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Orlando Vásquez vs Zhang Xiangxiang

Orlando Vásquez and Zhang Xiangxiang, compared on every result on this site. Orlando Vásquez's best total is 232.5 kg (men's 56 kg, 2000); Zhang Xiangxiang's is 319 kg (men's 62 kg, 2008). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Zhang Xiangxiang is ahead by 103.5 points. They met once in the same class: Zhang Xiangxiang finished ahead every time.

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Orlando Vásquez and Zhang Xiangxiang 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 Nicaragua Orlando Vásquez China Zhang Xiangxiang
Nation Nicaragua China
Born 1969 1983
Competitions 2, 2000 to 2013 5, 2000 to 2008
Olympic medals None 1 gold, 1 bronze
World Championships medals None None
Best snatch 102.5 kg 143 kg
Best clean and jerk 130 kg 176 kg
Best total 232.5 kg (men's 56 kg, 2000) 319 kg (men's 62 kg, 2008)
Best Sinclair score 383.3 486.8
Best total, place in its class 297th of 741 in the men's 56 kg 10th of 981 in the men's 62 kg
Snatch attempts made Too few recorded 50% (6 of 12)
Clean and jerk attempts made Too few recorded 58% (7 of 12)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk 79% 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 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

Orlando Vásquez vs Zhang Xiangxiang 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 Class Orlando Vásquez Zhang Xiangxiang Ahead
2000 Olympic Games 16 Sep 200056 kgAhead: Zhang Xiangxiang 56 kg 232.5place 18 287.5place 3 Zhang Xiangxiang
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Orlando Vásquez and Zhang Xiangxiang, 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.

Orlando Vásquez and Zhang Xiangxiang: Sinclair score at each competition, 2 and 5 competitions.3004005002000200220042006200820102012Orlando Vásquez, 2000 Olympic Games, 16 Sep 2000: 383.28 pointsOrlando Vásquez, 2013 Pan American Championships, 22 Jun 2013: 327.51 pointsZhang Xiangxiang, 2000 Olympic Games, 16 Sep 2000: 473.29 pointsZhang Xiangxiang, 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 30 May 2002: 476.59 pointsZhang Xiangxiang, 2007 University World Cup, 9 Aug 2007: 447.06 pointsZhang Xiangxiang, 2007 IWF World Cup, 26 Nov 2007: 464.22 pointsZhang Xiangxiang, 2008 Olympic Games, 9 Aug 2008: 486.78 points
Orlando Vásquez and Zhang Xiangxiang: Sinclair score at each competition, 2 and 5 competitions.300400500200020062012Orlando Vásquez, 2000 Olympic Games, 16 Sep 2000: 383.28 pointsOrlando Vásquez, 2013 Pan American Championships, 22 Jun 2013: 327.51 pointsZhang Xiangxiang, 2000 Olympic Games, 16 Sep 2000: 473.29 pointsZhang Xiangxiang, 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 30 May 2002: 476.59 pointsZhang Xiangxiang, 2007 University World Cup, 9 Aug 2007: 447.06 pointsZhang Xiangxiang, 2007 IWF World Cup, 26 Nov 2007: 464.22 pointsZhang Xiangxiang, 2008 Olympic Games, 9 Aug 2008: 486.78 points
Orlando Vásquez: round points Zhang Xiangxiang: square points
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