Season 2003

Weightlifting Rankings 2003

The ten best totals (snatch plus clean and jerk) of 2003 in every weightlifting class, one per lifter, from every international competition in the results, Olympic Games and World Championships down to continental and junior meets. These are the season's best totals, not the IWF's Olympic qualification ranking.

Classes ranked
15
Lifters listed
150
Rankings

Best totals of 2003 by class

All competitions

Each lifter appears once per class, with their best total of the season and where they made it. The classes are the IWF weight classes in force at the last meet of 2003.

Men's 56 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 China Wu Meijin 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 287.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
2 Romania Adrian Jigău 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 280 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
3 Wang Shin-yuan 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 277.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
4 Lu Linbi 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 277.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
5 Turkey Sedat Artuç 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 277.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
6 Belarus Vitali Dzerbianiou 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 277.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
7 Indonesia Jadi Setiadi 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 270 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
8 Su Haofeng 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 265 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
9 Yang Chin-yi 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 265 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
10 Mohammed Abdulmunem Ali Al-Sharuee 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 260 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003

Men's 62 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Turkey Halil Mutlu 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 322.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
2 China Shi Zhiyong 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 317.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
3 China Le Maosheng 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 305 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
4 Su Feixiang 2003 University World Cup 295 2003 University World Cup 11 Jul 2003
5 Colombia Diego Salazar 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 295 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
6 Armenia Armen Ghazaryan 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 292.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
7 Turkmenistan Umurbek Bazarbayev 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 292.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
8 Ukraine Oleksandr Likhvald 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 292.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
9 China Qiu Le 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 287.5 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
10 Samson N'Dicka-Matam 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 282.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003

Men's 69 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 China Zhang Guozheng 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 345 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
2 South Korea Lee Bae-young 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 340 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
3 Russia Vladislav Lukanin 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 330 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
4 Azerbaijan Turan Mirzayev 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 327.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
5 Arkadiusz Smolka 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 325 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
6 Ferit Sen 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 325 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
7 Yao Yuewei 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 322.5 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
8 Belarus Siarhei Laurenau 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 320 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
9 Hungary Zoltán Kecskés 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 320 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
10 Indonesia Erwin Abdullah 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 320 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003

Men's 77 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Iran Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 357.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
2 Turkey Taner Sağır 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 355 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
3 Turkey Reyhan Arabacıoğlu 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 355 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
4 China Li Hongli 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 352.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
5 Oleksandr Cherpak 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 350 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
6 Bulgaria Plamen Zhelyazkov 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 350 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
7 Viacheslav Ershov 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 345 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
8 Romania Sebastian Dogariu 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 340 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
9 Lu Changliang 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 337.5 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
10 Han Huaping 2003 University World Cup 337.5 2003 University World Cup 11 Jul 2003

Men's 85 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 China Yuan Aijun 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 382.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
2 Romania Valeriu Calancea 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 382.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
3 Belarus Aliaksandr Anishchanka 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 377.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
4 Australia Sergo Chakhoyan 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 377.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
5 Turkey Erdal Sunar 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 372.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
6 Russia Yury Myshkovets 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 370 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
7 Belarus Ruslan Novikov 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 367.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
8 Iran Hadi Panzvan 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 365 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
9 Ilir Kafarani 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 365 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
10 Poland Mariusz Rytkowski 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 365 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003

Men's 94 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Bulgaria Milen Dobrev 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 405 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
2 Turkey Hakan Yılmaz 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 400 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
3 Moldova Vadim Vacarciuc 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 400 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
4 Nikolai Stoyanov 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 395 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
5 Russia Sergey Zhukov 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 390 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
6 Poland Tadeusz Drzazga 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 390 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
7 Bakhyt Akhmetov 2003 University World Cup 387.5 2003 University World Cup 11 Jul 2003
8 Venezuela Julio Luna 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 387.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
9 Iran Kourosh Bagheri 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 382.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
10 Germany Oliver Caruso 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 380 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003

Men's 105 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Qatar Said Saif Asaad 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 422.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
2 Russia Vladimir Smorchkov 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 417.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
3 Turkey Bünyamin Sudaş 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 415 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
4 Russia Gleb Pisarevskiy 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 410 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
5 Poland Marcin Dołęga 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 410 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
6 Hungary Ferenc Gyurkovics 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 405 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
7 Germany Matthias Steiner 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 402.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
8 Ecuador Boris Burov 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 400 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
9 Maksim Ryzhankou 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 395 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
10 Uzbekistan Aleksandr Urinov 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 395 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003

