Finland · Women's 76 kg, May 2021
Meri Ilmarinen
Meri Ilmarinen is a weightlifter from Finland, born in 1991. The results below cover 20 competitions from 2010 to 2021. The latest result came in the women's 76 kg class, at the 2021 Open Championships.
- Best total
- 226 kg
- Best snatch
- 102 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 124 kg
Meri Ilmarinen's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 69 kg in 2010, 75 kg in 2011, +75 kg in 2011, 75 kg from 2012 to 2017, 90 kg in 2017, 75 kg in 2018, 76 kg from 2018 to 2020, 87 kg in 2021, 76 kg in 2021. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (75 kg to 76 kg) and again in June 2025. At 76 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 77 kg.
Latest result: 2021 Open Championships, 10 May 2021, 76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87 kg2021 | 94 | 121 | 215 |
| 76 kg2018 to 2021 | 95 | 122 | 214 |
| 75 kg2011 to 2018 | 100 | 123 | 223 |
| 90 kg2017 | 102 | 124 | 226 |
| +75 kg2011 | 84 | 102 | 186 |
| 69 kg2010 | 76 | 90 | 166 |
Meri Ilmarinen by the numbers
Meri Ilmarinen'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
- 266.9
- From 226 kg at 77.14 kg bodyweight, 2017 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 23rd of 118
- 226 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 90 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, 102 kg of 124 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
- 26
- Turned 26 in 2017, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 18 of 20
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Meri Ilmarinen makes each attempt
Meri Ilmarinen made 52% of snatch attempts and 48% 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
Meri Ilmarinen head to head
The lifters Meri Ilmarinen 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 | Meri Ilmarinen ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lydia Valentín |
7 | 0 | 7 |
 Małgorzata Wiejak |
6 | 1 | 5 |
 Gaëlle Nayo Ketchanke |
5 | 0 | 5 |
| Natalia Prişcepa | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 Darya Naumava |
4 | 0 | 4 |
 Iryna Dekha |
4 | 0 | 4 |
Meri Ilmarinen'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Open Championships 10 May 2021 | - | - | 76 kg | 76 | 92 | |||||
| 2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 | 10 | 215 | 87 kg | 81.2 | 90 | 92 | 94 | 117 | 120 | 121 |
| 2020 Malta International Open 23 Feb 2020 | - | - | 76 kg | 75.68 | 115 | |||||
| Roma 2020 World Cup 27 Jan 2020 | 6 | 207 | 76 kg | 75.35 | 90 | 92 | 113 | 115 | ||
| 2019 Mediterranean Cup 4 Oct 2019 | 3 | 214 | 76 kg | 75.85 | 92 | 119 | 122 | |||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 14 | 213 | 76 kg | 75.65 | 92 | 95 | 118 | |||
| 2019 Open Senior Championships 8 May 2019 | 5 | 213 | 76 kg | 76 | 92 | 118 | 121 | |||
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 7 | 214 | 76 kg | 75.84 | 94 | 120 | ||||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 12 | 210 | 76 kg | 75.17 | 94 | 116 | ||||
| 2018 European Championships 26 Mar 2018 | 3 | 223 | 75 kg | 74.95 | 100 | 123 | ||||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 9 | 226 | 90 kg | 77.14 | 100 | 102 | 121 | 124 | ||
| 2017 European Championships 1 Apr 2017 | 7 | 212 | 75 kg | 74.75 | 9 | 97 | 115 | |||
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 10 | 213 | 75 kg | 74.44 | 93 | 96 | 114 | 117 | ||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 27 | 202 | 75 kg | 74 | 90 | 92 | 110 | |||
| 2015 European Championships 10 Apr 2015 | 10 | 207 | 75 kg | 74.32 | 93 | 114 | ||||
| 2014 European Championships 5 Apr 2014 | 7 | 210 | 75 kg | 74.2 | 94 | 98 | 112 | |||
| 2012 European Championships 9 Apr 2012 | 10 | 181 | 75 kg | 73.44 | 80 | 97 | 101 | |||
| 2011 London Prepares International Invitational 10 Dec 2011 | 10 | 186 | +75 kg | 75.27 | 78 | 82 | 84 | 100 | 102 | |
| 2011 European Junior Championships 10 Sep 2011 | 6 | 177 | 75 kg | 73.95 | 77 | 95 | 100 | |||
| 2010 European Junior Championships 20 Nov 2010 | 6 | 166 | 69 kg | 68.7 | 73 | 76 | 90 |
Compare Meri Ilmarinen
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Meri Ilmarinen.