China · Women's 76 kg, September 2019
Yao Chi-ling
Yao Chi-ling is a weightlifter from China, born in 1993. The results below cover 20 competitions from 2009 to 2019. The latest result came in the women's 76 kg class, at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 243 kg
- Best snatch
- 106 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 137 kg
Yao Chi-ling's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: +69 kg in 2009, +75 kg in 2009, +63 kg in 2010, +75 kg from 2011 to 2013, 75 kg from 2014 to 2018, 76 kg in 2019. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (75 kg to 76 kg) and again in June 2025. At 76 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 77 kg.
Latest result: 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 September 2019, 76 kg, total 216 kg, place 13.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 kg2019 | 95 | 122 | 216 |
| 75 kg2014 to 2018 | 105 | 136 | 237 |
| +75 kg2009 to 2013 | 106 | 137 | 243 |
| +63 kg2010 | 100 | 133 | 233 |
| +69 kg2009 | 93 | 122 | 215 |
Yao Chi-ling by the numbers
Yao Chi-ling'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
- 284.3
- From 237 kg at 74.53 kg bodyweight, 2017 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 95th of 479
- 243 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
- 77%
- At the best total, 106 kg of 137 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
- 18
- Turned 18 in 2011, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 18 of 20
- Of the other two: one with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.
How often Yao Chi-ling makes each attempt
Yao Chi-ling made 70% of snatch attempts and 60% 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
Yao Chi-ling head to head
The lifters Yao Chi-ling 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 | Yao Chi-ling ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rim Jong-sim |
7 | 0 | 7 |
 Ayumi Kamiya |
7 | 6 | 1 |
 Omadoy Otakuziyeva |
5 | 4 | 1 |
 Chitchanok Pulsabsakul |
3 | 1 | 2 |
 Alejandra Garza |
3 | 2 | 1 |
 Andreea Aanei |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Yao Chi-ling'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 13 | 216 | 76 kg | 76 | 90 | 94 | 115 | 120 | 122 | |
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 8 | 208 | 76 kg | 74.93 | 88 | 92 | 95 | 113 | ||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 | - | No lifts | 76 kg | 75.1 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2018 Asian Games 20 Aug 2018 | 4 | 224 | 75 kg | 74.88 | 97 | 127 | ||||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 6 | 228 | 75 kg | 74.35 | 96 | 100 | 128 | |||
| 2017 Summer Universiade 19 Aug 2017 | 3 | 236 | 75 kg | 74.72 | 96 | 101 | 105 | 126 | 131 | |
| 2017 Asian Championships 21 Apr 2017 | 2 | 237 | 75 kg | 74.53 | 98 | 101 | 125 | 136 | ||
| 2016 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2016 | 3 | 233 | 75 kg | 74.6 | 96 | 100 | 103 | 125 | 128 | 130 |
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | - | 226 | 75 kg | 75 | 96 | 100 | 103 | 123 | ||
| 2015 Asian Championships 6 Sep 2015 | 2 | 227 | 75 kg | 74.73 | 95 | 101 | 121 | 126 | ||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 11 | 226 | 75 kg | 74.59 | 97 | 101 | 125 | |||
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 6 | 232 | 75 kg | 74.34 | 97 | 102 | 125 | 130 | ||
| 2013 Summer Universiade 6 Jul 2013 | 8 | 238 | +75 kg | 80.92 | 100 | 105 | 129 | 133 | ||
| 2013 Asian Championships 20 Jun 2013 | 3 | 239 | +75 kg | 81.75 | 100 | 105 | 128 | 134 | ||
| 2012 FISU World University Championships 5 Nov 2012 | - | - | +75 kg | 82.63 | 130 | |||||
| 2012 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 10 May 2012 | 1 | 240 | +75 kg | 80.74 | 102 | 106 | 130 | 134 | ||
| 2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 29 Jun 2011 | 2 | 243 | +75 kg | 84.35 | 103 | 105 | 106 | 133 | 137 | |
| 2010 Youth Olympic Games 14 Aug 2010 | 4 | 233 | +63 kg | 81.37 | 97 | 100 | 127 | 133 | ||
| 2009 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 14 Jun 2009 | 5 | 215 | +75 kg | 80.49 | 90 | 120 | 125 | |||
| 2009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 May 2009 | 3 | 215 | +69 kg | 80.46 | 88 | 92 | 93 | 117 | 122 |
Compare Yao Chi-ling
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Yao Chi-ling met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.