Kenya · Women's 69 kg, September 2017
Mercy Obiero
Mercy Obiero is a weightlifter from Kenya, born in 1978. The results below cover 7 competitions from 2010 to 2017. The latest result came in the women's 69 kg class, at the 2017 Commonwealth Championships.
- Best total
- 190 kg
- Best snatch
- 80 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 110 kg
Mercy Obiero's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 69 kg in 2010, 63 kg in 2012, 69 kg from 2012 to 2017.
Latest result: 2017 Commonwealth Championships, 3 September 2017, 69 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 kg2010 to 2017 | 80 | 110 | 190 |
| 63 kg2012 | 65 | 91 | 156 |
Mercy Obiero by the numbers
Mercy Obiero'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
- 239.4
- From 190 kg at 67.44 kg bodyweight, 2010 Commonwealth Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 402nd of 812
- 190 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
- 73%
- At the best total, 80 kg of 110 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
- 32
- Turned 32 in 2010, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 6 of 7
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Mercy Obiero makes each attempt
Mercy Obiero made 57% of snatch attempts and 61% 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
Mercy Obiero head to head
The lifters Mercy Obiero 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 | Mercy Obiero ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Janet Georges |
3 | 2 | 1 |
Mercy Obiero'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Commonwealth Championships 3 Sep 2017 | - | - | 69 kg | 68.47 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2016 African Championships 7 May 2016 | 3 | 181 | 69 kg | 67.8 | 70 | 76 | 96 | 102 | 105 | |
| 2015 African Games 6 Sep 2015 | 3 | 170 | 69 kg | 68.51 | 67 | 70 | 85 | 100 | ||
| 2014 Commonwealth Games 23 Jul 2014 | 8 | 187 | 69 kg | 68.68 | 80 | 107 | ||||
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 10 | 181 | 69 kg | 67.85 | 72 | 76 | 100 | 105 | ||
| 2012 African Championships 29 Mar 2012 | 6 | 156 | 63 kg | 61.4 | 61 | 65 | 91 | |||
| 2010 Commonwealth Games 3 Oct 2010 | 5 | 190 | 69 kg | 67.44 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 106 | 110 |
Compare Mercy Obiero
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Mercy Obiero.