Ding Meiyuan vs Sarah Robles

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	Ding Meiyuan	Sarah Robles
Nation	China	United States
Born	1979	1988
Competitions	6, 1999 to 2003	33, 2008 to 2023
Olympic medals	1 gold	2 bronze
World Championships medals	2 gold	1 gold
Best snatch	137.5 kg	128 kg
Best clean and jerk	165 kg	162 kg
Best total	300 kg (women's +75 kg, 2000)	290 kg (women's +87 kg, 2018)
Best Sinclair score	320.8	291.6
Best total, place in its class	9th of 479 in the women's +75 kg	8th of 187 in the women's +87 kg
Snatch attempts made	82% (14 of 17)	76% (73 of 96)
Clean and jerk attempts made	94% (17 of 18)	70% (66 of 94)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	82%	79%
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.

Ding Meiyuan and Sarah Robles never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 1999 to 2003 for Ding Meiyuan and 2008 to 2023 for Sarah Robles, 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 Ding Meiyuan vs Li Wenwen
• Nearby class Ding Meiyuan vs Jang Mi-ran
• Nearby class Ding Meiyuan vs Zhou Lulu
• Nearby class Ding Meiyuan vs Tang Gonghong
• Nearby class Sarah Robles vs Li Wenwen
• Nearby class Sarah Robles vs Jang Mi-ran