Turkey · Women's +87 kg, April 2023
Melike Günal
Melike Günal is a weightlifter from Turkey, born in 1998. The results below cover 16 competitions from 2017 to 2023. The latest result came in the women's +87 kg class, at the 2023 European Championships.
- Best total
- 243 kg
- Best snatch
- 110 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 135 kg
Melike Günal's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: +90 kg from 2017 to 2018, +87 kg from 2018 to 2023. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (+90 kg to +87 kg) and again in June 2025. At 108.9 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be +86 kg.
Latest result: 2023 European Championships, 15 April 2023, +87 kg, total 242 kg, place 4.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| +87 kg2018 to 2023 | 110 | 135 | 243 |
| +90 kg2017 to 2018 | 99 | 127 | 226 |
Melike Günal by the numbers
Melike Günal'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
- 254.1
- From 242 kg at 108.9 kg bodyweight, 2023 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 51st of 187
- 243 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's +87 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 80%
- At the best total, 108 kg of 135 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 2021, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 16 of 16
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Melike Günal makes each attempt
Melike Günal made 75% of snatch attempts and 73% 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
Melike Günal head to head
The lifters Melike Günal 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 | Melike Günal ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Gyurus | 8 | 8 | 0 |
 Anastasiia Lysenko |
6 | 0 | 6 |
 Emily Campbell |
6 | 0 | 6 |
| Magdalena Karolak | 6 | 1 | 5 |
 Tereza Králová |
6 | 6 | 0 |
 Arpine Dalalyan |
5 | 1 | 4 |
Melike Günal'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 | 4 | 242 | +87 kg | 108.9 | 105 | 108 | 110 | 126 | 130 | 132 |
| 2022 International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament 15 Nov 2022 | 2 | 224 | +87 kg | 111.42 | 100 | 104 | 120 | |||
| 2022 Islamic Solidarity Games 11 Aug 2022 | 4 | 239 | +87 kg | 111.86 | 105 | 109 | 125 | 130 | ||
| 2022 European Championships 28 May 2022 | 2 | 242 | +87 kg | 112.1 | 102 | 105 | 108 | 125 | 130 | 134 |
| 2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 | 3 | 243 | +87 kg | 114.18 | 105 | 108 | 130 | 135 | ||
| 2020 International Solidarity Championships 8 Feb 2020 | 1 | 242 | +87 kg | 113.25 | 100 | 104 | 107 | 125 | 130 | 135 |
| 2019 International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament 11 Nov 2019 | 3 | 225 | +87 kg | 114.5 | 98 | 122 | 127 | |||
| 2019 European U23 Championships 17 Oct 2019 | 1 | 233 | +87 kg | 114.2 | 100 | 103 | 105 | 120 | 125 | 128 |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 18 | 230 | +87 kg | 114.05 | 100 | 105 | 125 | |||
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 5 | 231 | +87 kg | 110.78 | 95 | 100 | 104 | 120 | 127 | |
| 2018 International Solidarity Championships 8 Dec 2018 | 3 | 221 | +87 kg | 111.15 | 96 | 101 | 120 | |||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 22 | 223 | +87 kg | 111.96 | 95 | 100 | 123 | |||
| 2018 European Junior Championships 20 Oct 2018 | 3 | 226 | +90 kg | 110.5 | 95 | 99 | 118 | 124 | 127 | |
| 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 7 Jul 2018 | 8 | 215 | +90 kg | 109.65 | 95 | 113 | 120 | |||
| 2017 European Junior Championships 15 Oct 2017 | 3 | 196 | +90 kg | 107 | 82 | 86 | 104 | 107 | 110 | |
| 2017 European Championships 1 Apr 2017 | 7 | 190 | +90 kg | 106.35 | 75 | 82 | 85 | 95 | 100 | 105 |
Compare Melike Günal
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Melike Günal.