Papua New Guinea · Women's 53 kg, July 2026
Dika Toua
Dika Toua is a weightlifter from Papua New Guinea, born in 1984. The results below cover 43 competitions from 2000 to 2026. The latest result came in the women's 53 kg class, at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
- Best total
- 193 kg
- Best snatch
- 84 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 111 kg
Dika Toua's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 48 kg in 2000, 53 kg from 2003 to 2018, 49 kg from 2019 to 2021, 55 kg in 2021, 49 kg from 2022 to 2024, 53 kg from 2025 to 2026. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (53 kg to 49 kg) and again in June 2025 (49 kg to 53 kg).
Latest result: 2026 Commonwealth Games, 23 July 2026, 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 kg2025 to 2026 | 73 | 95 | 168 |
| 49 kg2019 to 2024 | 78 | 102 | 180 |
| 55 kg2021 | - | - | - |
| 53 kg2003 to 2018 | 84 | 111 | 193 |
| 48 kg2000 | 50 | 67.5 | 117.5 |
Dika Toua by the numbers
Dika Toua'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
- 280.7
- From 193 kg at 52.9 kg bodyweight, 2014 Commonwealth Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 111th of 761
- 193 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
- 74%
- At the best total, 82 kg of 111 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
- 30
- Turned 30 in 2014, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 39 of 43
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Dika Toua makes each attempt
Dika Toua made 66% of snatch attempts and 64% 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
Dika Toua head to head
The lifters Dika Toua 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 | Dika Toua ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mirabai Chanu |
7 | 0 | 7 |
 Mary Kini Lifu |
6 | 6 | 0 |
 Hou Zhihui |
5 | 0 | 5 |
| Santoshi Matsa |
5 | 1 | 4 |
 Amanda Braddock |
5 | 4 | 1 |
| Phillipa Hale | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Dika Toua'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.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Commonwealth Games 23 Jul 2026 | - | - | 53 kg | 52.75 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2026 Oceania Championships 27 Apr 2026 Also the 2026 Universal Weightlifting Cup, place 5 | 2 | 168 | 53 kg | 52.35 | 70 | 73 | 95 | |||
| 2025 Commonwealth Championships 24 Aug 2025 | 4 | 164 | 53 kg | 52.65 | 70 | 72 | 92 | |||
| 2025 Pacific Mini Games + Oceania Championships 1 Jul 2025 | 1 | 160 | 53 kg | 53 | 67 | 69 | 85 | 91 | ||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 17 | 171 | 49 kg | 49 | 73 | 75 | 96 | |||
| 2024 Oceania Championships 21 Feb 2024 | 1 | 162 | 49 kg | 49 | 65 | 70 | 85 | 92 | ||
| 2023 Pacific Games + Oceania Championships 20 Nov 2023 | 1 | 166 | 49 kg | 48.95 | 70 | 74 | 76 | 90 | ||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 27 | 161 | 49 kg | 49 | 69 | 92 | ||||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 24 | 165 | 49 kg | 49 | 67 | 70 | 90 | 93 | 95 | |
| 2022 Commonwealth Games 30 Jul 2022 | 5 | 170 | 49 kg | 48.9 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 93 | 96 | |
| 2022 Pacific Mini Games + Oceania Championships 18 Jun 2022 | 1 | 170 | 49 kg | 48.78 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 85 | 91 | 96 |
| 2021 Oceania Championships 23 Sep 2021 | - | - | 55 kg | 51.8 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | |
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 10 | 167 | 49 kg | 48.95 | 69 | 72 | 95 | |||
