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Hou Zhihui vs Yang Xia
Hou Zhihui and Yang Xia, compared on every result on this site. Hou Zhihui's best total is 217 kg (women's 49 kg, 2024); Yang Xia's is 225 kg (women's 53 kg, 2000). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Hou Zhihui is ahead by 3.5 points. They never met in the same class.
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Hou Zhihui and Yang Xia side by side
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 |
Yang Xia |
|---|---|---|
| Nation | China | China |
| Born | 1997 | 1977 |
| Competitions | 17, 2015 to 2024 | 1, 2000 |
| Olympic medals | 2 gold | 1 gold |
| World Championships medals | 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze | None |
| Best snatch | 97 kg | 100 kg |
| Best clean and jerk | 120 kg | 125 kg |
| Best total | 217 kg (women's 49 kg, 2024) | 225 kg (women's 53 kg, 2000) |
| Best Sinclair score | 332.6 | 329.0 |
| Best total, place in its class | 2nd of 309 in the women's 49 kg | 6th of 761 in the women's 53 kg |
| Snatch attempts made | 80% (41 of 51) | Too few recorded |
| Clean and jerk attempts made | 77% (37 of 48) | Too few recorded |
| Snatch as a share of clean and jerk | 81% | 80% |
| 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.
Head to head
Hou Zhihui vs Yang Xia head to head
Hou Zhihui and Yang Xia never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2015 to 2024 for Hou Zhihui and 2000 to 2000 for Yang Xia, so the side by side figures and the chart are the comparison.
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