Japan · Women's 87 kg, April 2021
Mami Shimamoto
Mami Shimamoto is a weightlifter from Japan, born in 1987. The results below cover 25 competitions from 2005 to 2021. The latest result came in the women's 87 kg class, at the 2020 Asian Championships.
- Best total
- 260 kg
- Best snatch
- 113 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 147 kg
Mami Shimamoto's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: +75 kg from 2005 to 2015, 90 kg in 2017, 87 kg from 2018 to 2021. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (90 kg to 87 kg) and again in June 2025. At 86.2 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be +86 kg.
Latest result: 2020 Asian Championships, 17 April 2021, 87 kg, total 213 kg, place 6.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87 kg2018 to 2021 | 105 | 122 | 227 |
| 90 kg2017 | 100 | 120 | 220 |
| +75 kg2005 to 2015 | 113 | 147 | 260 |
Mami Shimamoto by the numbers
Mami Shimamoto'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
- 274.3
- From 260 kg at 106.95 kg bodyweight, 2011 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 52nd of 479
- 260 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's +75 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 77%
- At the best total, 113 kg of 147 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
- 24
- Turned 24 in 2011, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 21 of 25
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Mami Shimamoto makes each attempt
Mami Shimamoto made 78% of snatch attempts and 60% 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
Mami Shimamoto head to head
The lifters Mami Shimamoto 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 | Mami Shimamoto ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fumiko Jonai |
9 | 8 | 1 |
 Alexandra Aborneva |
8 | 2 | 6 |
 Oliba Nieve |
7 | 2 | 5 |
 Tatiana Kashirina |
5 | 0 | 5 |
 Zhou Lulu |
5 | 0 | 5 |
| Afaf Ibrahiem Mohamed | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Mami Shimamoto'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 6 | 213 | 87 kg | 86.2 | 95 | 100 | 108 | 113 | ||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 9 | 222 | 87 kg | 86.8 | 100 | 122 | ||||
| Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 | - | - | 87 kg | 86.65 | 98 | 102 | 104 | |||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 6 | 223 | 87 kg | 86.73 | 98 | 102 | 105 | 118 | ||
| 2019 EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships 7 Jan 2019 | 2 | 227 | 87 kg | 86.75 | 99 | 103 | 105 | 118 | 122 | |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | - | - | 87 kg | 86.68 | 98 | 102 | ||||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 11 | 220 | 90 kg | 89.63 | 100 | 112 | 120 | |||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | - | - | +75 kg | 102.26 | 106 | 110 | ||||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 9 | 250 | +75 kg | 102.82 | 105 | 110 | 133 | 138 | 140 | |
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 7 | 251 | +75 kg | 102.81 | 105 | 110 | 113 | 133 | 138 | |
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | 9 | 243 | +75 kg | 102.41 | 102 | 106 | 110 | 125 | 130 | 133 |
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 8 | 253 | +75 kg | 105.9 | 103 | 107 | 110 | 138 | 143 | |
| 2011 London Prepares International Invitational 10 Dec 2011 | 3 | 238 | +75 kg | 105.09 | 100 | 105 | 130 | 133 | ||
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 6 | 260 | +75 kg | 106.95 | 108 | 111 | 113 | 140 | 144 | 147 |
| 2011 Asian Championships 9 Apr 2011 | 4 | 247 | +75 kg | 103.7 | 105 | 108 | 135 | 139 | ||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 7 | 252 | +75 kg | 101.39 | 106 | 110 | 112 | 137 | 140 | |
| 2009 East Asian Games 7 Dec 2009 | 3 | 253 | +75 kg | 106.15 | 105 | 109 | 137 | 141 | 144 | |
| 2009 Asian Championships 9 May 2009 | 4 | 234 | +75 kg | 104.85 | Snatch 102, clean and jerk 132; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2008 FISU World University Championships 25 Nov 2008 | - | - | +75 kg | 104.82 | 100 | 104 | 107 | |||
| 2008 Asian Championships 26 Apr 2008 | 1 | 250 | +75 kg | 105.58 | 101 | 106 | 108 | 133 | 139 | 142 |
| 2008 Olympic Test Event 22 Jan 2008 | 6 | 228 | +75 kg | 108.96 | 94 | 98 | 130 | |||
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | 19 | 232 | +75 kg | 104.41 | 97 | 101 | 125 | 131 | ||
| 2007 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 10 Jun 2007 | 5 | 228 | +75 kg | 100.74 | 95 | 100 | 123 | 128 | ||
| 2006 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 28 May 2006 | 10 | 202 | +75 kg | 99.68 | 85 | 90 | 107 | 112 | ||
| 2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 | 16 | 195 | +75 kg | 99.71 | 80 | 85 | 100 | 105 | 110 | |
Compare Mami Shimamoto
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Mami Shimamoto met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.