Belarus · Women's 75 kg, July 2012
Iryna Kulesha
Iryna Kulesha is a weightlifter from Belarus, born in 1986. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2004 to 2012. The latest result came in the women's 75 kg class, at the 2012 Olympic Games.
- Best total
- 261 kg
- Best snatch
- 121 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 140 kg
Iryna Kulesha's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Latest result: 2012 Olympic Games, 27 July 2012, 75 kg, no total.
Iryna Kulesha by the numbers
Iryna Kulesha'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
- 313.1
- From 261 kg at 74.52 kg bodyweight, 2011 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 18th of 626
- 261 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
- 86%
- At the best total, 121 kg of 140 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
- 25
- Turned 25 in 2011, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 5 of 8
- Of the other three: one with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and two with a good lift in each but no total in the published results.
How often Iryna Kulesha makes each attempt
Iryna Kulesha made 79% 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
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Iryna Kulesha head to head
The lifters Iryna Kulesha 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 | Iryna Kulesha ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Nadezhda Evstyukhina |
4 | 0 | 4 |
 Ubaldina Valoyes |
4 | 2 | 2 |
 Yvonne Kranz |
4 | 3 | 1 |
 Damaris Aguirre |
3 | 2 | 1 |
 Nadiya Myronyuk |
3 | 2 | 1 |
 Kazue Imahoko |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Iryna Kulesha'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | - | - | 75 kg | 74.95 | 116 | 121 | 140 | 145 | 148 | |
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 4 | 261 | 75 kg | 74.52 | 115 | 119 | 121 | 135 | 140 | |
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 4 | 255 | 75 kg | 74.57 | 115 | 120 | 135 | |||
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | - | - | 75 kg | 74.78 | 112 | 116 | 118 | 128 | 133 | 137 |
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | 9 | 226 | 75 kg | 73.77 | 98 | 102 | 105 | 115 | 121 | |
| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 | 16 | 212 | 75 kg | 74.88 | 90 | 94 | 97 | 105 | 110 | 115 |
| 2006 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 28 May 2006 | - | - | 75 kg | 74.53 | 105 | |||||
| 2004 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 24 May 2004 | 4 | 205 | 75 kg | 73.3 | 90 | 95 | 105 | 110 |
Compare Iryna Kulesha
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Iryna Kulesha met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.