China · Women's 81 kg, March 2024
Wang Zhouyu
Wang Zhouyu is a weightlifter from China, born in 1994, with one Olympic gold medal and four World Championships medals (2 gold, 2 silver). The results below cover 17 competitions from 2013 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 81 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- Olympic gold
- 1
- World medals
- 4
- Best total
- 286 kg
- Best snatch
- 126 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 160 kg
Wang Zhouyu's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 gold. World Championships: 2 gold, 2 silver in the total.
Weight classes: 75 kg from 2013 to 2015, 76 kg from 2018 to 2019, 87 kg from 2019 to 2021, 81 kg from 2022 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (75 kg to 76 kg) and again in June 2025. At 80.76 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 86 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 81 kg, total 267 kg, place 2.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81 kg2022 to 2024 | 122 | 155 | 277 |
| 87 kg2019 to 2021 | 126 | 160 | 286 |
| 76 kg2018 to 2019 | 120 | 152 | 270 |
| 75 kg2013 to 2015 | 115 | 140 | 255 |
Wang Zhouyu by the numbers
Wang Zhouyu'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
- 324.8
- From 286 kg at 84.8 kg bodyweight, 2020 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 1st of 250
- 286 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
- 79%
- At the best total, 126 kg of 160 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
- 27
- Turned 27 in 2021, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 17 of 17
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Wang Zhouyu makes each attempt
Wang Zhouyu made 68% of snatch attempts and 75% 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 Zhouyu head to head
The lifters Wang Zhouyu 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 Zhouyu ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liang Xiaomei |
5 | 1 | 4 |
 Elena Erighina |
5 | 5 | 0 |
 Maya Laylor |
4 | 4 | 0 |
 Aremi Fuentes |
3 | 3 | 0 |
| Bilegsaikhan Erdenebat | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Dayana Chirinos |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Wang Zhouyu'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 | 2 | 267 | 81 kg | 80.76 | 120 | 147 | ||||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 2 | 268 | 81 kg | 81 | 120 | 148 | ||||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 2 | 277 | 81 kg | 81 | 117 | 122 | 147 | 155 | not taken | |
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 2 | 261 | 81 kg | 80.84 | 115 | 140 | 146 | |||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 2 | 266 | 81 kg | 80 | 115 | 141 | 148 | 151 | ||
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 1 | 270 | 87 kg | 84.2 | 115 | 120 | 145 | 150 | ||
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 1 | 286 | 87 kg | 84.8 | 119 | 126 | 148 | 154 | 160 | |
| 2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 1 | 281 | 87 kg | 84.04 | 117 | 122 | 126 | 147 | 155 | |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 1 | 278 | 87 kg | 83.5 | 116 | 120 | 147 | 153 | 158 | |
| Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 | 1 | 278 | 87 kg | 84.05 | 115 | 120 | 125 | 145 | 153 | |
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 1 | 280 | 87 kg | 81.38 | 115 | 120 | 125 | 145 | 150 | 155 |
| 2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 | 3 | 260 | 76 kg | 75.85 | 112 | 120 | 140 | |||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 1 | 270 | 76 kg | 75.71 | 113 | 118 | 140 | 146 | 152 | |
| 2015 IWF Grand Prix 5th Russian Federation President's Cup 12 Dec 2015 | 2 | 255 | 75 kg | 74.62 | 110 | 115 | 130 | 140 | ||
| 2015 Asian Championships 6 Sep 2015 | 1 | 250 | 75 kg | 74.46 | 110 | 115 | not taken | 135 | not taken | not taken |
| 2014 IWF Grand Prix - President's Cup 6 Sep 2014 | 2 | 255 | 75 kg | 75 | 110 | 115 | 130 | 140 | ||
| 2013 Asian Junior Championships 1 Jul 2013 | 1 | 245 | 75 kg | 74.14 | 100 | 105 | 110 | 120 | 130 | 135 |
Compare Wang Zhouyu
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Wang Zhouyu met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.