China · Women's 75 kg, November 2010

Yang Houqin

Yang Houqin is a weightlifter from China, born in 1981. The results below cover 9 competitions from 2001 to 2010. The latest result came in the women's 75 kg class, at the 2010 Asian Games.

Best total
232.5 kg
Best snatch
110 kg
Best clean and jerk
130 kg
Career

Yang Houqin's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Latest result: 2010 Asian Games, 12 November 2010, 75 kg, no total.

Yang Houqin: totals from the 7 competitions with a total, 2001 to 2009, best 232.5 kg in 2001.200220240200120032005200720092001 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Jul 2001: 232.5 kg2005 University World Cup, 8 Jul 2005: 222 kg2007 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Sep 2007: 207 kg2008 Asian Championships, 26 Apr 2008: 217 kg2009 Asian Championships, 9 May 2009: 225 kg2009 World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Nov 2009: 210 kg2009 East Asian Games, 7 Dec 2009: 207 kg
Yang Houqin: totals from the 7 competitions with a total, 2001 to 2009, best 232.5 kg in 2001.200220240200120032005200720092001 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Jul 2001: 232.5 kg2005 University World Cup, 8 Jul 2005: 222 kg2007 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Sep 2007: 207 kg2008 Asian Championships, 26 Apr 2008: 217 kg2009 Asian Championships, 9 May 2009: 225 kg2009 World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Nov 2009: 210 kg2009 East Asian Games, 7 Dec 2009: 207 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.
Numbers

Yang Houqin by the numbers

Yang Houqin'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
280.9
From 232.5 kg at 73.4 kg bodyweight, 2001 Junior World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
105th of 626
232.5 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 75 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
79%
At the best total, 102.5 kg of 130 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 2001, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
7 of 9
The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Yang Houqin makes each attempt

Yang Houqin made 73% of snatch attempts and 48% 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 Houqin: 100%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Yang Houqin: 57%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Yang Houqin: 57%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Yang Houqin: 86%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Yang Houqin: 43%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Yang Houqin: 14%
Rivals

Yang Houqin head to head

The lifters Yang Houqin 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 Houqin ahead Rival ahead
China Cao Lei 5 0 5
Japan Kazue Imahoko 3 2 1
Results

Yang Houqin'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
2010 Asian Games 12 Nov 2010 - - 75 kg 73.26 40not takennot takennot takennot takennot taken
2009 East Asian Games 7 Dec 2009 4 207 75 kg 74.22 9297 kg missed97 kg missed110115120 kg missed
2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 10 210 75 kg 74.57 909395107111115
2009 Asian Championships 9 May 2009 4 225 75 kg 74.4 Snatch 98, clean and jerk 127; attempts not recorded
2008 Asian Championships 26 Apr 2008 6 217 75 kg 74.3 97101 kg missed101 kg missed120125 kg missed125 kg missed
2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 21 207 75 kg 74.36 909597110115 kg missed117 kg missed
2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 - - 75 kg 74.35 110112 kg missed112 kg missed140 kg missed140 kg missed140 kg missed
2005 University World Cup 8 Jul 2005 2 222 75 kg 74.36 95100102120127 kg missed130 kg missed
2001 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jul 2001 1 232.5 75 kg 73.4 9597.5102.5120130135.5 kg missed
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Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Yang Houqin met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

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