United States · Women's 81 kg, March 2024
Katherine Vibert
Katherine Vibert is a weightlifter from United States, born in 1999, with one Olympic medal (1 silver) and one World Championships gold medal. The results below cover 16 competitions from 2018 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 81 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- Olympic medal
- 1
- World gold
- 1
- Best total
- 258 kg
- Best snatch
- 113 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 145 kg
Katherine Vibert's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 silver. World Championships: 1 gold in the total.
Weight classes: 69 kg in 2018, 71 kg in 2019, 76 kg in 2019, 71 kg in 2019, 76 kg from 2019 to 2021, 71 kg from 2022 to 2023, 76 kg in 2023, 71 kg in 2023, 81 kg in 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 71 kg) and again in June 2025. At 78.58 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 86 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 81 kg, total 258 kg, place 4.
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 | 113 | 145 | 258 |
| 71 kg2019 to 2023 | 112 | 142 | 254 |
| 76 kg2019 to 2023 | 111 | 138 | 249 |
| 69 kg2018 | 100 | 125 | 225 |
Katherine Vibert by the numbers
Katherine Vibert'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
- 311.8
- From 254 kg at 71 kg bodyweight, 2023 IWF Grand Prix II. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 12th of 274
- 258 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 81 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 78%
- At the best total, 113 kg of 145 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 2024, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 15 of 16
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Katherine Vibert makes each attempt
Katherine Vibert made 67% of snatch attempts and 72% 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
Katherine Vibert head to head
The lifters Katherine Vibert 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 | Katherine Vibert ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kidaisha Lopez Rodriguez | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Lijana Jakaite | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 |
Katherine Vibert'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 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 4 | 258 | 81 kg | 78.58 | 109 | 113 | 140 | 145 | ||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 4 | 254 | 71 kg | 71 | 109 | 112 | 137 | 142 | ||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 5 | 244 | 71 kg | 70.94 | 107 | 133 | 137 | |||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | 1 | 247 | 76 kg | 74.9 | 107 | 110 | 137 | |||
| 2023 Pan-American Championships 25 Mar 2023 | 2 | 248 | 71 kg | 70.9 | 104 | 107 | 110 | 134 | 138 | |
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 7 | 242 | 71 kg | 71 | 103 | 106 | 132 | 136 | ||
| 2021 Pan-American Championships 1 Nov 2021 | 1 | 240 | 76 kg | 75.3 | 102 | 105 | 107 | 128 | 133 | |
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 2 | 249 | 76 kg | 75.15 | 107 | 111 | 133 | 138 | ||
| 2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 | 2 | 235 | 76 kg | 75.74 | 100 | 105 | 125 | 130 | ||
| 2019 International Ba Open 1 Dec 2019 | 1 | 242 | 76 kg | 74.3 | 104 | 107 | 128 | 132 | 135 | |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 1 | 248 | 71 kg | 70.75 | 107 | 112 | 131 | 136 | ||
| 2019 Pan American Games 26 Jul 2019 | 3 | 243 | 76 kg | 74.55 | 104 | 108 | 135 | |||
| 2019 Pan-American Junior Championships 23 Jun 2019 | - | - | 71 kg | 70.8 | 123 | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2019 | 1 | 246 | 71 kg | 70.7 | 104 | 109 | 128 | 133 | 137 | |
| 2019 Pan-American Championships 21 Apr 2019 | 1 | 245 | 71 kg | 70.15 | 104 | 107 | 110 | 128 | 131 | 135 |
| 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 7 Jul 2018 | 2 | 225 | 69 kg | 68.6 | 96 | 100 | 117 | 122 | 125 |
Compare Katherine Vibert
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Katherine Vibert met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

