China · Men's 89 kg, March 2024
Tian Tao
Tian Tao is a weightlifter from China, born in 1994, with one Olympic medal (1 silver) and two World Championships medals (1 gold, 1 silver). The results below cover 18 competitions from 2013 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 89 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- Olympic medal
- 1
- World medals
- 2
- Best total
- 410 kg
- Best snatch
- 181 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 231 kg
Tian Tao's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 silver. World Championships: 1 gold, 1 silver in the total.
Weight classes: 85 kg from 2013 to 2016, 96 kg from 2018 to 2019, 102 kg in 2019, 96 kg from 2019 to 2021, 89 kg from 2022 to 2023, 96 kg in 2023, 89 kg from 2023 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (85 kg to 96 kg) and again in June 2025. At 88.99 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 89 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89 kg2022 to 2024 | 171 | 222 | 387 |
| 96 kg2018 to 2023 | 181 | 231 | 410 |
| 102 kg2019 | 150 | 170 | 320 |
| 85 kg2013 to 2016 | 178 | 218 | 395 |
Tian Tao by the numbers
Tian Tao'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
- 495.5
- From 395 kg at 84.85 kg bodyweight, 2016 Olympic Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 3rd of 455
- 410 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 96 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, 180 kg of 230 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
- Age at best total
- 25
- Turned 25 in 2019, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 12 of 18
- Of the other six: four with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and two entered without taking an attempt.
How often Tian Tao makes each attempt
Tian Tao made 56% of snatch attempts and 45% 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
Tian Tao head to head
The lifters Tian Tao 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 | Tian Tao ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kianoush Rostami |
4 | 2 | 2 |
| Han Junghoon | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Chen Po-jen | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| En Wei John Cheah | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Fares El-Bakh |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Jang Yeon-hak |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Tian Tao'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | - | - | 89 kg | 88.99 | 171 | |||||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | - | No lifts | 89 kg | 89 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 Asian Games 30 Sep 2023 | 1 | 390 | 96 kg | 93.67 | 170 | 175 | 180 | 210 | ||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | - | - | 89 kg | 88.99 | 168 | |||||
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 2 | 387 | 89 kg | 88.82 | 165 | 210 | 222 | |||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | - | No lifts | 89 kg | 88.5 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 1 | 386 | 96 kg | 95.7 | 170 | 175 | 211 | not taken | ||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 1 | 400 | 96 kg | 95.46 | 165 | 175 | 215 | 225 | ||
| 2019 Challenge 210 24 Oct 2019 | 1 | 320 | 102 kg | 99.08 | 130 | 140 | 150 | 150 | 160 | 170 |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 1 | 410 | 96 kg | 95.75 | 180 | 218 | 230 | |||
| Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 | 1 | 406 | 96 kg | 95.05 | 170 | 175 | 210 | 231 | ||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 1 | 401 | 96 kg | 94.81 | 175 | 181 | 220 | |||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 2 | 407 | 96 kg | 94.44 | 175 | 181 | 215 | 226 | ||
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 2 | 395 | 85 kg | 84.85 | 178 | 217 | ||||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | - | - | 85 kg | 84.59 | 173 | 178 | ||||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 6 | 375 | 85 kg | 84.28 | 165 | 170 | 205 | |||
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 1 | 381 | 85 kg | 84.57 | 163 | 205 | 218 | |||
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | - | - | 85 kg | 83.57 | 160 | not taken | not taken | not taken |
Compare Tian Tao
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Tian Tao met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.