Nicaragua · Women's 69 kg, July 2025
Lucía Castañeda
Lucía Castañeda is a weightlifter from Nicaragua, born in 1981. The results below cover 6 competitions from 2008 to 2025. The latest result came in the women's 69 kg class, at the 2025 Pan-American Championships.
- Best total
- 182 kg
- Best snatch
- 87 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 100 kg
Lucía Castañeda's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 63 kg from 2008 to 2014, 71 kg in 2022, 69 kg in 2025. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (63 kg to 71 kg) and again in June 2025 (71 kg to 69 kg).
Latest result: 2025 Pan-American Championships, 12 July 2025, 69 kg, total 173 kg, place 9.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 kg2025 | 78 | 95 | 173 |
| 71 kg2022 | 82 | 100 | 182 |
| 63 kg2008 to 2014 | 87 | 100 | 182 |
Lucía Castañeda by the numbers
Lucía Castañeda'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
- 238.8
- From 182 kg at 62.54 kg bodyweight, 2014 Pan American Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 464th of 864
- 182 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
- 92%
- At the best total, 87 kg of 95 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 2014, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 6 of 6
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Lucía Castañeda makes each attempt
Lucía Castañeda made 78% of snatch attempts and 56% 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
Lucía Castañeda head to head
The lifters Lucía Castañeda 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 | Lucía Castañeda ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Luz Acosta |
3 | 0 | 3 |
Lucía Castañeda'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Pan-American Championships 12 Jul 2025 | 9 | 173 | 69 kg | 67.1 | 78 | 95 | ||||
| 2022 Pan-American Championships 24 Jul 2022 | 15 | 182 | 71 kg | 70.6 | 77 | 82 | 95 | 100 | ||
| 2014 Pan American Championships 26 May 2014 | 9 | 182 | 63 kg | 62.54 | 80 | 85 | 87 | 95 | ||
| 2013 Pan American Championships 22 Jun 2013 | 9 | 180 | 63 kg | 62.28 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 90 | 97 | 100 |
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 6 | 176 | 63 kg | 62.46 | 76 | 79 | 91 | 97 | ||
| 2008 Pan-American Championships 18 Mar 2008 | 12 | 165 | 63 kg | 62.21 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 90 |
Compare Lucía Castañeda
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Lucía Castañeda.