Ayşegül Çoban vs Hou Zhihui

Career figures from every result on this site. Where one figure is better, it is in bold. The figures are explained under the table.

Figure	Ayşegül Çoban	Hou Zhihui
Nation	Turkey	China
Born	1992	1997
Competitions	29, 2009 to 2019	17, 2015 to 2024
Olympic medals	None	2 gold
World Championships medals	None	1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
Best snatch	82 kg	97 kg
Best clean and jerk	114 kg	120 kg
Best total	195 kg (women's 53 kg, 2014)	217 kg (women's 49 kg, 2024)
Best Sinclair score	284.3	332.6
Best total, place in its class	91st of 761 in the women's 53 kg	2nd of 309 in the women's 49 kg
Snatch attempts made	51% (44 of 87)	80% (41 of 51)
Clean and jerk attempts made	63% (55 of 87)	77% (37 of 48)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	71%	81%
World records held now	None	None

How to read these figures

• Sinclair score. The total scaled for bodyweight with the IWF's 2025 to 2028 coefficients, so lifters from different classes sit on one scale. Women and men have separate formulas.
• Place in its class. Where the best total stands among every lifter with a total in that class on this site, on the IWF class list in force at the time.
• Attempts made. The share of all snatch or clean and jerk attempts the lifter made. At senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998, lifters make 58% of snatches and 56% of clean and jerks.
• Snatch as a share of clean and jerk. The snatch divided by the clean and jerk at the best total. It describes the shape of a lifter, not strength, so it is not in bold; eight in ten women lifting in national federation meets sit between 70% and 85%.
• World records held now. Records on the IWF class list in force since 1 August 2026. A record set in a class that list retired does not carry over, so a past record holder can show none.

Ayşegül Çoban and Hou Zhihui never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2009 to 2019 for Ayşegül Çoban and 2015 to 2024 for Hou Zhihui, so the side by side figures and the chart are the comparison.

The Sinclair score at each competition: the total scaled for bodyweight, so lifters from different classes sit on one scale. Competitions that ended without a total or a bodyweight have no point.

Lifters whose best totals came in nearby classes, from any year.

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• Nearby class Hou Zhihui vs Wang Mingjuan
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