China · Men's 73 kg, December 2022
Yuan Chengfei
Yuan Chengfei is a weightlifter from China, born in 1995. The results below cover 15 competitions from 2010 to 2022. The latest result came in the men's 73 kg class, at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 355 kg
- Best snatch
- 160 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 195 kg
Yuan Chengfei's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 50 kg in 2010, 62 kg in 2012, 69 kg from 2014 to 2016, 77 kg in 2017, 73 kg from 2019 to 2022. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (77 kg to 73 kg) and again in June 2025. At 72.8 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 75 kg.
Latest result: 2022 World Weightlifting Championships, 5 December 2022, 73 kg, total 331 kg, place 7.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73 kg2019 to 2022 | 156 | 193 | 349 |
| 77 kg2017 | 160 | 195 | 355 |
| 69 kg2014 to 2016 | 151 | 185 | 335 |
| 62 kg2012 | 129 | 146 | 275 |
| 50 kg2010 | 85 | 110 | 195 |
Yuan Chengfei by the numbers
Yuan Chengfei'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
- 477.9
- From 349 kg at 72.81 kg bodyweight, 2019 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 43rd of 1,242
- 355 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 77 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, 160 kg of 195 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
- 22
- Turned 22 in 2017, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 14 of 15
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Yuan Chengfei makes each attempt
Yuan Chengfei made 62% of snatch attempts and 51% 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
Yuan Chengfei head to head
The lifters Yuan Chengfei 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 | Yuan Chengfei ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Maksad Meredov | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 |
Yuan Chengfei'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 7 | 331 | 73 kg | 72.8 | 150 | 181 | ||||
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | - | - | 73 kg | 72.9 | 150 | 155 | ||||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (December) 10 Dec 2019 | 2 | 340 | 73 kg | 72.97 | 149 | 154 | 186 | |||
| 2019 Alexander Cup 1 Nov 2019 | 1 | 341 | 73 kg | 72.85 | 148 | 153 | 183 | 188 | ||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 10 | 333 | 73 kg | 72.95 | 146 | 181 | 187 | |||
| Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 | 3 | 337 | 73 kg | 72.75 | 150 | 180 | 187 | |||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 2 | 349 | 73 kg | 72.81 | 151 | 156 | 186 | 193 | ||
| 2019 IWF World Cup (February) 22 Feb 2019 | 2 | 339 | 73 kg | 72.95 | 151 | 188 | ||||
| 2017 Asian Championships 21 Apr 2017 | 1 | 355 | 77 kg | 76.33 | 152 | 155 | 160 | 185 | 187 | 195 |
| 2016 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2016 | 2 | 335 | 69 kg | 68.75 | 145 | 150 | 181 | 185 | ||
| 2015 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 6 Jun 2015 | 2 | 329 | 69 kg | 68.88 | 144 | 148 | 151 | 178 | ||
| 2015 Asian Junior Championships 1 Jan 2015 | 2 | 311 | 69 kg | 68.55 | 141 | 145 | 166 | |||
| 2014 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 20 Jun 2014 | 2 | 317 | 69 kg | 68.38 | 142 | 146 | 171 | |||
| 2012 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2012 | 2 | 275 | 62 kg | 61.2 | 123 | 127 | 129 | 146 | ||
| 2010 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships 8 Apr 2010 | 3 | 195 | 50 kg | 49.3 | 85 | 100 | 105 | 110 |
Compare Yuan Chengfei
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Yuan Chengfei.

