Ekrem Celil vs Shi Zhiyong

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	Ekrem Celil	Shi Zhiyong
Nation	Bulgaria	China
Born	1980	1980
Competitions	9, 1998 to 2012	28, 1999 to 2024
Olympic medals	None	3 gold
World Championships medals	None	4 gold, 3 silver
Best snatch	147.5 kg	169 kg
Best clean and jerk	185 kg	198 kg
Best total	332.5 kg (men's 69 kg, 2002)	364 kg (men's 73 kg, 2021)
Best Sinclair score	473.6	500.8
Best total, place in its class	40th of 1,135 in the men's 69 kg	2nd of 434 in the men's 73 kg
Snatch attempts made	63% (17 of 27)	75% (54 of 72)
Clean and jerk attempts made	56% (15 of 27)	59% (38 of 64)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	80%	84%
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.

Ekrem Celil and Shi Zhiyong never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 1998 to 2012 for Ekrem Celil and 1999 to 2024 for Shi Zhiyong, 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 Ekrem Celil vs Óscar Figueroa
• Nearby class Ekrem Celil vs Nikolaj Pešalov
• Nearby class Ekrem Celil vs Chen Lijun
• Nearby class Shi Zhiyong vs Lü Xiaojun
• Nearby class Shi Zhiyong vs Óscar Figueroa
• Nearby class Shi Zhiyong vs Nikolaj Pešalov