| 2020 Australian Open 28 Feb 2020 | 1 | 165 | 49 kg | 48.86 | 65 | 70 | 85 | 90 | 95 | |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 11 | 180 | 49 kg | 49 | 74 | 78 | 95 | 100 | 102 | |
| 2019 Pacific Games 9 Jul 2019 Also the 2019 Commonwealth Senior Championships, place 2 Also the 2019 Oceania Championships, place 1 | 1 | 175 | 49 kg | 48.95 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 85 | 93 | 100 |
| 2019 Arafura Games 27 Apr 2019 | 1 | 145 | 49 kg | 49 | 63 | 82 | not taken | |||
| 2019 EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships 7 Jan 2019 | 3 | 179 | 49 kg | 48.95 | 74 | 78 | 101 | |||
| 2018 Oceanian Championships 26 Jun 2018 | 1 | 164 | 53 kg | 52 | 65 | 71 | 85 | 93 | not taken | |
| 2018 Commonwealth Games 4 Apr 2018 | 2 | 182 | 53 kg | 52.93 | 78 | 80 | 102 | |||
| 2017 Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games 17 Sep 2017 | 5 | 186 | 53 kg | 53 | 74 | 78 | 100 | 104 | 108 | |
| 2017 Commonwealth Championships 3 Sep 2017 Also the 2017 Oceania Championships, place 1 | 3 | 185 | 53 kg | 52.95 | 75 | 81 | 100 | 104 | ||
| 2017 Pacific Cup International 5 Aug 2017 | 1 | 183 | 53 kg | 52.97 | 78 | 100 | 105 | |||
| 2017 Australian International 17 Mar 2017 | 1 | 180 | 53 kg | 52.92 | 70 | 75 | 78 | 92 | 97 | 102 |
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 20 | 183 | 53 kg | 52.81 | 76 | 80 | 103 | |||
| 2015 Commonwealth Championships 11 Oct 2015 | 2 | 177 | 53 kg | 52.99 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 93 | 100 | not taken |
| 2015 Pacific Games 6 Jul 2015 Also the 2015 Oceania Championships | - | - | 53 kg | 52.64 | 103 | 105 | 110 | |||
| 2014 Commonwealth Games 23 Jul 2014 | 1 | 193 | 53 kg | 52.9 | 79 | 82 | 106 | 111 | ||
| 2014 Oceanian Championships 25 May 2014 Also the 2014 South Pacific Championships, place 1 | 1 | 185 | 53 kg | 52.8 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 100 | 105 | |
| 2013 Commonwealth Championships 24 Nov 2013 | 6 | 163 | 53 kg | 52.68 | Snatch 73, clean and jerk 90; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2013 Oceanian Championships 12 Jul 2013 | 1 | 191 | 53 kg | 52.95 | 78 | 84 | 103 | 107 | ||
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 12 | 174 | 53 kg | 52.48 | 75 | 79 | 95 | |||
| 2012 Commonwealth Championships 4 Jun 2012 Also the 2012 Oceanian Championships, place 1 | 1 | 182 | 53 kg | 52.22 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 95 | 102 | |
| 2011 Pacific Games 5 Sep 2011 | 1 | 150 | 53 kg | 52.8 | Snatch 65, clean and jerk 85; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | 7 | 184 | 53 kg | 52.53 | 77 | 80 | 104 | |||
| Oceania Senior Championships 2008 27 Mar 2008 | 1 | 190 | 53 kg | 52.56 | 75 | 80 | 105 | 110 | ||
| 2008 Olympic Test Event 22 Jan 2008 | 9 | 165 | 53 kg | 51.8 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 85 | 90 | 95 |
| 2007 IWF World Cup 26 Nov 2007 | 2 | 190 | 53 kg | 52.36 | Snatch 80, clean and jerk 110; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | 22 | 175 | 53 kg | 52.61 | 74 | 96 | 101 | |||
| 2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 | - | - | 53 kg | 52.33 | 79 | |||||
| 2004 Olympic Games 14 Aug 2004 | 6 | 177.5 | 53 kg | 52.58 | Snatch 75, clean and jerk 102.5; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | 20 | 162.5 | 53 kg | 52.3 | 65 | 70 | 87.5 | 92.5 | ||
| 2000 Olympic Games 16 Sep 2000 | 10 | 117.5 | 48 kg | 47.36 | 45 | 50 | 62.5 | 67.5 | ||
Compare Dika Toua
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Dika Toua met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.