South Korea · Women's +86 kg, October 2025
Son Young-hee
Son Young-hee is a weightlifter from South Korea, born in 1993, with two World Championships medals (1 gold, 1 bronze). The results below cover 22 competitions from 2011 to 2025. The latest result came in the women's +86 kg class, at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships.
- World medals
- 2
- Best total
- 289 kg
- Best snatch
- 127 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 169 kg
Son Young-hee's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 gold, 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: +75 kg from 2011 to 2018, +87 kg from 2018 to 2025, +86 kg in 2025. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (+75 kg to +87 kg) and again in June 2025 (+87 kg to +86 kg).
Latest result: 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 October 2025, +86 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| +86 kg2025 | - | - | - |
| +87 kg2018 to 2025 | 127 | 169 | 289 |
| +75 kg2011 to 2018 | 122 | 162 | 282 |
Son Young-hee by the numbers
Son Young-hee'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
- 299.2
- From 289 kg at 116.25 kg bodyweight, 2023 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 9th of 187
- 289 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
- 71%
- At the best total, 120 kg of 169 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
- 30
- Turned 30 in 2023, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 18 of 22
- Of the other four: three with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.
How often Son Young-hee makes each attempt
Son Young-hee made 68% 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
Son Young-hee head to head
The lifters Son Young-hee 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 | Son Young-hee ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Nurul Akmal |
9 | 9 | 0 |
 Li Wenwen |
7 | 0 | 7 |
| Park Hye-jeong |
7 | 1 | 6 |
 Kim Kuk-hyang |
6 | 0 | 6 |
 Sarah Robles |
6 | 1 | 5 |
| Wang Ling Chen | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Son Young-hee'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 | - | No lifts | +86 kg | 117.21 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2025 Asian Championships 9 May 2025 | 3 | 282 | +87 kg | 117.22 | 115 | 121 | 150 | 156 | 161 | |
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 3 | 280 | +87 kg | 118.64 | 118 | 156 | 162 | |||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 3 | 283 | +87 kg | 120.24 | 122 | 161 | ||||
| 2024 Asian Championships 3 Feb 2024 | 2 | 287 | +87 kg | 119.6 | 122 | 127 | 160 | |||
| 2023 Asian Games 30 Sep 2023 | 2 | 283 | +87 kg | 115.98 | 115 | 120 | 124 | 155 | 159 | |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | - | - | +87 kg | 114.95 | 115 | 122 | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 3 | 289 | +87 kg | 116.25 | 120 | 158 | 169 | |||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 5 | 280 | +87 kg | 113.7 | 116 | 121 | 156 | 159 | ||
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 1 | 282 | +87 kg | 112.5 | 116 | 120 | 123 | 156 | 159 | |
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 2 | 279 | +87 kg | 114.5 | 115 | 120 | 155 | 159 | ||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 3 | 273 | +87 kg | 114.12 | 110 | 115 | 153 | 158 | ||
| 2019 Challenge 210 24 Oct 2019 | 2 | 252 | +87 kg | 113.41 | 100 | 105 | 111 | 130 | 135 | 141 |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 8 | 276 | +87 kg | 114.7 | 113 | 118 | 121 | 150 | 155 | |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 8 | 267 | +87 kg | 112.51 | 115 | 152 | ||||
| 2018 Asian Games 20 Aug 2018 | 2 | 282 | +75 kg | 112.34 | 116 | 120 | 122 | 155 | 160 | |
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 6 | 273 | +75 kg | 109.58 | 115 | 118 | 155 | |||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 7 | 273 | +75 kg | 108.89 | 110 | 115 | 118 | 155 | ||
| 2015 Asian Championships 6 Sep 2015 | - | - | +75 kg | 109.35 | 151 | 160 | 162 | |||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 7 | 259 | +75 kg | 106.89 | 105 | 112 | 141 | 147 | ||
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 4 | 282 | +75 kg | 108.02 | 111 | 115 | 120 | 153 | 162 | |
| 2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 29 Jun 2011 | - | - | +75 kg | 95.36 | 90 | 95 |
Compare Son Young-hee
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