Rim Jong-sim vs Tamara Salazar

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	Rim Jong-sim	Tamara Salazar
Nation	North Korea	Ecuador
Born	1993	1997
Competitions	18, 2009 to 2019	35, 2012 to 2024
Olympic medals	2 gold	1 silver
World Championships medals	1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze	3 bronze
Best snatch	125 kg	116 kg
Best clean and jerk	155 kg	150 kg
Best total	280 kg (women's 75 kg, 2015)	265 kg (women's 81 kg, 2023)
Best Sinclair score	337.7	307.1
Best total, place in its class	8th of 626 in the women's 75 kg	7th of 274 in the women's 81 kg
Snatch attempts made	69% (37 of 54)	69% (66 of 95)
Clean and jerk attempts made	68% (36 of 53)	75% (71 of 95)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	81%	78%
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 Rim Jong-sim vs Lydia Valentín
• Nearby class Rim Jong-sim vs Neisi Dajomes
• Nearby class Rim Jong-sim vs Oxana Slivenko
• Nearby class Rim Jong-sim vs Xiang Yanmei
• Nearby class Tamara Salazar vs Lydia Valentín
• Nearby class Tamara Salazar vs Neisi Dajomes