Sarah Robles vs Tang Gonghong

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	Sarah Robles	Tang Gonghong
Nation	United States	China
Born	1988	1979
Competitions	33, 2008 to 2023	4, 1998 to 2004
Olympic medals	2 bronze	1 gold
World Championships medals	1 gold	1 gold, 1 bronze
Best snatch	128 kg	122.5 kg
Best clean and jerk	162 kg	182.5 kg
Best total	290 kg (women's +87 kg, 2018)	305 kg (women's +75 kg, 2004)
Best Sinclair score	291.6	314.0
Best total, place in its class	8th of 187 in the women's +87 kg	7th of 479 in the women's +75 kg
Snatch attempts made	76% (73 of 96)	Too few recorded
Clean and jerk attempts made	70% (66 of 94)	Too few recorded
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	79%	67%
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.

Sarah Robles and Tang Gonghong never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2008 to 2023 for Sarah Robles and 1998 to 2004 for Tang Gonghong, 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 Sarah Robles vs Li Wenwen
• Nearby class Sarah Robles vs Jang Mi-ran
• Nearby class Sarah Robles vs Ding Meiyuan
• Nearby class Sarah Robles vs Zhou Lulu
• Nearby class Tang Gonghong vs Li Wenwen
• Nearby class Tang Gonghong vs Jang Mi-ran