North Korea · Women's 48 kg, April 2016
Ryang Chun-hwa
Ryang Chun-hwa is a weightlifter from North Korea, born in 1991, with one Olympic medal (1 bronze) and one World Championships medal (1 silver). The results below cover 9 competitions from 2009 to 2016. The latest result came in the women's 48 kg class, at the 2016 Asian Championships.
- Olympic medal
- 1
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 196 kg
- Best snatch
- 85 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 112 kg
Ryang Chun-hwa's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 bronze. World Championships: 1 silver in the total.
Latest result: 2016 Asian Championships, 22 April 2016, 48 kg, total 196 kg, place 2.
Ryang Chun-hwa by the numbers
Ryang Chun-hwa'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
- 306.0
- From 196 kg at 47.75 kg bodyweight, 2016 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 20th of 575
- 196 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 48 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 77%
- At the best total, 85 kg of 111 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
- 25
- Turned 25 in 2016, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 9 of 9
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Ryang Chun-hwa makes each attempt
Ryang Chun-hwa made 59% of snatch attempts and 59% 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
Ryang Chun-hwa head to head
The lifters Ryang Chun-hwa 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 | Ryang Chun-hwa ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Chen Wei-ling | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 |
Ryang Chun-hwa'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2016 | 2 | 196 | 48 kg | 47.75 | 81 | 83 | 85 | 111 | ||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 6 | 188 | 48 kg | 47.65 | 80 | 108 | ||||
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | 2 | 186 | 48 kg | 47.34 | 78 | 81 | 105 | |||
| 2013 Asian Interclub Championships 11 Sep 2013 | 1 | 188 | 48 kg | 47.57 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 100 | 105 | 108 |
| 2013 Asian Championships 20 Jun 2013 | 1 | 190 | 48 kg | 47.8 | 80 | 105 | 110 | |||
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 3 | 192 | 48 kg | 47.52 | 80 | 109 | 112 | |||
| 2011 Summer Universiade 12 Aug 2011 | 2 | 186 | 48 kg | 47.64 | 80 | 102 | 106 | |||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 7 | 175 | 48 kg | 47.4 | 75 | 100 | ||||
| 2009 East Asian Games 7 Dec 2009 | 3 | 192 | 48 kg | 47.43 | 75 | 80 | 84 | 100 | 104 | 108 |
Compare Ryang Chun-hwa
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Ryang Chun-hwa met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

