Bulgaria · Women's 55 kg, April 2021
Maya Ivanova
Maya Ivanova is a weightlifter from Bulgaria, born in 1991. The results below cover 15 competitions from 2007 to 2021. The latest result came in the women's 55 kg class, at the 2021 European Championships.
- Best total
- 188 kg
- Best snatch
- 83 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 106 kg
Maya Ivanova's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 53 kg in 2007, 58 kg in 2007, 53 kg from 2009 to 2012, 58 kg in 2012, 53 kg from 2013 to 2018, 55 kg from 2019 to 2021. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (53 kg to 55 kg) and again in June 2025. At 54.52 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 57 kg.
Latest result: 2021 European Championships, 3 April 2021, 55 kg, total 187 kg, place 9.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 kg2019 to 2021 | 81 | 106 | 187 |
| 53 kg2007 to 2018 | 83 | 105 | 186 |
| 58 kg2007 to 2012 | 83 | 105 | 188 |
Maya Ivanova by the numbers
Maya Ivanova'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
- 270.3
- From 186 kg at 52.94 kg bodyweight, 2013 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 261st of 834
- 188 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 58 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 79%
- At the best total, 83 kg of 105 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
- 21
- Turned 21 in 2012, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 14 of 15
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Maya Ivanova makes each attempt
Maya Ivanova made 51% 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
Maya Ivanova head to head
The lifters Maya Ivanova 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 | Maya Ivanova ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Atenery Hernández |
6 | 4 | 2 |
 Manon Lorentz |
6 | 4 | 2 |
 Iulia Paratova |
5 | 0 | 5 |
 Joanna Łochowska |
5 | 0 | 5 |
| Dana Berchi | 5 | 5 | 0 |
 Aksana Zalatarova |
4 | 4 | 0 |
Maya Ivanova'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 | 9 | 187 | 55 kg | 54.52 | 81 | 100 | 104 | 106 | ||
| 2019 International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament 11 Nov 2019 | 3 | 174 | 55 kg | 54.65 | 75 | 95 | 99 | |||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | - | - | 55 kg | 54.9 | ||||||
| 2018 European Championships 26 Mar 2018 | 7 | 168 | 53 kg | 52.94 | 74 | 76 | 92 | |||
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 10 | 171 | 53 kg | 52.74 | 75 | 96 | ||||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 13 | 185 | 53 kg | 52.85 | 80 | 100 | 105 | |||
| 2014 European Championships 5 Apr 2014 | 3 | 185 | 53 kg | 53 | 80 | 83 | 97 | 100 | 102 | |
| 2013 IWF Grand Prix & 2nd Baku International Cup 6 Dec 2013 | 2 | 173 | 53 kg | 52.83 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 93 | 96 | |
| 2013 European Championships 8 Apr 2013 | 3 | 186 | 53 kg | 52.94 | 79 | 81 | 100 | 103 | 105 | |
| 2012 IWF Grand Prix - Baku International Cup 14 Dec 2012 | 4 | 188 | 58 kg | 57.29 | not taken | not taken | not taken | 102 | 105 | |
| 2012 European Championships 9 Apr 2012 | 9 | 182 | 53 kg | 52.95 | 82 | 100 | ||||
| 2011 European Junior Championships 10 Sep 2011 | 8 | 150 | 53 kg | 52.92 | 63 | 66 | 80 | 84 | ||
| 2009 European Junior Championships 25 Jul 2009 | 2 | 158 | 53 kg | 52.95 | 65 | 67 | 69 | 85 | 89 | not taken |
| 2007 IWF World Cup 26 Nov 2007 | 5 | 155 | 58 kg | 55.56 | Snatch 67, clean and jerk 88; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2007 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 10 Jun 2007 | 8 | 158 | 53 kg | 52.65 | 66 | 90 | 92 | |||
Compare Maya Ivanova
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Maya Ivanova met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.