China · Women's 71 kg, May 2025
Yang Qiuxia
Yang Qiuxia is a weightlifter from China, born in 2002, with one World Championships medal (1 bronze). The results below cover 4 competitions from 2017 to 2025. The latest result came in the women's 71 kg class, at the 2025 Asian Championships.
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 262 kg
- Best snatch
- 122 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 140 kg
Yang Qiuxia's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 63 kg in 2017, 71 kg from 2022 to 2025. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (63 kg to 71 kg) and again in June 2025. At 70.78 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 77 kg.
Latest result: 2025 Asian Championships, 9 May 2025, 71 kg, total 262 kg, place 2.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71 kg2022 to 2025 | 122 | 140 | 262 |
| 63 kg2017 | 88 | 108 | 196 |
Yang Qiuxia by the numbers
Yang Qiuxia'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
- 322.1
- From 262 kg at 70.78 kg bodyweight, 2025 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 5th of 451
- 262 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 71 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 87%
- At the best total, 122 kg of 140 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
- 23
- Turned 23 in 2025, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 4 of 4
- A total at every competition listed.
Yang Qiuxia head to head
The lifters Yang Qiuxia 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 Qiuxia ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuujin Ganzorig | 3 | 2 | 1 |
 Mabia Akter Simanta |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Yang Qiuxia'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. A row that names two events was one competition scored for both; its places can differ because each ranks its own field.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Asian Championships 9 May 2025 | 2 | 262 | 71 kg | 70.78 | 115 | 120 | 122 | 135 | 140 | |
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 3 | 261 | 71 kg | 70.8 | 115 | 121 | 134 | 140 | ||
| 2022 Asian Championships 6 Oct 2022 | 1 | 228 | 71 kg | 68.74 | 100 | 103 | 106 | 120 | 122 | |
| 2017 Asian Junior Championships 21 Jul 2017 Also the 2017 Asian Youth Championships, place 4 | 5 | 196 | 63 kg | 62.2 | 88 | 108 |
Compare Yang Qiuxia
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Yang Qiuxia.