China · Men's 56 kg, September 2000

Wu Wenxiong

Wu Wenxiong is a weightlifter from China, born in 1981, with one Olympic medal (1 silver). The results below cover 2 competitions from 1999 to 2000. The latest result came in the men's 56 kg class, at the 2000 Olympic Games.

Olympic medal
1
Best total
287.5 kg
Best snatch
125 kg
Best clean and jerk
162.5 kg
Career

Wu Wenxiong's career

Olympic Games: 1 silver.

Latest result: 2000 Olympic Games, 16 September 2000, 56 kg, total 287.5 kg, place 2.

Numbers

Wu Wenxiong by the numbers

Wu Wenxiong'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
476.4
From 287.5 kg at 55.48 kg bodyweight, 2000 Olympic Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
10th of 741
287.5 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 56 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
77%
At the best total, 125 kg of 162.5 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
19
Turned 19 in 2000, the year of the best total.
Results

Wu Wenxiong'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.

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Competition Place Total Class Bodyweight Snatch 1 2 3 Clean and jerk 1 2 3
2000 Olympic Games 16 Sep 2000 2 287.5 56 kg 55.48 125130 kg missed130 kg missed157.5162.5 kg missed162.5
1999 World Weightlifting Championships 21 Nov 1999 5 277.5 56 kg 55.61 115120122.5150155157.5 kg missed
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