Colombia · Women's 64 kg, July 2021
Mercedes Pérez
Mercedes Pérez is a weightlifter from Colombia, born in 1987, with one World Championships medal (1 bronze). The results below cover 39 competitions from 2005 to 2021. The latest result came in the women's 64 kg class, at the 2021 Olympic Games.
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 240 kg
- Best snatch
- 106 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 135 kg
Mercedes Pérez's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 58 kg from 2005 to 2006, 63 kg from 2007 to 2010, 69 kg from 2011 to 2013, 63 kg from 2014 to 2015, 69 kg in 2016, 63 kg from 2016 to 2017, 69 kg in 2018, 64 kg from 2018 to 2019, 71 kg in 2019, 64 kg from 2019 to 2021. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 64 kg) and again in June 2025. At 63.7 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 69 kg.
Latest result: 2021 Olympic Games, 23 July 2021, 64 kg, total 227 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 kg2018 to 2021 | 106 | 132 | 238 |
| 71 kg2019 | 104 | 122 | 226 |
| 69 kg2011 to 2018 | 105 | 135 | 240 |
| 63 kg2007 to 2017 | 105 | 132 | 235 |
| 58 kg2005 to 2006 | 93 | 115 | 208 |
Mercedes Pérez by the numbers
Mercedes Pérez'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
- 308.3
- From 238 kg at 64 kg bodyweight, 2019 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 53rd of 812
- 240 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 69 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, 105 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
- 25
- Turned 25 in 2012, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 35 of 39
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Mercedes Pérez makes each attempt
Mercedes Pérez made 71% of snatch attempts and 56% 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
Mercedes Pérez head to head
The lifters Mercedes Pérez 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 | Mercedes Pérez ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Maude Charron |
9 | 6 | 3 |
| Lesbia Marielis Cruz Hernandez | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Liliane Menezes Lacerda | 8 | 8 | 0 |
 Marina Rodríguez |
8 | 8 | 0 |
 Giorgia Bordignon |
7 | 6 | 1 |
 Solenny Villasmil |
7 | 7 | 0 |
Mercedes Pérez'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. A row that names two events was one competition scored for both; its places can differ because each ranks its own field.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 4 | 227 | 64 kg | 63.7 | 101 | 126 | ||||
| 2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 | 2 | 234 | 64 kg | 63.99 | 100 | 104 | 126 | 130 | ||
| 2019 IWF Grand Prix Odesur CSLP 8 Nov 2019 | 2 | 225 | 64 kg | 63.97 | 97 | 124 | 128 | |||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 4 | 238 | 64 kg | 64 | 102 | 106 | 128 | 132 | ||
| 2019 Pan American Games 26 Jul 2019 | 1 | 235 | 64 kg | 63.9 | 100 | 105 | 127 | 130 | ||
| 2019 Ibero-American Championships 8 May 2019 Also the 2019 Open Senior Championships, place 1 | 1 | 226 | 71 kg | 65.05 | 97 | 100 | 104 | 122 | ||
| 2019 Pan-American Championships 21 Apr 2019 | 1 | 229 | 64 kg | 63.95 | 97 | 101 | 123 | 128 | ||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 4 | 232 | 64 kg | 63.73 | 100 | 105 | 127 | |||
| 2018 South American Games 28 May 2018 | 1 | 237 | 69 kg | 66.4 | 100 | 105 | 125 | 128 | 132 | |
| 2018 Pan-American Championships 12 May 2018 | 1 | 234 | 69 kg | 65.99 | 99 | 102 | 104 | 125 | 130 | |
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 3 | 225 | 63 kg | 62.69 | 97 | 101 | 124 | |||
| 2017 Bolivarian Games 17 Nov 2017 Also the 2017 South American Championships | - | - | 63 kg | 63 | 95 | 100 | ||||
| 2017 Pan-American Championships 20 Jul 2017 | 1 | 221 | 63 kg | 62.81 | 94 | 97 | 121 | 124 | ||
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 4 | 234 | 63 kg | 62.74 | 100 | 104 | 125 | 130 | ||
| 2016 Pan-American Championships 6 Jun 2016 | 1 | 231 | 63 kg | 62.73 | 100 | 105 | 126 | |||
| 2016 South-American Championships 7 Apr 2016 Also the Test Event for Rio 2016 Olympic Games, place 2 | 2 | 228 | 69 kg | 64.49 | 95 | 100 | 102 | 122 | 126 | |
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 8 | 227 | 63 kg | 62.96 | 97 | 125 | 130 | |||
| 2015 Pan American Games 11 Jul 2015 | 1 | 235 | 63 kg | 62.74 | 95 | 103 | 120 | 132 | ||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 11 | 231 | 63 kg | 62.45 | 100 | 104 | 127 | |||
| 2014 Pan American Championships 26 May 2014 | 1 | 228 | 63 kg | 62.56 | 98 | 101 | 102 | 123 | 126 | |
| 2014 South American Games 7 Mar 2014 | 2 | 220 | 63 kg | 62.88 | 95 | 98 | 122 | |||
| 2013 Bolivar Games 17 Nov 2013 | - | - | 69 kg | 67.55 | 100 | 103 | 105 | |||
| 2013 South American Championships 16 Nov 2013 | - | - | 69 kg | 67.55 | 100 | 103 | 105 | |||
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | 6 | 235 | 69 kg | 67.92 | 100 | 105 | 130 | |||
| 2013 Pan American Championships 22 Jun 2013 | 1 | 226 | 69 kg | 68.02 | 96 | 99 | 123 | 127 | ||
| 2012 Pan-American Championships 10 May 2012 | 1 | 240 | 69 kg | 67.81 | 100 | 105 | 130 | 135 | ||
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 10 | 230 | 69 kg | 67.44 | 95 | 98 | 100 | 125 | 130 | |
| 2011 Pan American Games 23 Oct 2011 | 1 | 232 | 69 kg | 67.74 | 98 | 101 | 125 | 131 | ||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 8 | 224 | 63 kg | 62.96 | 95 | 99 | 125 | |||
| 2010 Pan American Championships 25 May 2010 | 2 | 221 | 63 kg | 62.9 | Snatch 95, clean and jerk 126; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | 11 | 225 | 63 kg | 62.62 | 95 | 100 | 122 | 125 | ||
| 2009 Pan-American Championships 3 Jun 2009 | 1 | 222 | 63 kg | 62.9 | 92 | 96 | 117 | 123 | 126 | |
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | 8 | 217 | 63 kg | 62.48 | 93 | 97 | 120 | 126 | ||
| 2008 Pan-American Championships 18 Mar 2008 | 1 | 218 | 63 kg | 62.89 | 92 | 96 | 120 | 122 | ||
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | - | - | 63 kg | 62.61 | 97 | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2007 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 10 Jun 2007 | 1 | 227 | 63 kg | 62.18 | 95 | 98 | 102 | 118 | 122 | 125 |
| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 | 6 | 201 | 58 kg | 57.96 | 90 | 105 | 111 | |||
| 2006 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 28 May 2006 | 2 | 208 | 58 kg | 57.21 | 86 | 90 | 93 | 107 | 111 | 115 |
| 2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 | 9 | 197 | 58 kg | 57.55 | 82 | 86 | 88 | 105 | 109 | |
Compare Mercedes Pérez
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Mercedes Pérez met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.