Women's +75 kg, December 2015

Elizabeth Cortez

Elizabeth Cortez is a weightlifter, born in 1983. The results below cover 9 competitions from 2004 to 2015. The latest result came in the women's +75 kg class, at the 2015 South-American Championships.

Best total
233 kg
Best snatch
98 kg
Best clean and jerk
138 kg
Career

Elizabeth Cortez's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Latest result: 2015 South-American Championships, 9 December 2015, +75 kg, total 200 kg, place 1.

Elizabeth Cortez: totals from the 9 competitions with a total, 2004 to 2015, best 233 kg in 2014.1501952402004200620082010201220142004 University World Cup, 1 Jul 2004: 160 kg2006 World Weightlifting Championships, 30 Sep 2006: 175 kg2009 Pan-American Championships, 3 Jun 2009: 214 kg2012 Pan-American Championships, 10 May 2012: 220 kg2012 South American Championships, 24 Oct 2012: 227 kg2013 Pan American Championships, 22 Jun 2013: 232 kg2014 South American Games, 7 Mar 2014: 233 kg2014 Pan American Championships, 26 May 2014: 222 kg2015 South-American Championships, 9 Dec 2015: 200 kg
Elizabeth Cortez: totals from the 9 competitions with a total, 2004 to 2015, best 233 kg in 2014.1501952402004200820122004 University World Cup, 1 Jul 2004: 160 kg2006 World Weightlifting Championships, 30 Sep 2006: 175 kg2009 Pan-American Championships, 3 Jun 2009: 214 kg2012 Pan-American Championships, 10 May 2012: 220 kg2012 South American Championships, 24 Oct 2012: 227 kg2013 Pan American Championships, 22 Jun 2013: 232 kg2014 South American Games, 7 Mar 2014: 233 kg2014 Pan American Championships, 26 May 2014: 222 kg2015 South-American Championships, 9 Dec 2015: 200 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.
Numbers

Elizabeth Cortez by the numbers

Elizabeth Cortez'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
236.3
From 233 kg at 131.66 kg bodyweight, 2014 South American Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
129th of 479
233 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's +75 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
69%
At the best total, 95 kg of 138 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
31
Turned 31 in 2014, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
9 of 9
A total at every competition listed.
Attempts

How often Elizabeth Cortez makes each attempt

Elizabeth Cortez made 56% 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%
Elizabeth Cortez: 89%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Elizabeth Cortez: 56%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Elizabeth Cortez: 22%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Elizabeth Cortez: 89%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Elizabeth Cortez: 67%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Elizabeth Cortez: 44%
Rivals

Elizabeth Cortez head to head

The lifters Elizabeth Cortez 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 Elizabeth Cortez ahead Rival ahead
Venezuela Yaniuska Espinosa 6 0 6
Ecuador Oliba Nieve 5 0 5
Venezuela Naryury Pérez 4 0 4
Guatemala Astrid Camposeco 4 4 0
Mayara Silva Gomes 3 2 1
Results

Elizabeth Cortez'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
2015 South-American Championships 9 Dec 2015 1 200 +75 kg 144.4 75828595105115
2014 Pan American Championships 26 May 2014 8 222 +75 kg 136.58 8692 kg missed96 kg missed130136139 kg missed
2014 South American Games 7 Mar 2014 4 233 +75 kg 131.66 95100 kg missed100 kg missed130138141 kg missed
2013 Pan American Championships 22 Jun 2013 4 232 +75 kg 135.58 9095100 kg missed125133137
2012 South American Championships 24 Oct 2012 2 227 +75 kg 132.4 9196 kg missed96126131 kg missed131
2012 Pan-American Championships 10 May 2012 8 220 +75 kg 134.14 9198101 kg missed122136 kg missed136 kg missed
2009 Pan-American Championships 3 Jun 2009 8 214 +75 kg 130.62 85 kg missed8593 kg missed123129132 kg missed
2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 28 175 +75 kg 107.69 7580 kg missed80 kg missed100 kg missed100 kg missed100
2004 University World Cup 1 Jul 2004 5 160 +75 kg 99.65 606570 kg missed9095100 kg missed
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Compare Elizabeth Cortez

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