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
Career

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.

Katherine Vibert: totals from the 15 competitions with a total, 2018 to 2024, best 258 kg in 2024.22024527020182019202020212022202320242018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Jul 2018: 225 kg2019 Pan-American Championships, 21 Apr 2019: 245 kg2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Jun 2019: 246 kg2019 Pan American Games, 26 Jul 2019: 243 kg2019 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Sep 2019: 248 kg2019 International Ba Open, 1 Dec 2019: 242 kg2020 Pan-American Championships, 18 Apr 2021: 235 kg2021 Olympic Games, 23 Jul 2021: 249 kg2021 Pan-American Championships, 1 Nov 2021: 240 kg2022 World Weightlifting Championships, 5 Dec 2022: 242 kg2023 Pan-American Championships, 25 Mar 2023: 248 kg2023 IWF Grand Prix I, 8 Jun 2023: 247 kg2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Sep 2023: 244 kg2023 IWF Grand Prix II, 4 Dec 2023: 254 kg2024 IWF World Cup, 31 Mar 2024: 258 kg
Katherine Vibert: totals from the 15 competitions with a total, 2018 to 2024, best 258 kg in 2024.22024527020182020202220242018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Jul 2018: 225 kg2019 Pan-American Championships, 21 Apr 2019: 245 kg2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Jun 2019: 246 kg2019 Pan American Games, 26 Jul 2019: 243 kg2019 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Sep 2019: 248 kg2019 International Ba Open, 1 Dec 2019: 242 kg2020 Pan-American Championships, 18 Apr 2021: 235 kg2021 Olympic Games, 23 Jul 2021: 249 kg2021 Pan-American Championships, 1 Nov 2021: 240 kg2022 World Weightlifting Championships, 5 Dec 2022: 242 kg2023 Pan-American Championships, 25 Mar 2023: 248 kg2023 IWF Grand Prix I, 8 Jun 2023: 247 kg2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Sep 2023: 244 kg2023 IWF Grand Prix II, 4 Dec 2023: 254 kg2024 IWF World Cup, 31 Mar 2024: 258 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms. Larger red points are senior Olympic or World Championships wins.

Best lifts in each class

The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.

Class Years Snatch Clean and jerk Total
81 kg2024 2024 113 145 258
71 kg2019 to 2023 2019 to 2023 112 142 254
76 kg2019 to 2023 2019 to 2023 111 138 249
69 kg2018 2018 100 125 225
Numbers

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.
Attempts

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

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Katherine Vibert: 81%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Katherine Vibert: 81%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Katherine Vibert: 38%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Katherine Vibert: 75%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Katherine Vibert: 87%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Katherine Vibert: 53%
Rivals

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
Ecuador Neisi Dajomes 4 0 4
United States Olivia Reeves 4 1 3
Philippines Kristel Macrohon 4 4 0
Lijana Jakaite 4 4 0
Canada Maya Laylor 4 4 0
Results

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 109113116 kg missed140145151 kg missed
2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 4 254 71 kg 71 109112115 kg missed137142148 kg missed
2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 5 244 71 kg 70.94 107 kg missed107111 kg missed133 kg missed133137
2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 1 247 76 kg 74.9 107110113 kg missed136 kg missed136 kg missed137
2023 Pan-American Championships 25 Mar 2023 2 248 71 kg 70.9 104107110134 kg missed134138
2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 7 242 71 kg 71 103106109 kg missed132136 kg missed136
2021 Pan-American Championships 1 Nov 2021 1 240 76 kg 75.3 102105107128133140 kg missed
2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 2 249 76 kg 75.15 107111114 kg missed133138148 kg missed
2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 2 235 76 kg 75.74 100105 kg missed105125130135 kg missed
2019 International Ba Open 1 Dec 2019 1 242 76 kg 74.3 104107110 kg missed128132135
2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 1 248 71 kg 70.75 106 kg missed107112131136141 kg missed
2019 Pan American Games 26 Jul 2019 3 243 76 kg 74.55 104108112 kg missed133 kg missed135140 kg missed
2019 Pan-American Junior Championships 23 Jun 2019 - - 71 kg 70.8 104 kg missed105 kg missed105 kg missed123not takennot taken
2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2019 1 246 71 kg 70.7 104108 kg missed109128133137
2019 Pan-American Championships 21 Apr 2019 1 245 71 kg 70.15 104107110128131135
2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 7 Jul 2018 2 225 69 kg 68.6 96100104 kg missed117122125
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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.

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