Nigeria · Women's 55 kg, March 2024
Adijat Olarinoye
Adijat Olarinoye is a weightlifter from Nigeria, born in 1999, with one World Championships medal (1 silver). The results below cover 11 competitions from 2019 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 55 kg class, at the 2024 African Games.
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 215 kg
- Best snatch
- 95 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 120 kg
Adijat Olarinoye's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 silver in the total.
Weight classes: 55 kg from 2019 to 2022, 59 kg from 2022 to 2024, 55 kg in 2024. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025. At 54.72 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 57 kg.
Latest result: 2024 African Games, 9 March 2024, 55 kg, total 185 kg, place 1.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 kg2022 to 2024 | 95 | 120 | 215 |
| 55 kg2019 to 2024 | 93 | 116 | 209 |
Adijat Olarinoye by the numbers
Adijat Olarinoye's record in context: where the best total ranks, how the snatch compares with the clean and jerk, and the lifts behind the best Sinclair score.
- Best Sinclair score
- 299.3
- From 215 kg at 56.63 kg bodyweight, 2023 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 45th of 438
- 215 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 59 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 79%
- At the best total, 95 kg of 120 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten women lifting in national federation meets sit between 70% and 85%.
- Age at best total
- 24
- Turned 24 in 2023, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 11 of 11
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Adijat Olarinoye makes each attempt
Adijat Olarinoye made 58% of snatch attempts and 60% of clean and jerk attempts at the competitions on this site, against 58% and 56% for every lifter at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998. Below, each attempt in turn. Third attempts are the hardest: lifters ask for their heaviest weight last.
Snatch, first attempt
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Adijat Olarinoye head to head
The lifters Adijat Olarinoye has met most often in the same class, three times or more with both posting a total, and how often each finished ahead.
| Rival | Met | Adijat Olarinoye ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafiatu Lawal |
4 | 0 | 4 |
 Anneke Spies |
3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ech-Chaibia Ech-Chachouiy | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Garance Rigaud |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Kristina Şermetowa |
3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sandra Mensimah Owusu | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Adijat Olarinoye's competition results
Every result, newest first, with all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash under Total means no total was recorded, and "No lifts" that the lifter was entered but did not lift. Places are for the total. A row that names two events was one competition scored for both; its places can differ because each ranks its own field.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 African Games 9 Mar 2024 | 1 | 185 | 55 kg | 54.72 | 80 | not taken | not taken | 105 | not taken | not taken |
| 2024 African Championships 5 Feb 2024 | 2 | 209 | 59 kg | 57.2 | 94 | 115 | ||||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | - | 215 | 59 kg | 57.45 | 95 | 120 | ||||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 15 | 215 | 59 kg | 56.63 | 95 | 115 | 120 | |||
| 2023 African Championships 11 May 2023 | 2 | 211 | 59 kg | 57 | 90 | 93 | 110 | 118 | ||
| 2022 Islamic Solidarity Games 11 Aug 2022 | 2 | 202 | 59 kg | 56.08 | 90 | 92 | 110 | |||
| 2022 Commonwealth Games 30 Jul 2022 | 1 | 203 | 55 kg | 54.51 | 90 | 92 | 110 | 111 | ||
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 Also the 2021 Commonwealth Senior Championships, place 1 | 2 | 203 | 55 kg | 54.2 | 88 | 90 | 110 | 113 | ||
| 2021 African Championships 24 May 2021 | 1 | 200 | 55 kg | 54.75 | 85 | 90 | 105 | 110 | not taken | |
| 2020 International Solidarity Championships 8 Feb 2020 | 1 | 202 | 55 kg | 54.95 | 88 | 90 | 109 | 112 | ||
| 2019 All African Games 24 Aug 2019 | 1 | 209 | 55 kg | 54.7 | 90 | 93 | 112 | 116 |
Compare Adijat Olarinoye
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