Turkey · Women's 63 kg, August 2016
Mehtap Kurnaz
Mehtap Kurnaz is a weightlifter from Turkey, born in 1995. The results below cover 16 competitions from 2011 to 2016. The latest result came in the women's 63 kg class, at the 2016 Olympic Games.
- Best total
- 197 kg
- Best snatch
- 90 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 109 kg
Mehtap Kurnaz's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 58 kg from 2011 to 2012, 63 kg from 2013 to 2016. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 62.16 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 69 kg.
Latest result: 2016 Olympic Games, 5 August 2016, 63 kg, total 181 kg, place 13.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 kg2013 to 2016 | 90 | 109 | 197 |
| 58 kg2011 to 2012 | 81 | 96 | 177 |
Mehtap Kurnaz by the numbers
Mehtap Kurnaz'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
- 259.7
- From 196 kg at 61.5 kg bodyweight, 2014 European Junior Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 296th of 864
- 197 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 63 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 81%
- At the best total, 88 kg of 109 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
- 20
- Turned 20 in 2015, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 14 of 16
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Mehtap Kurnaz makes each attempt
Mehtap Kurnaz made 77% of snatch attempts and 60% 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
Mehtap Kurnaz head to head
The lifters Mehtap Kurnaz 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 | Mehtap Kurnaz ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olena Kokhanenko | 5 | 1 | 4 |
 Giorgia Bordignon |
4 | 0 | 4 |
 Esraa El-Sayed |
3 | 0 | 3 |
| Irene Martinez Santiago | 3 | 1 | 2 |
 Joana Palacios |
3 | 1 | 2 |
 Anna Everi |
3 | 2 | 1 |
Mehtap Kurnaz'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 13 | 181 | 63 kg | 62.16 | 78 | 81 | 100 | |||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 24 | 197 | 63 kg | 62.47 | 85 | 88 | 105 | 109 | ||
| 2015 European Junior Championships 2 Oct 2015 | 4 | 196 | 63 kg | 61.95 | 83 | 87 | 88 | 105 | 108 | |
| 2015 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 6 Jun 2015 | 9 | 195 | 63 kg | 61.72 | 82 | 85 | 87 | 103 | 106 | 108 |
| 2015 European Championships 10 Apr 2015 | 5 | 195 | 63 kg | 61.84 | 82 | 85 | 87 | 103 | 108 | |
| 2015 ISSF Championships 10 Mar 2015 | 1 | 183 | 63 kg | 62.04 | 78 | 83 | 95 | 100 | ||
| 2014 FISU World University Championships 5 Dec 2014 | 4 | 192 | 63 kg | 61.94 | 85 | 87 | 105 | |||
| 2014 European Junior Championships 21 Nov 2014 | 3 | 196 | 63 kg | 61.5 | 85 | 88 | 104 | 107 | 108 | |
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | - | - | 63 kg | 62.1 | 87 | 89 | 90 | |||
| 2014 Islamic Solidarity Games 27 Mar 2014 | 1 | 191 | 63 kg | 62 | 75 | 85 | 100 | 106 | ||
| 2013 European Junior Championships 23 Sep 2013 | - | - | 63 kg | 61.8 | 95 | 100 | ||||
| 2013 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 3 May 2013 | 13 | 173 | 63 kg | 60.78 | 75 | 78 | 95 | |||
| 2013 European Championships 8 Apr 2013 | 9 | 180 | 63 kg | 60.78 | 74 | 79 | 95 | 99 | 101 | |
| 2012 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2012 | 3 | 177 | 58 kg | 57.19 | 77 | 79 | 81 | 94 | 96 | |
| 2012 European Youth Championships 25 Aug 2012 | 3 | 176 | 58 kg | 57.56 | 77 | 79 | 81 | 95 | ||
| 2011 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 8 May 2011 | 5 | 163 | 58 kg | 57.7 | 65 | 70 | 73 | 80 | 90 |
Compare Mehtap Kurnaz
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Mehtap Kurnaz.