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
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.
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 kg2018 to 2019 | 93 | 103 | 195 |
| 58 kg2018 | 89 | 107 | 196 |
| 53 kg2016 to 2017 | 79 | 94 | 173 |
| 48 kg2015 | 67 | 76 | 143 |
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.
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
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Aysegul Cakin | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 |
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.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| 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 | 88 | 100 | ||||
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 10 | 195 | 59 kg | 58.72 | 88 | 91 | 93 | 102 | ||
| 2018 International Qatar Cup 19 Dec 2018 | 7 | 188 | 59 kg | 58.6 | 85 | 100 | 103 | |||
| 2018 European Junior Championships 20 Oct 2018 | 3 | 196 | 58 kg | 57.6 | 84 | 87 | 89 | 100 | 103 | 107 |
| 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 7 Jul 2018 | 7 | 188 | 58 kg | 57.5 | 83 | 86 | 98 | 102 | ||
| 2018 European Championships 26 Mar 2018 | 3 | 190 | 58 kg | 57.16 | 83 | 86 | 88 | 98 | 102 | |
| 2017 European Youth Championships 23 Sep 2017 | 2 | 173 | 53 kg | 52.88 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 90 | 94 | |
| 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 3 Apr 2017 | - | - | 53 kg | 52.87 | 68 | 70 | 73 | |||
| 2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 Oct 2016 | 9 | 162 | 53 kg | 52.43 | 74 | 88 | ||||
| 2016 European Youth Championships 10 Sep 2016 | 1 | 167 | 53 kg | 51.92 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 87 | 89 | 91 |
| 2015 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 7 Apr 2015 | 8 | 143 | 48 kg | 47.21 | 63 | 65 | 67 | 73 | 76 |
Compare Andreea Penciu
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.

