Mexico · Women's 45 kg, December 2024
María Barco
María Barco is a weightlifter from Mexico, born in 1999. The results below cover 7 competitions from 2014 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 45 kg class, at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 158 kg
- Best snatch
- 69 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 91 kg
María Barco's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 48 kg from 2014 to 2017, 45 kg from 2022 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (48 kg to 45 kg) and again in June 2025. At 44.5 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 49 kg.
Latest result: 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 December 2024, 45 kg, total 145 kg, place 10.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 kg2022 to 2024 | 69 | 91 | 158 |
| 48 kg2014 to 2017 | 63 | 80 | 140 |
María Barco by the numbers
María Barco'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
- 258.1
- From 158 kg at 44.9 kg bodyweight, 2022 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 35th of 180
- 158 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 45 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 74%
- At the best total, 67 kg of 91 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 2022, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 7 of 7
- A total at every competition listed.
How often María Barco makes each attempt
María Barco made 62% of snatch attempts and 57% 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
María Barco head to head
The lifters María Barco 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 | María Barco ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cansu Bektaş |
3 | 1 | 2 |
 Marta García |
3 | 1 | 2 |
María Barco'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 10 | 145 | 45 kg | 44.5 | 63 | 82 | ||||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 5 | 149 | 45 kg | 44.38 | 60 | 63 | 83 | 86 | ||
| 2023 Pan-American Championships 25 Mar 2023 | 2 | 157 | 45 kg | 44.7 | 66 | 69 | 88 | |||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 7 | 158 | 45 kg | 44.9 | 64 | 67 | 85 | 88 | 91 | |
| 2017 Summer Universiade 19 Aug 2017 | 15 | 138 | 48 kg | 47.58 | 55 | 60 | 76 | 78 | ||
| 2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 15 Jun 2017 | 13 | 139 | 48 kg | 46.84 | 58 | 63 | 76 | |||
| 2014 Pan-American Youth Championships 7 May 2014 | 3 | 140 | 48 kg | 47.68 | 56 | 60 | 75 | 80 |
Compare María Barco
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals María Barco met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.