kg | 48.95 | 83 | 108 | ||||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | - | No lifts | 49 kg | 49 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 5 | 194 | 49 kg | 48.96 | 85 | 109 | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 2 | 200 | 49 kg | 49 | 84 | 87 | 111 | 113 | ||
| 2022 Commonwealth Games 30 Jul 2022 | 1 | 201 | 49 kg | 48.68 | 84 | 88 | 109 | 113 | ||
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 2 | 202 | 49 kg | 48.85 | 84 | 87 | 110 | 115 | ||
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 3 | 205 | 49 kg | 48.9 | 86 | 113 | 117 | 119 | ||
| 2019 Qatar International Cup 19 Dec 2019 | 1 | 194 | 49 kg | 48.9 | 83 | 111 | ||||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 4 | 201 | 49 kg | 49 | 84 | 87 | 110 | 114 | ||
| 2019 Commonwealth Senior Championships 9 Jul 2019 | 1 | 191 | 49 kg | 48.85 | 84 | 107 | ||||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 4 | 199 | 49 kg | 48.98 | 83 | 86 | 109 | 113 | ||
| 2019 EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships 7 Jan 2019 | 1 | 192 | 49 kg | 49 | 79 | 82 | 104 | 107 | 110 | |
| 2018 Commonwealth Games 4 Apr 2018 | 1 | 196 | 48 kg | 47.91 | 80 | 84 | 86 | 103 | 107 | 110 |
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 1 | 194 | 48 kg | 47.98 | 83 | 85 | 103 | 107 | 109 | |
| 2017 Commonwealth Championships 3 Sep 2017 | 1 | 189 | 48 kg | 47.87 | 82 | 85 | 104 | |||
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.77 | 82 | |||||
| 2016 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2016 | 7 | 190 | 48 kg | 47.55 | 81 | 84 | 102 | 106 | ||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 9 | 183 | 48 kg | 47.4 | 78 | 81 | 98 | 102 | ||
| 2015 Commonwealth Championships 11 Oct 2015 | 2 | 181 | 48 kg | 47.6 | 78 | 81 | 96 | 100 | ||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 11 | 172 | 48 kg | 47.71 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 93 | 96 | |
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 9 | 171 | 48 kg | 47.45 | 70 | 73 | 75 | 90 | 93 | 96 |
| 2014 Commonwealth Games 23 Jul 2014 | 2 | 170 | 48 kg | 47.58 | 72 | 75 | 92 | 95 | ||
| 2014 Asian Junior Championships 4 Mar 2014 | 2 | 168 | 48 kg | 47.84 | 70 | 73 | 75 | 90 | 93 | |
| 2013 Commonwealth Championships 24 Nov 2013 | 1 | 166 | 48 kg | 47.8 | Snatch 73, clean and jerk 93; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2013 Asian Junior Championships 1 Jul 2013 | 2 | 165 | 48 kg | 47.68 | 70 | 73 | 90 | 92 | ||
| 2013 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 3 May 2013 | 3 | 165 | 48 kg | 47.7 | 70 | 72 | 90 | 92 | 93 | |
| 2012 Asian Junior Championships 10 Nov 2012 | 3 | 168 | 48 kg | 47.8 | 70 | 73 | 74 | 91 | 94 | |
| 2011 Asian Junior Championships 5 Sep 2011 | 5 | 151 | 48 kg | 47.7 | 60 | 64 | 66 | 82 | 85 | |
Compare Mirabai Chanu
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Mirabai Chanu met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.