Chinese Taipei · Men's 56 kg, November 2014
Yang Chin-yi
Yang Chin-yi is a weightlifter from Chinese Taipei, born in 1981, with one World Championships medal (1 silver). The results below cover 18 competitions from 1998 to 2014. The latest result came in the men's 56 kg class, at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships.
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 285 kg
- Best snatch
- 128 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 157 kg
Yang Chin-yi's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 silver in the total.
Latest result: 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 November 2014, 56 kg, total 274 kg, place 7.
Yang Chin-yi by the numbers
Yang Chin-yi'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
- 472.5
- From 285 kg at 55.43 kg bodyweight, 2008 Olympic Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 14th of 741
- 285 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
- 82%
- At the best total, 128 kg of 157 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
- 27
- Turned 27 in 2008, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 15 of 18
- Of the other three: two with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.
How often Yang Chin-yi makes each attempt
Yang Chin-yi made 46% of snatch attempts and 41% 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
Yang Chin-yi head to head
The lifters Yang Chin-yi 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 | Yang Chin-yi ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wang Shin-yuan | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 |
Yang Chin-yi'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 7 | 274 | 56 kg | 55.95 | 115 | 120 | 124 | 150 | ||
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 5 | 277 | 56 kg | 55.76 | 122 | 150 | 155 | |||
| 2013 Asian Championships 20 Jun 2013 | 4 | 263 | 56 kg | 55.75 | 115 | 121 | 142 | |||
| 2012 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2012 | 5 | 262 | 56 kg | 55.41 | 116 | 146 | ||||
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 9 | 261 | 56 kg | 55.54 | 115 | 146 | ||||
| 2009 East Asian Games 7 Dec 2009 | 2 | 240 | 56 kg | 55.55 | 105 | 135 | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | 7 | 260 | 56 kg | 55.86 | 115 | 145 | ||||
| 2009 Asian Championships 9 May 2009 | 4 | 260 | 56 kg | 55.4 | Snatch 115, clean and jerk 145; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | 4 | 285 | 56 kg | 55.43 | 125 | 128 | 154 | 157 | ||
| 2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 | 6 | 275 | 56 kg | 55.56 | 120 | 150 | 155 | |||
| 2004 Olympic Games 14 Aug 2004 | - | No lifts | 56 kg | 55.5 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | 8 | 265 | 56 kg | 55.66 | 120 | 145 | ||||
| 2003 University World Cup 11 Jul 2003 | - | - | 56 kg | 55.33 | 120 | 125 | ||||
| 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002 | 2 | 277.5 | 56 kg | 55.6 | 125 | 152.5 | ||||
| 2000 Olympic Games 16 Sep 2000 | 8 | 270 | 56 kg | 55.58 | 120 | 150 | ||||
| 2000 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 2 Jul 2000 | 4 | 250 | 56 kg | 54.91 | 110 | 140 | not taken | not taken | ||
| 1999 World Weightlifting Championships 21 Nov 1999 | 9 | 262.5 | 56 kg | 55.21 | 115 | 145 | 147.5 | |||
| 1998 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 18 May 1998 | - | - | 56 kg | 55.65 | 105 | 110 | ||||
Compare Yang Chin-yi
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Yang Chin-yi.

