South Africa · Women's 59 kg, March 2024
Anneke Spies
Anneke Spies is a weightlifter from South Africa, born in 1993. The results below cover 9 competitions from 2021 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 59 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- Best total
- 190 kg
- Best snatch
- 85 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 106 kg
Anneke Spies's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 59 kg, no total.
Anneke Spies by the numbers
Anneke Spies'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
- 258.2
- From 190 kg at 58.89 kg bodyweight, 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 161st of 438
- 190 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
- 81%
- At the best total, 85 kg of 105 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
- 29
- Turned 29 in 2022, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 6 of 9
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Anneke Spies makes each attempt
Anneke Spies made 63% of snatch attempts and 50% 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
Anneke Spies head to head
The lifters Anneke Spies 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 | Anneke Spies ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rafiatu Lawal |
4 | 0 | 4 |
| Adijat Olarinoye |
3 | 0 | 3 |
Anneke Spies'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | - | - | 59 kg | 58.88 | 96 | 99 | ||||
| 2024 African Games 9 Mar 2024 | 2 | 185 | 59 kg | 58.77 | 78 | 81 | 84 | 98 | 101 | |
| 2024 African Championships 5 Feb 2024 | 3 | 187 | 59 kg | 59 | 78 | 81 | 83 | 98 | 101 | 104 |
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 20 | 185 | 59 kg | 59 | 78 | 81 | 84 | 101 | ||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 32 | 186 | 59 kg | 58.92 | 80 | 103 | 106 | |||
| 2023 African Championships 11 May 2023 | - | - | 59 kg | 58.7 | 80 | 83 | ||||
| 2022 Commonwealth Games 30 Jul 2022 | 4 | 190 | 59 kg | 58.89 | 80 | 85 | 100 | 105 | ||
| 2022 Mauritius International Open 26 Feb 2022 | 2 | 176 | 59 kg | 58.93 | not taken | not taken | 77 | not taken | not taken | 99 |
| 2021 African Championships 24 May 2021 | - | - | 59 kg | 59 | 75 |
Compare Anneke Spies
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Anneke Spies.