Rim Jong-sim and Şule Şahbaz, compared on every result on this site. Rim Jong-sim's best total is 280 kg (women's 75 kg, 2015); Şule Şahbaz's is 247.5 kg (women's 75 kg, 2001). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Rim Jong-sim is ahead by 40.3 points. They never met in the same class.
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.
Head to head
Rim Jong-sim vs Şule Şahbaz head to head
Rim Jong-sim and Şule Şahbaz never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2009 to 2019 for Rim Jong-sim and 1998 to 2009 for Şule Şahbaz, so the side by side figures and the chart are the comparison.
Careers
Rim Jong-sim and Şule Şahbaz, 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.
Rim Jong-sim: round pointsŞule Şahbaz: square points
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Lifters whose best totals came in nearby classes, from any year.
Rim Jong-sim
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