Mirabai Chanu vs Wang Mingjuan

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	Mirabai Chanu	Wang Mingjuan
Nation	India	China
Born	1994	1985
Competitions	35, 2011 to 2026	10, 2002 to 2012
Olympic medals	1 silver	1 gold
World Championships medals	1 gold, 2 silver	4 gold
Best snatch	88 kg	95 kg
Best clean and jerk	119 kg	118 kg
Best total	205 kg (women's 49 kg, 2021)	213 kg (women's 48 kg, 2005)
Best Sinclair score	314.6	332.2
Best total, place in its class	5th of 309 in the women's 49 kg	3rd of 575 in the women's 48 kg
Snatch attempts made	66% (61 of 93)	85% (23 of 27)
Clean and jerk attempts made	67% (60 of 90)	83% (19 of 23)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	72%	81%
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.

Mirabai Chanu and Wang Mingjuan never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2011 to 2026 for Mirabai Chanu and 2002 to 2012 for Wang Mingjuan, so the side by side figures and the chart are the comparison.

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 Mirabai Chanu vs Hou Zhihui
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• Nearby class Wang Mingjuan vs Hou Zhihui
• Nearby class Wang Mingjuan vs Hsu Shu-ching
• Nearby class Wang Mingjuan vs Sopita Tanasan