China · Women's 48 kg, July 2012
Wang Mingjuan
Wang Mingjuan is a weightlifter from China, born in 1985, with one Olympic gold medal and four World Championships gold medals. The results below cover 10 competitions from 2002 to 2012. The latest result came in the women's 48 kg class, at the 2012 Olympic Games.
- Olympic gold
- 1
- World golds
- 4
- Best total
- 213 kg
- Best snatch
- 95 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 118 kg
Wang Mingjuan's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Weight classes: 48 kg from 2002 to 2007, 53 kg in 2008, 48 kg from 2008 to 2012. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 47.73 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 49 kg.
Latest result: 2012 Olympic Games, 27 July 2012, 48 kg, total 205 kg, place 1.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg2002 to 2012 | 95 | 118 | 213 |
| 53 kg2008 | 92 | 113 | 205 |
Wang Mingjuan by the numbers
Wang Mingjuan'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
- 332.2
- From 213 kg at 47.82 kg bodyweight, 2005 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 3rd of 575
- 213 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
- 81%
- At the best total, 95 kg of 118 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
- 20
- Turned 20 in 2005, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 10 of 10
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Wang Mingjuan makes each attempt
Wang Mingjuan made 85% of snatch attempts and 83% 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
Wang Mingjuan head to head
The lifters Wang Mingjuan 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 | Wang Mingjuan ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chen Wei-ling | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Enga Mohamed |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Gema Peris |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Hiromi Miyake |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Izabela Dragneva |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Nurcan Taylan |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Wang Mingjuan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 1 | 205 | 48 kg | 47.73 | 88 | 91 | 110 | 114 | ||
| 2010 Asian Games 12 Nov 2010 | 1 | 210 | 48 kg | 47.84 | 89 | 91 | 95 | 110 | 115 | |
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | 1 | 208 | 48 kg | 47.97 | 90 | 93 | 110 | 115 | not taken | |
| 2008 Asian Championships 26 Apr 2008 | 1 | 188 | 48 kg | 47.86 | 84 | 87 | 101 | not taken | not taken | |
| 2008 Olympic Test Event 22 Jan 2008 | 1 | 205 | 53 kg | 49.04 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 105 | 110 | 113 |
| 2007 IWF World Cup 26 Nov 2007 | 1 | 204 | 48 kg | 47.65 | Snatch 88, clean and jerk 116; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 | 1 | 213 | 48 kg | 47.82 | 89 | 93 | 95 | 112 | 116 | 118 |
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | 1 | 200 | 48 kg | 47.84 | 85 | 90 | 110 | not taken | ||
| 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002 | 1 | 207.5 | 48 kg | 47.8 | 87.5 | 90.5 | 92.5 | 110 | 112.5 | 115.5 |
| 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002 | 1 | 200 | 48 kg | 47.39 | 82.5 | 88 | 90 | 102.5 | 110 | |
Compare Wang Mingjuan
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Wang Mingjuan met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.