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Janez Paternoster vs Liao Hui

Janez Paternoster and Liao Hui, compared on every result on this site. Janez Paternoster's best total is 280 kg (men's 81 kg, 2025); Liao Hui's is 360 kg (men's 77 kg, 2015). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Liao Hui is ahead by 146.4 points. They never met in the same class.

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Janez Paternoster and Liao Hui 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 Janez Paternoster China Liao Hui
Nation Not listed China
Born Not listed 1987
Competitions 6, 2021 to 2025 9, 2007 to 2015
Olympic medals None 1 gold
World Championships medals None 3 gold
Best snatch 125 kg 170 kg
Best clean and jerk 155 kg 198 kg
Best total 280 kg (men's 81 kg, 2025) 360 kg (men's 77 kg, 2015)
Best Sinclair score 363.8 510.2
Best total, place in its class 334th of 512 in the men's 81 kg 26th of 1,242 in the men's 77 kg
Snatch attempts made 78% (14 of 18) 58% (14 of 24)
Clean and jerk attempts made 56% (10 of 18) 67% (14 of 21)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk 81% 89%
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.
Head to head

Janez Paternoster vs Liao Hui head to head

Janez Paternoster and Liao Hui never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2021 to 2025 for Janez Paternoster and 2007 to 2015 for Liao Hui, so the side by side figures and the chart are the comparison.

Careers

Janez Paternoster and Liao Hui, competition by competition

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.

Janez Paternoster and Liao Hui: Sinclair score at each competition, 6 and 8 competitions.25040055020072011201520192023Janez Paternoster, 2021 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 5 Oct 2021: 266.52 pointsJanez Paternoster, 2022 European Youth Championships, 10 Aug 2022: 296.19 pointsJanez Paternoster, 2023 IWF World Youth Championships, 25 Mar 2023: 296.03 pointsJanez Paternoster, 2023 European Youth Championships, 1 Jul 2023: 310.91 pointsJanez Paternoster, 2024 European Junior Championships, 26 Oct 2024: 347.32 pointsJanez Paternoster, 2025 IWF World Junior Championships, 30 Apr 2025: 363.84 pointsLiao Hui, 2007 University World Cup, 9 Aug 2007: 460.82 pointsLiao Hui, 2007 IWF World Cup, 26 Nov 2007: 475.59 pointsLiao Hui, 2008 Olympic Games, 9 Aug 2008: 493.2 pointsLiao Hui, 2009 World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Nov 2009: 490.6 pointsLiao Hui, 2009 East Asian Games, 7 Dec 2009: 482.44 pointsLiao Hui, 2013 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Oct 2013: 509.55 pointsLiao Hui, 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 510.19 pointsLiao Hui, 2015 IWF Grand Prix, 21 Sep 2015: 489.2 points
Janez Paternoster and Liao Hui: Sinclair score at each competition, 6 and 8 competitions.2504005502007201320192025Janez Paternoster, 2021 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 5 Oct 2021: 266.52 pointsJanez Paternoster, 2022 European Youth Championships, 10 Aug 2022: 296.19 pointsJanez Paternoster, 2023 IWF World Youth Championships, 25 Mar 2023: 296.03 pointsJanez Paternoster, 2023 European Youth Championships, 1 Jul 2023: 310.91 pointsJanez Paternoster, 2024 European Junior Championships, 26 Oct 2024: 347.32 pointsJanez Paternoster, 2025 IWF World Junior Championships, 30 Apr 2025: 363.84 pointsLiao Hui, 2007 University World Cup, 9 Aug 2007: 460.82 pointsLiao Hui, 2007 IWF World Cup, 26 Nov 2007: 475.59 pointsLiao Hui, 2008 Olympic Games, 9 Aug 2008: 493.2 pointsLiao Hui, 2009 World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Nov 2009: 490.6 pointsLiao Hui, 2009 East Asian Games, 7 Dec 2009: 482.44 pointsLiao Hui, 2013 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Oct 2013: 509.55 pointsLiao Hui, 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 510.19 pointsLiao Hui, 2015 IWF Grand Prix, 21 Sep 2015: 489.2 points
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