David Sánchez vs Lü Xiaojun

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	David Sánchez	Lü Xiaojun
Nation	Spain	China
Born	1994	1984
Competitions	31, 2011 to 2025	21, 2004 to 2021
Olympic medals	None	3 gold
World Championships medals	None	6 gold
Best snatch	150 kg	177 kg
Best clean and jerk	185 kg	207 kg
Best total	335 kg (men's 73 kg, 2023)	380 kg (men's 77 kg, 2013)
Best Sinclair score	458.2	505.4
Best total, place in its class	31st of 434 in the men's 73 kg	1st of 1,242 in the men's 77 kg
Snatch attempts made	65% (55 of 85)	67% (38 of 57)
Clean and jerk attempts made	63% (49 of 78)	58% (31 of 53)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	81%	86%
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.

David Sánchez and Lü Xiaojun never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2011 to 2025 for David Sánchez and 2004 to 2021 for Lü Xiaojun, 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.

• Nearby class David Sánchez vs Shi Zhiyong
• Nearby class David Sánchez vs Óscar Figueroa
• Nearby class David Sánchez vs Nikolaj Pešalov
• Nearby class Lü Xiaojun vs Shi Zhiyong
• Nearby class Lü Xiaojun vs Liao Hui
• Nearby class Lü Xiaojun vs Rizki Juniansyah