Kazakhstan · Women's 48 kg, August 2016
Margarita Yelisseyeva
Margarita Yelisseyeva is a weightlifter from Kazakhstan, born in 1992. The results below cover 14 competitions from 2009 to 2016. The latest result came in the women's 48 kg class, at the 2016 Olympic Games.
- Best total
- 202 kg
- Best snatch
- 90 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 112 kg
Margarita Yelisseyeva's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 53 kg in 2009, 48 kg from 2010 to 2011, 53 kg from 2012 to 2013, 48 kg in 2014, 53 kg in 2015, 48 kg in 2016. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 47.72 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 49 kg.
Latest result: 2016 Olympic Games, 5 August 2016, 48 kg, total 186 kg, place 5.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg2010 to 2016 | 88 | 106 | 194 |
| 53 kg2009 to 2015 | 90 | 112 | 202 |
Margarita Yelisseyeva by the numbers
Margarita Yelisseyeva'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
- 302.4
- From 194 kg at 47.84 kg bodyweight, 2014 Asian Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 57th of 761
- 202 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 53 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 80%
- At the best total, 90 kg of 112 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
- 23
- Turned 23 in 2015, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 13 of 14
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Margarita Yelisseyeva makes each attempt
Margarita Yelisseyeva made 79% of snatch attempts and 63% 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
Margarita Yelisseyeva head to head
The lifters Margarita Yelisseyeva 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 | Margarita Yelisseyeva ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 |
Margarita Yelisseyeva'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 5 | 186 | 48 kg | 47.72 | 80 | 103 | 106 | |||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 6 | 202 | 53 kg | 52.82 | 82 | 88 | 90 | 107 | 112 | |
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.77 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 1 | 194 | 48 kg | 47.84 | 82 | 86 | 88 | 101 | 106 | |
| 2013 IWF Grand Prix & 2nd Baku International Cup 6 Dec 2013 | 4 | 158 | 53 kg | 52.36 | 65 | 70 | 73 | 85 | not taken | |
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | 8 | 186 | 53 kg | 51.77 | 80 | 85 | 97 | 101 | ||
| 2013 Summer Universiade 6 Jul 2013 | 7 | 180 | 53 kg | 51.84 | 75 | 80 | 93 | 98 | 100 | |
| 2013 Asian Championships 20 Jun 2013 | 4 | 183 | 53 kg | 51.9 | 78 | 82 | 85 | 98 | ||
| 2012 IWF Grand Prix - Baku International Cup 14 Dec 2012 | 4 | 178 | 53 kg | 50.88 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 93 | 96 | 98 |
| 2012 Asian Junior Championships 10 Nov 2012 | 2 | 185 | 53 kg | 51.85 | 80 | 83 | 85 | 100 | ||
| 2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 29 Jun 2011 | 7 | 172 | 48 kg | 47.94 | 77 | 80 | 92 | |||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 12 | 168 | 48 kg | 47.81 | 72 | 76 | 78 | 90 | ||
| 2010 Asian Junior Championships 12 Apr 2010 | 2 | 158 | 48 kg | 47.5 | 65 | 70 | 71 | 80 | 85 | 87 |
| 2009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 May 2009 | 4 | 172 | 53 kg | 49.21 | 71 | 77 | 87 | 95 |
Compare Margarita Yelisseyeva
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Margarita Yelisseyeva.

