Egypt · Women's +81 kg, August 2024
Halima Abbas
Halima Abbas is a weightlifter from Egypt, born in 1995. The results below cover 20 competitions from 2012 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's +81 kg class, at the 2024 Olympic Games.
- Best total
- 275 kg
- Best snatch
- 124 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 153 kg
Halima Abbas's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: +75 kg in 2012, +69 kg in 2012, +75 kg from 2013 to 2015, +90 kg in 2018, +87 kg from 2018 to 2024, +81 kg in 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (+90 kg to +87 kg) and again in June 2025. At 146 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be +86 kg. The 2024 Olympic Games used a shorter list of classes, with +81 kg the heaviest for women.
Latest result: 2024 Olympic Games, 7 August 2024, +81 kg, total 260 kg, place 7.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| +81 kg2024 | 115 | 145 | 260 |
| +87 kg2018 to 2024 | 124 | 153 | 275 |
| +90 kg2018 | 113 | 150 | 263 |
| +75 kg2012 to 2015 | 111 | 141 | 251 |
| +69 kg2012 | 103 | 130 | 233 |
Halima Abbas by the numbers
Halima Abbas'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
- 276.5
- From 275 kg at 143 kg bodyweight, 2022 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 19th of 187
- 275 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's +87 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 80%
- At the best total, 122 kg of 153 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
- 27
- Turned 27 in 2022, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 18 of 20
- Of the other two: one with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.
How often Halima Abbas makes each attempt
Halima Abbas 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
Halima Abbas head to head
The lifters Halima Abbas 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 | Halima Abbas ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaimaa Khalaf |
6 | 2 | 4 |
 Lisseth Ayoví |
5 | 3 | 2 |
 Naryury Pérez |
5 | 3 | 2 |
 Yosra Dhieb |
5 | 4 | 1 |
| Marissa Klingseis | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 Shalinee Valaydon |
4 | 4 | 0 |
Halima Abbas'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 | 7 | 260 | +81 kg | 146 | 110 | 115 | 135 | 140 | 145 | |
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | - | No lifts | +87 kg | 142.72 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2024 African Championships 5 Feb 2024 | 1 | 262 | +87 kg | 145.1 | 117 | 145 | ||||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 4 | 272 | +87 kg | 141.13 | 120 | 148 | 152 | |||
| 2023 African Championships 11 May 2023 | 1 | 260 | +87 kg | 141.8 | 110 | 115 | 145 | |||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 6 | 275 | +87 kg | 143 | 118 | 122 | 148 | 153 | ||
| 2022 African Championships 26 Oct 2022 | 1 | 269 | +87 kg | 144.4 | 115 | 122 | 124 | 145 | ||
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | - | - | +87 kg | 138.8 | 115 | |||||
| 2019 All African Games 24 Aug 2019 | 1 | 272 | +87 kg | 139.7 | 113 | 116 | 121 | 140 | 151 | |
| 2019 African Championships 23 Apr 2019 | 1 | 265 | +87 kg | 136.7 | 110 | 115 | 120 | 135 | 145 | |
| 2018 International Solidarity Championships 8 Dec 2018 | 2 | 245 | +87 kg | 133.75 | 110 | 115 | 130 | not taken | not taken | |
| 2018 African Championships 10 Aug 2018 | 1 | 263 | +90 kg | 132.07 | 108 | 113 | 135 | 143 | 150 | |
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 19 | 251 | +75 kg | 123.97 | 106 | 110 | 130 | 138 | 141 | |
| 2015 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 6 Jun 2015 | 4 | 249 | +75 kg | 122.18 | 108 | 137 | 141 | |||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 11 | 247 | +75 kg | 114.89 | 106 | 111 | 131 | 136 | not taken | |
| 2014 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 20 Jun 2014 | 2 | 243 | +75 kg | 115.45 | 104 | 108 | 132 | 135 | ||
| 2013 Mediterranean Games 20 Jun 2013 | 2 | 242 | +75 kg | 116.15 | 100 | 106 | 110 | 126 | 130 | 132 |
| 2013 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 3 May 2013 | 2 | 240 | +75 kg | 112.9 | 100 | 105 | 109 | 125 | 131 | |
| 2012 African Youth Championships 18 Nov 2012 | 1 | 233 | +69 kg | 104.5 | 95 | 100 | 103 | 120 | 130 | not taken |
| 2012 African Junior Championships 18 Nov 2012 | 1 | 233 | +75 kg | 104.5 | 95 | 100 | 103 | 120 | 130 | not taken |
Compare Halima Abbas
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Halima Abbas met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.