Chen Wei-ling 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	Chen Wei-ling	Hou Zhihui
Nation	Chinese Taipei	China
Born	1982	1997
Competitions	14, 2003 to 2016	17, 2015 to 2024
Olympic medals	1 gold	2 gold
World Championships medals	1 bronze	1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
Best snatch	87 kg	97 kg
Best clean and jerk	113 kg	120 kg
Best total	200 kg (women's 48 kg, 2009)	217 kg (women's 49 kg, 2024)
Best Sinclair score	312.6	332.6
Best total, place in its class	10th of 575 in the women's 48 kg	2nd of 309 in the women's 49 kg
Snatch attempts made	64% (23 of 36)	80% (41 of 51)
Clean and jerk attempts made	66% (23 of 35)	77% (37 of 48)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	77%	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.

Chen Wei-ling and Hou Zhihui never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2003 to 2016 for Chen Wei-ling 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 Hsu Shu-ching
• Nearby class Hou Zhihui vs Wang Mingjuan
• Nearby class Hou Zhihui vs Sopita Tanasan