Women's 71 kg, April 2021

Eleni Kourtelidou

Eleni Kourtelidou is a weightlifter, born in 1985. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2005 to 2021. The latest result came in the women's 71 kg class, at the 2021 European Championships.

Best total
213 kg
Best snatch
92 kg
Best clean and jerk
121 kg
Career

Eleni Kourtelidou's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 69 kg in 2005, 75 kg in 2006, 69 kg from 2007 to 2018, 71 kg from 2018 to 2019, 76 kg in 2019, 71 kg in 2021. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 71 kg) and again in June 2025. At 70.52 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 77 kg.

Latest result: 2021 European Championships, 3 April 2021, 71 kg, total 201 kg, place 12.

Eleni Kourtelidou: totals from the 7 competitions with a total, 2005 to 2021, best 213 kg in 2007.160190220200520092013201720212005 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 17 May 2005: 171 kg2006 World Weightlifting Championships, 30 Sep 2006: 191 kg2007 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Sep 2007: 213 kg2018 Mediterranean Games, 22 Jun 2018: 195 kg2018 World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Nov 2018: 199 kg2019 European Championships, 6 Apr 2019: 203 kg2021 European Championships, 3 Apr 2021: 201 kg
Eleni Kourtelidou: totals from the 7 competitions with a total, 2005 to 2021, best 213 kg in 2007.160190220200520092013201720212005 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 17 May 2005: 171 kg2006 World Weightlifting Championships, 30 Sep 2006: 191 kg2007 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Sep 2007: 213 kg2018 Mediterranean Games, 22 Jun 2018: 195 kg2018 World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Nov 2018: 199 kg2019 European Championships, 6 Apr 2019: 203 kg2021 European Championships, 3 Apr 2021: 201 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.

Best lifts in each class

The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.

Class Years Snatch Clean and jerk Total
71 kg2018 to 2021 2018 to 2021 91 115 203
76 kg2019 2019 - - -
69 kg2005 to 2018 2005 to 2018 92 121 213
75 kg2006 2006 85 106 191
Numbers

Eleni Kourtelidou by the numbers

Eleni Kourtelidou'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
265.6
From 213 kg at 68.77 kg bodyweight, 2007 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
193rd of 812
213 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 69 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
76%
At the best total, 92 kg of 121 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
22
Turned 22 in 2007, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
7 of 8
The other was an entry without an attempt.
Attempts

How often Eleni Kourtelidou makes each attempt

Eleni Kourtelidou made 62% of snatch attempts and 67% 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

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Eleni Kourtelidou: 86%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Eleni Kourtelidou: 71%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Eleni Kourtelidou: 29%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Eleni Kourtelidou: 57%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Eleni Kourtelidou: 71%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Eleni Kourtelidou: 71%
Rivals

Eleni Kourtelidou head to head

The lifters Eleni Kourtelidou 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 Eleni Kourtelidou ahead Rival ahead
Israel Marina Ochman 3 3 0
Simona Hertlova 3 3 0
Results

Eleni Kourtelidou'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
2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 12 201 71 kg 70.52 8690 kg missed90 kg missed109112115
2019 Cup of the Blue Swords 28 Aug 2019 - No lifts 76 kg 71.75 not takennot takennot takennot takennot takennot taken
2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 7 203 71 kg 70.3 879193 kg missed112 kg missed112 kg missed112
2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 17 199 71 kg 70.99 8588 kg missed88105108111
2018 Mediterranean Games 22 Jun 2018 4 195 69 kg 68.94 87 kg missed8890 kg missed107111 kg missed111 kg missed
2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 15 213 69 kg 68.77 858992111117121
2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 18 191 75 kg 74.41 818588 kg missed105 kg missed105106
2005 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 17 May 2005 13 171 69 kg 67.7 737679 kg missed95 kg missed9599 kg missed
Compare

Compare Eleni Kourtelidou

Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Eleni Kourtelidou.