Chen Yanqing vs Zoe Smith

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	Zoe Smith
Nation	China	Great Britain
Born	1979	1994
Competitions	5, 1998 to 2008	27, 2009 to 2024
Olympic medals	2 gold	None
World Championships medals	1 gold	None
Best snatch	107.5 kg	100 kg
Best clean and jerk	138 kg	128 kg
Best total	244 kg (women's 58 kg, 2008)	225 kg (women's 64 kg, 2019)
Best Sinclair score	335.9	293.5
Best total, place in its class	5th of 834 in the women's 58 kg	32nd of 499 in the women's 64 kg
Snatch attempts made	Too few recorded	67% (53 of 79)
Clean and jerk attempts made	Too few recorded	66% (51 of 77)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	77%	80%
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 and Zoe Smith never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 1998 to 2008 for Chen Yanqing and 2009 to 2024 for Zoe Smith, 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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