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Chen Yanqing vs Patricia Sosa

Chen Yanqing and Patricia Sosa, compared on every result on this site. Chen Yanqing's best total is 244 kg (women's 58 kg, 2008); Patricia Sosa's is 170 kg (women's 58 kg, 2000). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Chen Yanqing is ahead by 97.0 points. They met once in the same class: Chen Yanqing finished ahead every time.

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Chen Yanqing and Patricia Sosa 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 China Chen Yanqing Patricia Sosa
Nation China Not listed
Born 1979 1981
Competitions 5, 1998 to 2008 4, 1999 to 2006
Olympic medals 2 gold None
World Championships medals 1 gold None
Best snatch 107.5 kg 75 kg
Best clean and jerk 138 kg 97.5 kg
Best total 244 kg (women's 58 kg, 2008) 170 kg (women's 58 kg, 2000)
Best Sinclair score 335.9 238.9
Best total, place in its class 5th of 834 in the women's 58 kg 467th of 834 in the women's 58 kg
Snatch attempts made Too few recorded 42% (5 of 12)
Clean and jerk attempts made Too few recorded Too few recorded
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk 77% 74%
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.
Head to head

Chen Yanqing vs Patricia Sosa head to head

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.

Competition Class Chen Yanqing Patricia Sosa Ahead
1999 World Weightlifting Championships 21 Nov 199958 kgAhead: Chen Yanqing 58 kg 235place 1 167.5place 28 Chen Yanqing
Careers

Chen Yanqing and Patricia Sosa, 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.

Chen Yanqing and Patricia Sosa: Sinclair score at each competition, 5 and 4 competitions.210280350199820002002200420062008Chen Yanqing, 1998 University World Cup, 24 Apr 1998: 302.71 pointsChen Yanqing, 1999 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 3 Jul 1999: 321.49 pointsChen Yanqing, 1999 World Weightlifting Championships, 21 Nov 1999: 324.15 pointsChen Yanqing, 2004 Olympic Games, 14 Aug 2004: 328.65 pointsChen Yanqing, 2008 Olympic Games, 9 Aug 2008: 335.88 pointsPatricia Sosa, 1999 World Weightlifting Championships, 21 Nov 1999: 229.8 pointsPatricia Sosa, 2000 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 2 Jul 2000: 234.41 pointsPatricia Sosa, 2001 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Jul 2001: 238.89 pointsPatricia Sosa, 2006 World Weightlifting Championships, 30 Sep 2006: 217.62 points
Chen Yanqing and Patricia Sosa: Sinclair score at each competition, 5 and 4 competitions.2102803501998200120042007Chen Yanqing, 1998 University World Cup, 24 Apr 1998: 302.71 pointsChen Yanqing, 1999 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 3 Jul 1999: 321.49 pointsChen Yanqing, 1999 World Weightlifting Championships, 21 Nov 1999: 324.15 pointsChen Yanqing, 2004 Olympic Games, 14 Aug 2004: 328.65 pointsChen Yanqing, 2008 Olympic Games, 9 Aug 2008: 335.88 pointsPatricia Sosa, 1999 World Weightlifting Championships, 21 Nov 1999: 229.8 pointsPatricia Sosa, 2000 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 2 Jul 2000: 234.41 pointsPatricia Sosa, 2001 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Jul 2001: 238.89 pointsPatricia Sosa, 2006 World Weightlifting Championships, 30 Sep 2006: 217.62 points
Chen Yanqing: round points Patricia Sosa: square points
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