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Chen Yanqing vs Laura Wheatcroft
Chen Yanqing and Laura Wheatcroft, compared on every result on this site. Chen Yanqing's best total is 244 kg (women's 58 kg, 2008); Laura Wheatcroft's is 189 kg (women's 59 kg, 2023). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Chen Yanqing is ahead by 78.9 points. They never met in the same class.
Chen Yanqing and Laura Wheatcroft side by side
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 Yanqing |
Laura Wheatcroft |
|---|---|---|
| Nation | China | Not listed |
| Born | 1979 | Not listed |
| Competitions | 5, 1998 to 2008 | 3, 2023 |
| Olympic medals | 2 gold | None |
| World Championships medals | 1 gold | None |
| Best snatch | 107.5 kg | 83 kg |
| Best clean and jerk | 138 kg | 107 kg |
| Best total | 244 kg (women's 58 kg, 2008) | 189 kg (women's 59 kg, 2023) |
| Best Sinclair score | 335.9 | 256.9 |
| Best total, place in its class | 5th of 834 in the women's 58 kg | 169th of 438 in the women's 59 kg |
| Snatch attempts made | Too few recorded | Too few recorded |
| Clean and jerk attempts made | Too few recorded | Too few recorded |
| Snatch as a share of clean and jerk | 77% | 77% |
| 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 Yanqing vs Laura Wheatcroft head to head
Chen Yanqing and Laura Wheatcroft never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 1998 to 2008 for Chen Yanqing and 2023 to 2023 for Laura Wheatcroft, so the side by side figures and the chart are the comparison.
Chen Yanqing and Laura Wheatcroft, competition by competition
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.
More comparisons
Lifters whose best totals came in nearby classes, from any year.