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Li Xia vs Lydia Valentín
Li Xia and Lydia Valentín, compared on every result on this site. Li Xia's best total is 248 kg (women's 75 kg, 2010); Lydia Valentín's is 268 kg (women's 75 kg, 2014). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Lydia Valentín is ahead by 23.4 points. They met once in the same class, and never both posted a total.
Li Xia and Lydia Valentín 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 |  Li Xia |
 Lydia Valentín |
|---|---|---|
| Nation | China | Spain |
| Born | 1985 | 1985 |
| Competitions | 2, 2010 to 2011 | 44, 2001 to 2023 |
| Olympic medals | None | 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze |
| World Championships medals | None | 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze |
| Best snatch | 113 kg | 124 kg |
| Best clean and jerk | 135 kg | 147 kg |
| Best total | 248 kg (women's 75 kg, 2010) | 268 kg (women's 75 kg, 2014) |
| Best Sinclair score | 297.9 | 321.3 |
| Best total, place in its class | 42nd of 626 in the women's 75 kg | 11th of 626 in the women's 75 kg |
| Snatch attempts made | Too few recorded | 69% (83 of 120) |
| Clean and jerk attempts made | Too few recorded | 65% (75 of 115) |
| Snatch as a share of clean and jerk | 84% | 82% |
| 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.
Li Xia vs Lydia Valentín head to head
Every competition where both were entered in the same class, newest first. Each lifter's column gives the total in kilograms and the place in the class. "No lifts" means an entry without an attempt; "No total" means the results record no total, most often after three misses in one lift. Only meets where both posted a total count toward who finished ahead: the higher total, or on equal totals the published places, which went to the lighter lifter until 2017 and to the one who made the total first since.
| Competition | Li Xia | Lydia Valentín |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 201075 kgNot counted | 248place 5 | No total |
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