South Korea · Men's 89 kg, May 2025
Yu Dong-ju
Yu Dong-ju is a weightlifter from South Korea, born in 1993, with one World Championships gold medal. The results below cover 23 competitions from 2013 to 2025. The latest result came in the men's 89 kg class, at the 2025 Asian Championships.
- World gold
- 1
- Best total
- 375 kg
- Best snatch
- 168 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 209 kg
Yu Dong-ju's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Weight classes: 85 kg from 2013 to 2017, 89 kg in 2019, 96 kg in 2019, 89 kg in 2019, 96 kg in 2020, 89 kg in 2021, 96 kg in 2021, 89 kg from 2021 to 2025. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (85 kg to 89 kg) and again in June 2025. At 88.83 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.
Latest result: 2025 Asian Championships, 9 May 2025, 89 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89 kg2019 to 2025 | 168 | 209 | 375 |
| 96 kg2019 to 2021 | 160 | 200 | 360 |
| 85 kg2013 to 2017 | 161 | 198 | 355 |
Yu Dong-ju by the numbers
Yu Dong-ju'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
- 459.1
- From 375 kg at 89 kg bodyweight, 2024 IWF World Cup. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 16th of 459
- 375 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 89 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 79%
- At the best total, 166 kg of 209 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
- Age at best total
- 31
- Turned 31 in 2024, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 20 of 23
- Of the other three: two with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.
How often Yu Dong-ju makes each attempt
Yu Dong-ju made 61% of snatch attempts and 56% 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
Yu Dong-ju head to head
The lifters Yu Dong-ju 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 | Yu Dong-ju ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sarvarbek Zafarjonov |
6 | 2 | 4 |
 Toshiki Yamamoto |
6 | 4 | 2 |
| Emil Moldodosov | 5 | 4 | 1 |
 Ali Miri |
4 | 3 | 1 |
 Alex Bellemarre |
4 | 4 | 0 |
 Amar Musić |
4 | 4 | 0 |
Yu Dong-ju'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Asian Championships 9 May 2025 | - | - | 89 kg | 88.83 | 157 | 161 | 164 | |||
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 8 | 361 | 89 kg | 89 | 155 | 160 | 195 | 201 | ||
| 2024 Olympic Games 7 Aug 2024 | 6 | 371 | 89 kg | 89 | 163 | 168 | 203 | |||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 5 | 375 | 89 kg | 89 | 163 | 166 | 200 | 209 | ||
| 2024 Asian Championships 3 Feb 2024 | 6 | 346 | 89 kg | 89 | 145 | 190 | 195 | 201 | ||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | - | No lifts | 89 kg | 88.91 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 11 | 355 | 89 kg | 88.98 | 155 | 160 | 195 | |||
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 5 | 362 | 89 kg | 88.5 | 155 | 161 | 195 | 201 | ||
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 1 | 371 | 89 kg | 88.5 | 160 | 165 | 167 | 200 | 204 | |
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 8 | 360 | 96 kg | 92.55 | 160 | 200 | ||||
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 4 | 367 | 89 kg | 88.6 | 160 | 200 | 207 | |||
| Roma 2020 World Cup 27 Jan 2020 | - | - | 96 kg | 90.55 | 140 | 145 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |
| 2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 1 | 365 | 89 kg | 88.64 | 160 | 200 | 205 | |||
| 2019 Challenge 210 24 Oct 2019 | 1 | 309 | 96 kg | 90.24 | 120 | 135 | 139 | 170 | not taken | not taken |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 6 | 367 | 89 kg | 88.5 | 157 | 162 | 200 | 205 | ||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 1 | 367 | 89 kg | 88.4 | 160 | 198 | 202 | 207 | ||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 | 1 | 360 | 89 kg | 88.75 | 150 | 160 | 190 | 200 | ||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 4 | 352 | 85 kg | 84.77 | 158 | 194 | ||||
| 2017 Asian Championships 21 Apr 2017 | 4 | 350 | 85 kg | 84.54 | 151 | 156 | 180 | 194 | ||
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 13 | 340 | 85 kg | 84.44 | 150 | 190 | ||||
| 2016 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2016 | 4 | 353 | 85 kg | 84.4 | 155 | 161 | 192 | |||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 11 | 355 | 85 kg | 84.39 | 151 | 157 | 193 | 198 | ||
| 2013 Asian Championships 20 Jun 2013 | 1 | 340 | 85 kg | 83.45 | 150 | 155 | 185 |
Compare Yu Dong-ju
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Yu Dong-ju.