Women's 59 kg, May 2023
Seo Jeong-mi
Seo Jeong-mi is a weightlifter, born in 1991. The results below cover 7 competitions from 2008 to 2023. The latest result came in the women's 59 kg class, at the 2023 Asian Championships.
- Best total
- 215 kg
- Best snatch
- 98 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 117 kg
Seo Jeong-mi's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 53 kg in 2008, 58 kg from 2011 to 2016, 59 kg from 2018 to 2023. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (58 kg to 59 kg) and again in June 2025. At 58.78 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 61 kg.
Latest result: 2023 Asian Championships, 5 May 2023, 59 kg, total 215 kg, place 6.
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 kg2018 to 2023 | 98 | 117 | 215 |
| 58 kg2011 to 2016 | 86 | 104 | 188 |
| 53 kg2008 | 71 | 90 | 161 |
Seo Jeong-mi by the numbers
Seo Jeong-mi'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
- 292.5
- From 215 kg at 58.78 kg bodyweight, 2023 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 45th of 438
- 215 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
- 84%
- At the best total, 98 kg of 117 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
- 32
- Turned 32 in 2023, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 7 of 7
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Seo Jeong-mi makes each attempt
Seo Jeong-mi made 48% of snatch attempts and 48% 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
Seo Jeong-mi head to head
The lifters Seo Jeong-mi 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 | Seo Jeong-mi ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuo Hsing-chun | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 Mikiko Ando |
5 | 1 | 4 |
Seo Jeong-mi'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 6 | 215 | 59 kg | 58.78 | 93 | 98 | 113 | 117 | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 11 | 212 | 59 kg | 58.5 | 90 | 96 | 112 | 116 | ||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 22 | 190 | 59 kg | 57.75 | 85 | 105 | ||||
| 2016 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2016 | 8 | 186 | 58 kg | 57.4 | 82 | 86 | 100 | |||
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 7 | 188 | 58 kg | 57.6 | 85 | 103 | ||||
| 2011 Summer Universiade 12 Aug 2011 | 6 | 187 | 58 kg | 57.99 | 83 | 98 | 104 | |||
| 2008 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 12 Jun 2008 | 7 | 161 | 53 kg | 52.98 | 71 | 90 |
Compare Seo Jeong-mi
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Seo Jeong-mi.