Nicaragua · Women's 59 kg, April 2021
Karla Moreno
Karla Moreno is a weightlifter from Nicaragua, born in 1988. The results below cover 7 competitions from 2008 to 2021. The latest result came in the women's 59 kg class, at the 2020 Pan-American Championships.
- Best total
- 163 kg
- Best snatch
- 72 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 92 kg
Karla Moreno's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 48 kg from 2008 to 2010, 59 kg from 2020 to 2021. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (48 kg to 59 kg) and again in June 2025. At 58.86 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 61 kg.
Latest result: 2020 Pan-American Championships, 18 April 2021, 59 kg, total 163 kg, place 12.
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 kg2020 to 2021 | 71 | 92 | 163 |
| 48 kg2008 to 2010 | 72 | 87 | 158 |
Karla Moreno by the numbers
Karla Moreno'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
- 247.6
- From 158 kg at 47.5 kg bodyweight, 2009 Pan-American Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 321st of 438
- 163 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
- 77%
- At the best total, 71 kg of 92 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
- 33
- Turned 33 in 2021, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 7 of 7
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Karla Moreno makes each attempt
Karla Moreno made 56% of snatch attempts and 61% 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
Karla Moreno head to head
The lifters Karla Moreno 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 | Karla Moreno ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatima Lissette Sanchez Gaitan | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Karla Moreno'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 | 12 | 163 | 59 kg | 58.86 | 71 | 88 | 92 | |||
| 2020 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam 3 Mar 2020 | 4 | 160 | 59 kg | 56.8 | 65 | 70 | 85 | 90 | ||
| 2010 Pan American Championships 25 May 2010 | 6 | 153 | 48 kg | 47.6 | Snatch 66, clean and jerk 87; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2009 Pan-American Championships 3 Jun 2009 | 3 | 158 | 48 kg | 47.5 | 68 | 72 | 86 | |||
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | 9 | 150 | 48 kg | 47.07 | 65 | 83 | 85 | |||
| 2008 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 12 Jun 2008 | 12 | 148 | 48 kg | 47.26 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 79 | 83 | |
| 2008 Pan-American Championships 18 Mar 2008 | 3 | 143 | 48 kg | 46.56 | 62 | 75 | 81 | |||
Compare Karla Moreno
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. These lifters lifted in nearby classes, in any year.