Women's +75 kg, March 2000
Melissa Bethune
Melissa Bethune is a weightlifter. The results below cover 3 competitions from 1998 to 2000. The latest result came in the women's +75 kg class, at the 2000 Olympic Test Event.
- Best total
- 205 kg
- Best snatch
- 92.5 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 112.5 kg
Melissa Bethune's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Latest result: 2000 Olympic Test Event, 25 March 2000, +75 kg, total 205 kg, place 3.
Melissa Bethune by the numbers
Melissa Bethune'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
- 205.6
- From 205 kg at 147.75 kg bodyweight, 2000 Olympic Test Event. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 251st of 479
- 205 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
- 82%
- At the best total, 92.5 kg of 112.5 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%.
- Competitions with a total
- 3 of 3
- A total at every competition listed.
Melissa Bethune head to head
The lifters Melissa Bethune 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 | Melissa Bethune ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 3 |
Melissa Bethune'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Olympic Test Event 25 Mar 2000 | 3 | 205 | +75 kg | 147.75 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 112.5 | |||
| 1999 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 3 Jul 1999 | 5 | 197.5 | +75 kg | 149.28 | 85 | 107.5 | 112.5 | |||
| 1998 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 18 May 1998 | 8 | 172.5 | +75 kg | 121.85 | 72.5 | 77.5 | 80 | 87.5 | 92.5 |
Compare Melissa Bethune
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Melissa Bethune met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

