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
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 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.
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
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 |
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.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| 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 | 40 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2009 East Asian Games 7 Dec 2009 | 4 | 207 | 75 kg | 74.22 | 92 | 110 | 115 | |||
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | 10 | 210 | 75 kg | 74.57 | 90 | 93 | 95 | 107 | 111 | 115 |
| 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 | 97 | 120 | ||||
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | 21 | 207 | 75 kg | 74.36 | 90 | 95 | 97 | 110 | ||
| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 | - | - | 75 kg | 74.35 | 110 | |||||
| 2005 University World Cup 8 Jul 2005 | 2 | 222 | 75 kg | 74.36 | 95 | 100 | 102 | 120 | ||
| 2001 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jul 2001 | 1 | 232.5 | 75 kg | 73.4 | 95 | 97.5 | 102.5 | 120 | 130 | |
Compare Yang Houqin
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.

