Women's 59 kg, October 2019

Andreea Penciu

Andreea Penciu is a weightlifter. The results below cover 11 competitions from 2015 to 2019. The latest result came in the women's 59 kg class, at the 2019 European Junior Championships.

Best total
196 kg
Best snatch
93 kg
Best clean and jerk
107 kg
Career

Andreea Penciu's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 48 kg in 2015, 53 kg from 2016 to 2017, 58 kg in 2018, 59 kg from 2018 to 2019. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (58 kg to 59 kg) and again in June 2025. At 58.85 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 61 kg.

Latest result: 2019 European Junior Championships, 17 October 2019, 59 kg, total 188 kg, place 3.

Andreea Penciu: totals from the 10 competitions with a total, 2015 to 2019, best 196 kg in 2018.130170210201520162017201820192015 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Apr 2015: 143 kg2016 European Youth Championships, 10 Sep 2016: 167 kg2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Oct 2016: 162 kg2017 European Youth Championships, 23 Sep 2017: 173 kg2018 European Championships, 26 Mar 2018: 190 kg2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Jul 2018: 188 kg2018 European Junior Championships, 20 Oct 2018: 196 kg2018 International Qatar Cup, 19 Dec 2018: 188 kg2019 European Championships, 6 Apr 2019: 195 kg2019 European Junior Championships, 17 Oct 2019: 188 kg
Andreea Penciu: totals from the 10 competitions with a total, 2015 to 2019, best 196 kg in 2018.130170210201520162017201820192015 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Apr 2015: 143 kg2016 European Youth Championships, 10 Sep 2016: 167 kg2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Oct 2016: 162 kg2017 European Youth Championships, 23 Sep 2017: 173 kg2018 European Championships, 26 Mar 2018: 190 kg2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Jul 2018: 188 kg2018 European Junior Championships, 20 Oct 2018: 196 kg2018 International Qatar Cup, 19 Dec 2018: 188 kg2019 European Championships, 6 Apr 2019: 195 kg2019 European Junior Championships, 17 Oct 2019: 188 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.

Best lifts in each class

The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.

Class Years Snatch Clean and jerk Total
59 kg2018 to 2019 2018 to 2019 93 103 195
58 kg2018 2018 89 107 196
53 kg2016 to 2017 2016 to 2017 79 94 173
48 kg2015 2015 67 76 143
Numbers

Andreea Penciu by the numbers

Andreea Penciu'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
270.0
From 196 kg at 57.6 kg bodyweight, 2018 European Junior Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
188th of 834
196 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 58 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
83%
At the best total, 89 kg of 107 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%.
Competitions with a total
10 of 11
The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Andreea Penciu makes each attempt

Andreea Penciu made 79% of snatch attempts and 58% 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

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Andreea Penciu: 100%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Andreea Penciu: 73%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Andreea Penciu: 64%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Andreea Penciu: 91%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Andreea Penciu: 45%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Andreea Penciu: 36%
Rivals

Andreea Penciu head to head

The lifters Andreea Penciu 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 Andreea Penciu ahead Rival ahead
Latvia Rebeka Ibrahima 4 0 4
Aysegul Cakin 4 1 3
Norway Sol Anette Waaler 3 3 0
Results

Andreea Penciu'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.

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Competition Place Total Class Bodyweight Snatch 1 2 3 Clean and jerk 1 2 3
2019 European Junior Championships 17 Oct 2019 3 188 59 kg 58.85 8891 kg missed91 kg missed100103 kg missed103 kg missed
2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 10 195 59 kg 58.72 889193102105 kg missed105 kg missed
2018 International Qatar Cup 19 Dec 2018 7 188 59 kg 58.6 8588 kg missed88 kg missed100103 kg missed103
2018 European Junior Championships 20 Oct 2018 3 196 58 kg 57.6 848789100103107
2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 7 Jul 2018 7 188 58 kg 57.5 838687 kg missed98102104 kg missed
2018 European Championships 26 Mar 2018 3 190 58 kg 57.16 83868898101 kg missed102
2017 European Youth Championships 23 Sep 2017 2 173 53 kg 52.88 747679909498 kg missed
2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 3 Apr 2017 - - 53 kg 52.87 68707388 kg missed88 kg missed88 kg missed
2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 Oct 2016 9 162 53 kg 52.43 7476 kg missed76 kg missed8890 kg missed90 kg missed
2016 European Youth Championships 10 Sep 2016 1 167 53 kg 51.92 717476878991
2015 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 7 Apr 2015 8 143 48 kg 47.21 636567737678 kg missed
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Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Andreea Penciu met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

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