Hsu Shu-ching and Zhao Jinlan, compared on every result on this site. Hsu Shu-ching's best total is 233 kg (women's 53 kg, 2014); Zhao Jinlan's is 218 kg (women's 53 kg, 2026). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Hsu Shu-ching is ahead by 22.7 points. They never met in the same class.
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
Hsu Shu-ching vs Zhao Jinlan head to head
Hsu Shu-ching and Zhao Jinlan never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2008 to 2017 for Hsu Shu-ching and 2026 to 2026 for Zhao Jinlan, so the side by side figures and the chart are the comparison.
Careers
Hsu Shu-ching and Zhao Jinlan, competition by competition
The total at each competition, in kilograms. Sinclair scores need a bodyweight for every result, which one of these careers lacks. Competitions that ended without a total have no point.
