Lydia Valentín vs Rika Saito

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	Lydia Valentín	Rika Saito
Nation	Spain	Japan
Born	1985	1983
Competitions	44, 2001 to 2023	10, 2000 to 2009
Olympic medals	1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze	None
World Championships medals	2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze	None
Best snatch	124 kg	91 kg
Best clean and jerk	147 kg	122 kg
Best total	268 kg (women's 75 kg, 2014)	210 kg (women's 69 kg, 2008)
Best Sinclair score	321.3	264.5
Best total, place in its class	11th of 626 in the women's 75 kg	211th of 812 in the women's 69 kg
Snatch attempts made	69% (83 of 120)	60% (18 of 30)
Clean and jerk attempts made	65% (75 of 115)	73% (22 of 30)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	82%	76%
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.

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.

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 Lydia Valentín vs Rim Jong-sim
• Nearby class Lydia Valentín vs Neisi Dajomes
• Nearby class Lydia Valentín vs Oxana Slivenko
• Nearby class Lydia Valentín vs Xiang Yanmei