Hou Zhihui vs Sarah Øvsthus

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	Sarah Øvsthus
Nation	China	Norway
Born	1997	1994
Competitions	17, 2015 to 2024	15, 2013 to 2022
Olympic medals	2 gold	None
World Championships medals	1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze	None
Best snatch	97 kg	84 kg
Best clean and jerk	120 kg	105 kg
Best total	217 kg (women's 49 kg, 2024)	188 kg (women's 55 kg, 2022)
Best Sinclair score	332.6	269.4
Best total, place in its class	2nd of 309 in the women's 49 kg	99th of 394 in the women's 55 kg
Snatch attempts made	80% (41 of 51)	60% (27 of 45)
Clean and jerk attempts made	77% (37 of 48)	56% (25 of 45)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	81%	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.

Hou Zhihui and Sarah Øvsthus never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2015 to 2024 for Hou Zhihui and 2013 to 2022 for Sarah Øvsthus, 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 Hsu Shu-ching
• Nearby class Hou Zhihui vs Wang Mingjuan
• Nearby class Hou Zhihui vs Sopita Tanasan
• Nearby class Hou Zhihui vs Udomporn Polsak