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
Career

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: totals from the 15 competitions with a total, 1999 to 2014, best 285 kg in 2008.23026029019992003200720111999 World Weightlifting Championships, 21 Nov 1999: 262.5 kg2000 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 2 Jul 2000: 250 kg2000 Olympic Games, 16 Sep 2000: 270 kg2002 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Nov 2002: 277.5 kg2003 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Nov 2003: 265 kg2005 World Weightlifting Championships, 8 Nov 2005: 275 kg2008 Olympic Games, 9 Aug 2008: 285 kg2009 Asian Championships, 9 May 2009: 260 kg2009 World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Nov 2009: 260 kg2009 East Asian Games, 7 Dec 2009: 240 kg2011 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2011: 261 kg2012 Asian Championships, 22 Apr 2012: 262 kg2013 Asian Championships, 20 Jun 2013: 263 kg2014 Asian Games, 19 Sep 2014: 277 kg2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 274 kg
Yang Chin-yi: totals from the 15 competitions with a total, 1999 to 2014, best 285 kg in 2008.23026029019992003200720111999 World Weightlifting Championships, 21 Nov 1999: 262.5 kg2000 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 2 Jul 2000: 250 kg2000 Olympic Games, 16 Sep 2000: 270 kg2002 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Nov 2002: 277.5 kg2003 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Nov 2003: 265 kg2005 World Weightlifting Championships, 8 Nov 2005: 275 kg2008 Olympic Games, 9 Aug 2008: 285 kg2009 Asian Championships, 9 May 2009: 260 kg2009 World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Nov 2009: 260 kg2009 East Asian Games, 7 Dec 2009: 240 kg2011 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2011: 261 kg2012 Asian Championships, 22 Apr 2012: 262 kg2013 Asian Championships, 20 Jun 2013: 263 kg2014 Asian Games, 19 Sep 2014: 277 kg2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 274 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.
Numbers

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.
Attempts

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

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Yang Chin-yi: 75%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Yang Chin-yi: 44%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Yang Chin-yi: 19%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Yang Chin-yi: 63%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Yang Chin-yi: 43%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Yang Chin-yi: 14%
Rivals

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
Vietnam Tran Le Quoc Toan 5 0 5
Cuba Sergio Álvarez 5 1 4
France Eric Bonnel 5 5 0
Romania Adrian Jigău 4 1 3
Indonesia Jadi Setiadi 4 1 3
Results

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 115120124150158 kg missed158 kg missed
2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 5 277 56 kg 55.76 122125 kg missed125 kg missed150155161 kg missed
2013 Asian Championships 20 Jun 2013 4 263 56 kg 55.75 115121123 kg missed142151 kg missed151 kg missed
2012 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2012 5 262 56 kg 55.41 116 kg missed116120 kg missed146 kg missed146 kg missed146
2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 9 261 56 kg 55.54 115 kg missed115120 kg missed146151 kg missed151 kg missed
2009 East Asian Games 7 Dec 2009 2 240 56 kg 55.55 105115 kg missed115 kg missed135not takennot taken
2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 7 260 56 kg 55.86 115121 kg missed121 kg missed145150 kg missed150 kg missed
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 125128 kg missed128154157160 kg missed
2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 6 275 56 kg 55.56 120 kg missed120125 kg missed150155156 kg missed
2004 Olympic Games 14 Aug 2004 - No lifts 56 kg 55.5 not takennot takennot takennot takennot takennot taken
2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 8 265 56 kg 55.66 120125 kg missed125 kg missed145 kg missed145152.5 kg missed
2003 University World Cup 11 Jul 2003 - - 56 kg 55.33 120125130 kg missed150 kg missed150 kg missed150 kg missed
2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002 2 277.5 56 kg 55.6 125 kg missed125 kg missed125152.5 kg missed152.5 kg missed152.5
2000 Olympic Games 16 Sep 2000 8 270 56 kg 55.58 120125 kg missed127.5 kg missed150 kg missed150155 kg missed
2000 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 2 Jul 2000 4 250 56 kg 54.91 110120 kg missed120 kg missed140not takennot taken
1999 World Weightlifting Championships 21 Nov 1999 9 262.5 56 kg 55.21 115120 kg missed120 kg missed145147.5150 kg missed
1998 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 18 May 1998 - - 56 kg 55.65 105110112.5 kg missed135 kg missed135 kg missed135 kg missed
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