Hou Zhihui vs Hsu Shu-ching

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	Hou Zhihui	Hsu Shu-ching
Nation	China	Chinese Taipei
Born	1997	1991
Competitions	17, 2015 to 2024	18, 2008 to 2017
Olympic medals	2 gold	2 gold
World Championships medals	1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze	1 gold, 1 silver
Best snatch	97 kg	101 kg
Best clean and jerk	120 kg	132 kg
Best total	217 kg (women's 49 kg, 2024)	233 kg (women's 53 kg, 2014)
Best Sinclair score	332.6	339.9
Best total, place in its class	2nd of 309 in the women's 49 kg	1st of 761 in the women's 53 kg
Snatch attempts made	80% (41 of 51)	65% (35 of 54)
Clean and jerk attempts made	77% (37 of 48)	72% (36 of 50)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	81%	77%
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.

Hou Zhihui and Hsu Shu-ching never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2015 to 2024 for Hou Zhihui and 2008 to 2017 for Hsu Shu-ching, 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 Hou Zhihui vs Wang Mingjuan
• Nearby class Hou Zhihui vs Sopita Tanasan
• Nearby class Hou Zhihui vs Udomporn Polsak
• Nearby class Hsu Shu-ching vs Chen Yanqing
• Nearby class Hsu Shu-ching vs Hidilyn Diaz
• Nearby class Hsu Shu-ching vs Kuo Hsing-chun