| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | London, United Kingdom | 53 kg | 92 | 95 | 3 | 125 | 131 | 1 | 226 | 01 ! | ||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Goyang, South Korea | 53 kg | 87 | 90 | 5 | 120 | 125 | 129 | 01 ! | 219 | 01 ! | |
| 2011 | Paris, France | 53 kg | 93 | 97 | 01 ! | 120 | 126 | 130 | 01 ! | 227 | 01 ! | |
| 2014 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 53 kg | 95 | 98 | 02 ! | 127 | 133 | 134 | 01 ! | 232 | 01 ! | |
| Asian Games | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | Guangzhou, China | 53 kg | 90 | 95 | 97 | 2 | 122 | 3 | 219 | 02 ! | ||
| 2014 | Incheon, South Korea | 53 kg | 93 | 96 | 3 | 125 | 132 | 1 | 228 | 02 ! | ||
| Youth Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | Singapore, Singapore | 58 kg | 90 | 95 | 2 | 120 | 125 | 130 | 2 | 225 | 02 ! | |
| World Youth Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 58 kg | 85 | 89 | 92 | 03 ! | 115 | 03 ! | 207 | 03 ! | ||
In June 2016, IWF announced that retests of the samples taken from the 2012 Olympics indicated that Zulfiya Chinshanlo had tested positive for prohibited substances, namely Oxandrolone and Stanazolol. Three other Kazakhs failed the doping test: Ilya Ilyin, Maiya Maneza and Svetlana Podobedova. They were disqualified and had their Olympic medals revoked on Oct 27, 2016.
