Colombia · Women's 63 kg, November 2017
Lina Rivas
Lina Rivas is a weightlifter from Colombia, born in 1990, with one World Championships medal (1 silver). The results below cover 17 competitions from 2007 to 2017. The latest result came in the women's 63 kg class, at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 230 kg
- Best snatch
- 105 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 125 kg
Lina Rivas's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 silver in the total.
Weight classes: 58 kg from 2007 to 2011, 63 kg in 2012, 58 kg in 2012, 63 kg in 2013, 58 kg from 2014 to 2015, 63 kg in 2016, 58 kg in 2016, 63 kg in 2017. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 62.51 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 69 kg.
Latest result: 2017 World Weightlifting Championships, 27 November 2017, 63 kg, total 225 kg, place 2.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 kg2012 to 2017 | 105 | 125 | 230 |
| 58 kg2007 to 2016 | 103 | 124 | 221 |
Lina Rivas by the numbers
Lina Rivas'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
- 304.1
- From 221 kg at 57.69 kg bodyweight, 2015 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 60th of 864
- 230 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 63 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 84%
- At the best total, 105 kg of 125 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 2017, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 16 of 17
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Lina Rivas makes each attempt
Lina Rivas made 65% of snatch attempts and 62% 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
Lina Rivas head to head
The lifters Lina Rivas 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 | Lina Rivas ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 |
Lina Rivas'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. A row that names two events was one competition scored for both; its places can differ because each ranks its own field.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 2 | 225 | 63 kg | 62.51 | 101 | 120 | 124 | |||
| 2017 Bolivarian Games 17 Nov 2017 Also the 2017 South American Championships, place 1 | 1 | 230 | 63 kg | 62.9 | 101 | 105 | 120 | 125 | not taken | |
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 7 | 216 | 58 kg | 57.92 | 96 | 116 | 120 | |||
| 2016 Pan-American Championships 6 Jun 2016 | 2 | 218 | 58 kg | 57.79 | 96 | 99 | 116 | 119 | ||
| 2016 South-American Championships 7 Apr 2016 Also the Test Event for Rio 2016 Olympic Games, place 1 | 1 | 219 | 63 kg | 59.67 | 95 | 102 | 117 | |||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 5 | 221 | 58 kg | 57.69 | 97 | 115 | 120 | 124 | ||
| 2015 Pan American Games 11 Jul 2015 | 1 | 215 | 58 kg | 57.91 | 97 | 115 | 118 | |||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 6 | 218 | 58 kg | 57.78 | 95 | 100 | 115 | 118 | ||
| 2013 Pan American Championships 22 Jun 2013 | 2 | 219 | 63 kg | 61.44 | 95 | 98 | 101 | 118 | ||
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | - | - | 58 kg | 57.73 | 100 | 103 | ||||
| 2012 Pan-American Championships 10 May 2012 | 1 | 223 | 63 kg | 60.68 | 100 | 103 | 120 | |||
| 2011 Pan American Games 23 Oct 2011 | 3 | 215 | 58 kg | 57.14 | 95 | 99 | 100 | 115 | ||
| 2010 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 11 Jun 2010 | 3 | 205 | 58 kg | 57.56 | 91 | 110 | 114 | |||
| 2010 Pan American Championships 25 May 2010 | 3 | 211 | 58 kg | 57.5 | Snatch 96, clean and jerk 115; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2010 Pan-American Junior Championships 6 Apr 2010 | 1 | 211 | 58 kg | 57.2 | 90 | 93 | 96 | 107 | 112 | 115 |
| 2008 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 12 Jun 2008 | 3 | 201 | 58 kg | 57.16 | 85 | 89 | 91 | 102 | 106 | 110 |
| 2007 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 10 Jun 2007 | 7 | 195 | 58 kg | 57.09 | 85 | 90 | 100 | 105 | ||
Compare Lina Rivas
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Lina Rivas met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