Men's +105 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Iran Hossein Rezazadeh 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 457.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
2 Bulgaria Velichko Cholakov 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 447.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
3 Latvia Viktors Ščerbatihs 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 445 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
4 Oleksiy Kolokoltsev 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 435 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
5 Russia Evgeny Chigishev 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 435 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
6 Armenia Ashot Danielyan 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 430 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
7 China Dong Feng 2003 University World Cup 427.5 2003 University World Cup 11 Jul 2003
8 Poland Paweł Najdek 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 427.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
9 Shane Hamman 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 422.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
10 Poland Grzegorz Kleszcz 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 420 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003

Women's 48 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 China Li Zhuo 2003 University World Cup 207.5 2003 University World Cup 11 Jul 2003
2 China Wang Mingjuan 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 200 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
3 China Gao Wei 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 195 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
4 Thailand Aree Wiratthaworn 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 190 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
5 Turkey Nurcan Taylan 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 187.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
6 Bulgaria Izabela Dragneva 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 185 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
7 Rosmainar Rosmainar 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 182.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
8 India Kunjarani Devi 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 182.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
9 United States Tara Cunningham 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 175 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
10 Thailand Suda Chaleephay 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 175 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003

Women's 53 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Thailand Udomporn Polsak 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 222.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
2 North Korea Ri Song-hui 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 222.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
3 Thailand Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 217.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
4 Indonesia Raema Lisa Rumbewas 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 202.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
5 Turkey Nurcan Taylan 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 200 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
6 Guo Huibing 2003 University World Cup 200 2003 University World Cup 11 Jul 2003
7 Colombia Mabel Mosquera 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 200 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
8 Zhang Shihong 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 190 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
9 South Korea Yoon Jin-Hee 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 190 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
10 Romania Marioara Munteanu 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 190 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003

Women's 58 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 China Sun Caiyan 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 225 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
2 Zhou Yan 2003 University World Cup 220 2003 University World Cup 11 Jul 2003
3 Hong Yonghong 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 217.5 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
4 Indonesia Patmawati 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 217.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
5 Thailand Wandee Kameaim 2003 University World Cup 215 2003 University World Cup 11 Jul 2003
6 Turkey Aylin Daşdelen 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 210 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
7 Ecuador Alexandra Escobar 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 207.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
8 Turkey Emine Bilgin 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 205 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
9 Gretty Lugo 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 205 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
10 Canada Maryse Turcotte 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 205 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003

Women's 63 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Ukraine Nataliya Skakun 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 247.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
2 China Liu Xia 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 245 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
3 Belarus Hanna Batsiushka 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 240 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
4 Bulgaria Gergana Kirilova 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 235 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
5 China Xiong Meiying 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 235 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
6 Bulgaria Zlatina Atanasova 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 230 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
7 Zhang Xianzhu 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 225 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
8 Yesim Celikkaya 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 222.5 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
9 Rahim Hebatalla Abdel 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 217.5 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
10 Seda Ince 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 215 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003

Women's 69 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 China Liu Chunhong 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 270 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
2 Hungary Eszter Krutzler 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 262.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
3 Russia Valentina Popova 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 257.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
4 Thailand Pawina Thongsuk 2003 University World Cup 255 2003 University World Cup 11 Jul 2003
5 China Cao Lei 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 245 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
6 Russia Zarema Kasaeva 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 245 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
7 Angela Medina 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 242.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
8 Bulgaria Milena Trendafilova 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 240 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
9 Ukraine Vanda Maslovska 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 240 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
10 Madeleine Yamechi 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 230 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003

Women's 75 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Egypt Nahla Ramadan 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 262.5 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
2 China Liu Chunhong 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 260 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
3 China Sun Ruiping 2003 University World Cup 260 2003 University World Cup 11 Jul 2003
4 Bulgaria Slaveyka Ruzhinska 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 252.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
5 Kazakhstan Tatyana Khromova 2003 University World Cup 245 2003 University World Cup 11 Jul 2003
6 Turkey Şule Şahbaz 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 242.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
7 Huang Shih-hsu 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 242.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
8 Bulgaria Rumyana Petkova 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 240 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
9 South Korea Kim Soon-hee 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 240 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
10 Nadiya Shamanska 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 240 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003

Women's +75 kg rankings, 2003

# Lifter Total Competition
1 China Ding Meiyuan 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 300 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
2 Russia Albina Wiktorowna Chomitsch 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 290 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
3 Lina Niu 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 280 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
4 Ukraine Olha Korobka 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 277.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
5 South Korea Jang Mi-ran 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 272.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
6 Hungary Viktória Varga 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 272.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
7 Colombia Carmenza Delgado 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 270 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
8 Poland Agata Wróbel 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 270 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
9 Greece Vasiliki Kasapi 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 262.5 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003
10 Ukraine Viktoriya Shaimardanova 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 262.5 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003
Seasons

Weightlifting rankings for every season since 1998

Sources

  • Results data: OpenWeightlifting, up to 23 July 2026.

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