Women's 55 kg, November 2018
Cristina Iovu
Cristina Iovu is a weightlifter, born in 1992. The results below cover 16 competitions from 2008 to 2018. The latest result came in the women's 55 kg class, at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 210 kg
- Best snatch
- 92 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 120 kg
Cristina Iovu's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 48 kg from 2008 to 2011, 53 kg in 2011, 48 kg in 2011, 53 kg in 2012, 58 kg in 2013, 53 kg from 2013 to 2016, 55 kg in 2018. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (53 kg to 55 kg) and again in June 2025. At 55 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 57 kg.
Latest result: 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, 1 November 2018, 55 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 kg2018 | - | - | - |
| 53 kg2011 to 2016 | 92 | 120 | 210 |
| 58 kg2013 | - | - | - |
| 48 kg2008 to 2011 | 80 | 96 | 175 |
Cristina Iovu by the numbers
Cristina Iovu'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
- 306.7
- From 210 kg at 52.56 kg bodyweight, 2016 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 24th of 761
- 210 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 53 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 75%
- At the best total, 90 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 2016, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 10 of 16
- Of the other six: one with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and five with a good lift in each but no total in the published results.
How often Cristina Iovu makes each attempt
Cristina Iovu made 63% of snatch attempts and 77% 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
Cristina Iovu head to head
The lifters Cristina Iovu 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 | Cristina Iovu ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Genny Pagliaro |
3 | 1 | 2 |
 Marzena Karpińska |
3 | 2 | 1 |
| Alena Chychkan | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Ayşegül Çoban |
3 | 3 | 0 |
| Christina Ejstrup | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Maya Ivanova |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Cristina Iovu'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | - | - | 55 kg | 55 | 94 | 97 | 118 | 123 | ||
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 1 | 210 | 53 kg | 52.56 | 90 | 110 | 113 | 120 | ||
| 2013 IWF Grand Prix & 2nd Baku International Cup 6 Dec 2013 | - | - | 53 kg | 52.93 | 90 | 93 | 95 | 110 | 113 | not taken |
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | - | - | 53 kg | 52.73 | 93 | 96 | 100 | 113 | 121 | |
| 2013 Summer Universiade 6 Jul 2013 | - | - | 58 kg | 57.73 | 100 | 120 | 124 | 126 | ||
| 2012 IWF Grand Prix - Baku International Cup 14 Dec 2012 | 1 | 200 | 53 kg | 52.88 | 85 | 90 | 105 | 110 | ||
| 2012 European Junior Championships 29 Nov 2012 | 1 | 207 | 53 kg | 53 | 90 | 92 | 108 | 115 | not taken | |
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | - | - | 53 kg | 52.79 | 95 | 99 | 115 | 120 | ||
| 2012 European Championships 9 Apr 2012 | 1 | 207 | 53 kg | 52.65 | 88 | 91 | 108 | 112 | 116 | |
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.89 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | |
| 2011 European Junior Championships 10 Sep 2011 | 1 | 195 | 53 kg | 51.7 | 83 | 87 | 90 | 98 | 103 | 105 |
| 2011 Summer Universiade 12 Aug 2011 | 4 | 194 | 53 kg | 51.65 | 85 | 89 | 100 | 105 | ||
| 2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 29 Jun 2011 | 4 | 175 | 48 kg | 47.93 | 75 | 80 | 95 | |||
| 2011 European Championships 11 Apr 2011 | 6 | 161 | 48 kg | 47.72 | 68 | 71 | 85 | 90 | ||
| 2009 European Championships 4 Apr 2009 | 1 | 171 | 48 kg | 47.88 | 75 | 94 | 96 | |||
| 2008 European Championships 11 Apr 2008 | 5 | 166 | 48 kg | 47.59 | 70 | 91 | 96 |
Compare Cristina Iovu
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Cristina Iovu.