Women's 59 kg, August 2024
Dora Tchakounté
Dora Tchakounté is a weightlifter, born in 1995. The results below cover 26 competitions from 2010 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 59 kg class, at the 2024 Olympic Games.
- Best total
- 224 kg
- Best snatch
- 101 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 123 kg
Dora Tchakounté's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 58 kg from 2010 to 2016, 59 kg from 2018 to 2019, 64 kg in 2019, 59 kg in 2019, 64 kg in 2019, 59 kg from 2019 to 2022, 71 kg in 2022, 59 kg in 2022, 64 kg in 2023, 59 kg from 2023 to 2024. 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: 2024 Olympic Games, 7 August 2024, 59 kg, total 213 kg, place 9.
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 2024 | 101 | 123 | 224 |
| 64 kg2019 to 2023 | 94 | 116 | 209 |
| 71 kg2022 | 97 | 114 | 211 |
| 58 kg2010 to 2016 | 88 | 107 | 195 |
Dora Tchakounté by the numbers
Dora Tchakounté'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
- 304.8
- From 224 kg at 58.78 kg bodyweight, 2024 IWF World Cup. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 18th of 438
- 224 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
- 82%
- At the best total, 101 kg of 123 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 2024, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 26 of 26
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Dora Tchakounté makes each attempt
Dora Tchakounté made 72% of snatch attempts and 69% 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
Dora Tchakounté head to head
The lifters Dora Tchakounté 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 | Dora Tchakounté ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuo Hsing-chun | 10 | 0 | 10 |
 Izabella Yaylyan |
10 | 5 | 5 |
 Mikiko Ando |
8 | 2 | 6 |
 Amalie Aarsten |
8 | 8 | 0 |
 Ine Andersson |
7 | 6 | 1 |
| Thuridur Erla Helgadottir | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Dora Tchakounté'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Olympic Games 7 Aug 2024 | 9 | 213 | 59 kg | 58.85 | 95 | 98 | 115 | not taken | ||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 10 | 224 | 59 kg | 58.78 | 95 | 98 | 101 | 115 | 120 | 123 |
| 2024 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 | 2 | 215 | 59 kg | 58.8 | 95 | 98 | 117 | |||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 18 | 211 | 59 kg | 58.91 | 93 | 96 | 115 | |||
| 2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 | 6 | 209 | 64 kg | 59.58 | 93 | 113 | 116 | |||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 9 | 216 | 59 kg | 58.8 | 96 | 115 | 120 | |||
| 2022 Mediterranean Games 1 Jul 2022 | 5 | 211 | 71 kg | 61.2 | 92 | 97 | 110 | 114 | ||
| 2022 European Championships 28 May 2022 | 1 | 213 | 59 kg | 58.4 | 93 | 96 | 113 | 117 | ||
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 4 | 213 | 59 kg | 58.55 | 93 | 96 | 112 | 117 | ||
| 2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 | - | 210 | 59 kg | 58.66 | 92 | 95 | 110 | 115 | ||
| 2020 Malta International Open 23 Feb 2020 | 1 | 207 | 59 kg | 58.7 | 93 | 110 | 114 | |||
| 2019 Qatar International Cup 19 Dec 2019 | 4 | 205 | 59 kg | 58.9 | 88 | 92 | 95 | 105 | 110 | |
| 2019 International Tournament of France Denis Randon 15 Nov 2019 | 2 | 180 | 64 kg | 62 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 90 | 95 | 100 |
| 2019 Mediterranean Cup 4 Oct 2019 | 2 | 206 | 59 kg | 58.75 | 88 | 93 | 108 | 113 | ||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 12 | 206 | 59 kg | 58.95 | 88 | 92 | 110 | 114 | ||
| 2019 Cup of the Blue Swords 28 Aug 2019 | 2 | 204 | 64 kg | 60.05 | 90 | 94 | 107 | 110 | ||
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 7 | 204 | 59 kg | 58.52 | 90 | 94 | 105 | 110 | ||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 13 | 203 | 59 kg | 58.71 | 88 | 92 | 95 | 105 | 108 | |
| 2016 FISU World University Championships 13 Nov 2016 | 5 | 195 | 58 kg | 56.96 | 82 | 85 | 88 | 98 | 104 | 107 |
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 6 | 194 | 58 kg | 56.15 | 84 | 88 | 100 | 103 | 106 | |
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 23 | 190 | 58 kg | 57.21 | 85 | 88 | 100 | 102 | ||
| 2015 European Junior Championships 2 Oct 2015 | 4 | 186 | 58 kg | 57.3 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 100 | ||
| 2014 European Junior Championships 21 Nov 2014 | 3 | 183 | 58 kg | 57.05 | 81 | 97 | 100 | 102 | ||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 24 | 187 | 58 kg | 56.48 | 80 | 84 | 87 | 96 | 100 | |
| 2012 European Youth Championships 25 Aug 2012 | 4 | 171 | 58 kg | 55.06 | 76 | 79 | 88 | 92 | ||
| 2010 IWF Youth Olympic Qualification Event for Europe 18 May 2010 | 9 | 141 | 58 kg | 55.26 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 75 | 78 |
Compare Dora Tchakounté
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Dora Tchakounté met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.