Greece · Women's 59 kg, April 2025
Maria Kardara
Maria Kardara is a weightlifter from Greece, born in 2001. The results below cover 13 competitions from 2017 to 2025. The latest result came in the women's 59 kg class, at the 2025 European Championships.
- Best total
- 198 kg
- Best snatch
- 90 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 108 kg
Maria Kardara's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 53 kg from 2017 to 2018, 58 kg in 2018, 59 kg from 2019 to 2025. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (58 kg to 59 kg) and again in June 2025. At 58.8 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 61 kg.
Latest result: 2025 European Championships, 13 April 2025, 59 kg, total 195 kg, place 8.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 kg2019 to 2025 | 90 | 108 | 198 |
| 58 kg2018 | 76 | 90 | 166 |
| 53 kg2017 to 2018 | 73 | 87 | 160 |
Maria Kardara by the numbers
Maria Kardara'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
- 269.0
- From 198 kg at 58.92 kg bodyweight, 2023 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 117th of 438
- 198 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 59 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 83%
- At the best total, 90 kg of 108 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
- 22
- Turned 22 in 2023, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 12 of 13
- The other was an entry without an attempt.
How often Maria Kardara makes each attempt
Maria Kardara made 58% of snatch attempts and 61% 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
Maria Kardara head to head
The lifters Maria Kardara 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 | Maria Kardara ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Gordon Brown | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Monika Malgorzata Szymanek | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Sofia Georgopoulou |
5 | 1 | 4 |
| Hannah Crymble | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dora Tchakounté | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Kamila Konotop |
4 | 0 | 4 |
Maria Kardara'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 European Championships 13 Apr 2025 | 8 | 195 | 59 kg | 58.8 | 85 | 88 | 100 | 105 | 107 | |
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 26 | 192 | 59 kg | 58.88 | 84 | 87 | 103 | 105 | ||
| 2024 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 | 11 | 189 | 59 kg | 59 | 83 | 85 | 87 | 98 | 102 | |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | - | No lifts | 59 kg | 59 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 | 7 | 198 | 59 kg | 58.92 | 90 | 108 | ||||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 31 | 191 | 59 kg | 59 | 88 | 103 | ||||
| 2022 European Championships 28 May 2022 | 11 | 188 | 59 kg | 58.8 | 88 | 95 | 100 | |||
| 2021 European Junior Championships 24 Sep 2021 | 7 | 182 | 59 kg | 58.74 | 85 | 87 | 95 | |||
| 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 23 May 2021 | 10 | 176 | 59 kg | 58.3 | 78 | 81 | 92 | 95 | ||
| 2019 European Junior Championships 17 Oct 2019 | 8 | 167 | 59 kg | 58.8 | 76 | 91 | ||||
| 2018 Youth Olympic Games 6 Oct 2018 | 5 | 166 | 58 kg | 57.86 | 73 | 76 | 85 | 90 | ||
| 2018 European Youth Championships 22 Jul 2018 | 4 | 160 | 53 kg | 52.75 | 70 | 73 | 84 | 87 | ||
| 2017 European Youth Championships 23 Sep 2017 | 7 | 137 | 53 kg | 52.84 | 57 | 60 | 73 | 75 | 77 |
Compare Maria Kardara
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Maria Kardara.