Finland · Women's 59 kg, April 2023
Marianne Saarhelo
Marianne Saarhelo is a weightlifter from Finland, born in 1994. The results below cover 13 competitions from 2016 to 2023. The latest result came in the women's 59 kg class, at the 2023 European Championships.
- Best total
- 210 kg
- Best snatch
- 92 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 118 kg
Marianne Saarhelo's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: +75 kg in 2016, 75 kg in 2017, 69 kg in 2018, 59 kg from 2018 to 2019, 64 kg in 2019, 59 kg in 2020, 64 kg in 2021, 59 kg from 2021 to 2023. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 59 kg) and again in June 2025. At 58.18 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 61 kg.
Latest result: 2023 European Championships, 15 April 2023, 59 kg, no total.
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 kg2018 to 2023 | 88 | 113 | 199 |
| 64 kg2019 to 2021 | 90 | 114 | 204 |
| 69 kg2018 | 83 | 103 | 186 |
| 75 kg2017 | 92 | 118 | 210 |
| +75 kg2016 | 88 | 110 | 198 |
Marianne Saarhelo by the numbers
Marianne Saarhelo'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
- 270.7
- From 199 kg at 58.8 kg bodyweight, Roma 2020 World Cup. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 232nd of 626
- 210 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
- 78%
- At the best total, 92 kg of 118 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 2017, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 12 of 13
- The other was an entry without an attempt.
How often Marianne Saarhelo makes each attempt
Marianne Saarhelo made 58% of snatch attempts and 64% 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
Marianne Saarhelo head to head
The lifters Marianne Saarhelo 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 | Marianne Saarhelo ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sabine Kusterer |
5 | 0 | 5 |
| Dora Tchakounté | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Sarah Davies |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Maria Grazia Alemanno |
3 | 1 | 2 |
 Ine Andersson |
3 | 2 | 1 |
 Amalie Aarsten |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Marianne Saarhelo'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 | - | No lifts | 59 kg | 58.18 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 19 | 186 | 59 kg | 58.8 | 79 | 103 | 107 | |||
| 2021 Open Championships 10 May 2021 | 7 | 182 | 59 kg | 59 | 77 | 80 | 98 | 102 | ||
| 2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 | 16 | 179 | 64 kg | 63.94 | 78 | 81 | 98 | |||
| Roma 2020 World Cup 27 Jan 2020 | 2 | 199 | 59 kg | 58.8 | 83 | 86 | 105 | 110 | 113 | |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 29 | 196 | 64 kg | 63.9 | 87 | 109 | ||||
| 2019 Cup of the Blue Swords 28 Aug 2019 | 3 | 204 | 64 kg | 63.85 | 87 | 90 | 110 | 114 | ||
| 2019 British International Open 7 Jun 2019 | 3 | 193 | 64 kg | 63.6 | 84 | 88 | 105 | |||
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 9 | 196 | 59 kg | 58.84 | 82 | 85 | 88 | 100 | 104 | 108 |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 25 | 184 | 59 kg | 58.58 | 80 | 82 | 98 | 102 | ||
| 2018 European Championships 26 Mar 2018 | 8 | 186 | 69 kg | 63.65 | 83 | 99 | 103 | |||
| 2017 European Championships 1 Apr 2017 | 8 | 210 | 75 kg | 71.45 | 88 | 92 | 113 | 118 | ||
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 10 | 198 | +75 kg | 75.23 | 88 | 106 | 110 |
Compare Marianne Saarhelo
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