Bernardin Matam vs Shi Zhiyong

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	Bernardin Matam	Shi Zhiyong
Nation	France	China
Born	1990	1980
Competitions	35, 2011 to 2026	28, 1999 to 2024
Olympic medals	None	3 gold
World Championships medals	1 bronze	4 gold, 3 silver
Best snatch	147 kg	169 kg
Best clean and jerk	182 kg	198 kg
Best total	324 kg (men's 73 kg, 2024)	364 kg (men's 73 kg, 2021)
Best Sinclair score	458.1	500.8
Best total, place in its class	62nd of 434 in the men's 73 kg	2nd of 434 in the men's 73 kg
Snatch attempts made	55% (58 of 105)	75% (54 of 72)
Clean and jerk attempts made	53% (50 of 95)	59% (38 of 64)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	78%	84%
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 men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
• 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.

Every competition where both were entered in the same class, newest first. Each lifter's column gives the total in kilograms and the place in the class. "No lifts" means an entry without an attempt; "No total" means the results record no total, most often after three misses in one lift. Only meets where both posted a total count toward who finished ahead: the higher total, or on equal totals the published places, which went to the lighter lifter until 2017 and to the one who made the total first since.

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.

• Nearby class Shi Zhiyong vs Lü Xiaojun
• Nearby class Shi Zhiyong vs Óscar Figueroa
• Nearby class Shi Zhiyong vs Nikolaj Pešalov
• Nearby class Shi Zhiyong vs Chen Lijun