China · Women's 48 kg, December 2009

Yang Lian

Yang Lian is a weightlifter from China, born in 1982, with one World Championships gold medal. The results below cover 2 competitions from 2006 to 2009. The latest result came in the women's 48 kg class, at the 2009 East Asian Games.

World gold
1
Best total
217 kg
Best snatch
98 kg
Best clean and jerk
119 kg
Career

Yang Lian's career

Latest result: 2009 East Asian Games, 7 December 2009, 48 kg, total 202 kg, place 1.

Numbers

Yang Lian by the numbers

Yang Lian'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
338.5
From 217 kg at 47.8 kg bodyweight, 2006 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
1st of 575
217 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 48 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, 98 kg of 119 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
24
Turned 24 in 2006, the year of the best total.
Results

Yang Lian'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
2009 East Asian Games 7 Dec 2009 1 202 48 kg 47.68 858890103108112
2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 1 217 48 kg 47.8 909598110116119
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