Japan · Women's 59 kg, March 2024
Mikiko Ando
Mikiko Ando is a weightlifter from Japan, born in 1992, with one Olympic medal (1 bronze). The results below cover 24 competitions from 2009 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 59 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- Olympic medal
- 1
- Best total
- 225 kg
- Best snatch
- 97 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 131 kg
Mikiko Ando's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 bronze.
Weight classes: 58 kg from 2009 to 2018, 59 kg from 2018 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (58 kg to 59 kg) and again in June 2025. At 59 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 61 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 59 kg, total 213 kg, place 16.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 kg2018 to 2024 | 97 | 131 | 225 |
| 58 kg2009 to 2018 | 94 | 127 | 219 |
Mikiko Ando by the numbers
Mikiko Ando'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
- 306.3
- From 225 kg at 58.73 kg bodyweight, 2019 Asian Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 15th of 438
- 225 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 59 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 76%
- At the best total, 97 kg of 128 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
- 27
- Turned 27 in 2019, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 23 of 24
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Mikiko Ando makes each attempt
Mikiko Ando made 60% of snatch attempts and 66% 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
Mikiko Ando head to head
The lifters Mikiko Ando 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 | Mikiko Ando ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuo Hsing-chun | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| Dora Tchakounté | 8 | 6 | 2 |
 Alexandra Escobar |
6 | 2 | 4 |
| Kim So-hwa | 6 | 5 | 1 |
 Quisia Guicho |
6 | 6 | 0 |
 Angelica Roos |
5 | 5 | 0 |
Mikiko Ando'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 16 | 213 | 59 kg | 59 | 92 | 121 | ||||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | - | - | 59 kg | 59 | 92 | |||||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 14 | 216 | 59 kg | 59 | 92 | 94 | 122 | |||
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 5 | 216 | 59 kg | 58.73 | 90 | 93 | 120 | 123 | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 13 | 210 | 59 kg | 59 | 90 | 120 | ||||
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 3 | 214 | 59 kg | 58.7 | 92 | 94 | 116 | 120 | ||
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 5 | 209 | 59 kg | 58.8 | 85 | 115 | 120 | 124 | ||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | - | 222 | 59 kg | 58.8 | 93 | 96 | 123 | 126 | ||
| Ready Steady Tokyo (Tokyo 2020 Test Event) 6 Jul 2019 | 2 | 220 | 59 kg | 58.6 | 90 | 95 | 120 | 125 | not taken | |
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | 3 | 225 | 59 kg | 58.73 | 94 | 97 | 122 | 128 | ||
| 2019 EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships 7 Jan 2019 | 3 | 219 | 59 kg | 58.95 | 85 | 90 | 94 | 115 | 121 | 125 |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 5 | 224 | 59 kg | 58.4 | 93 | 124 | 127 | 131 | ||
| 2018 Asian Games 20 Aug 2018 | 3 | 218 | 58 kg | 57.96 | 91 | 122 | 127 | |||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 4 | 219 | 58 kg | 57.87 | 93 | 123 | 126 | |||
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 5 | 218 | 58 kg | 57.56 | 90 | 94 | 120 | 124 | ||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 7 | 213 | 58 kg | 57.7 | 90 | 93 | 120 | |||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 8 | 208 | 58 kg | 57.59 | 87 | 89 | 116 | 119 | ||
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 5 | 212 | 58 kg | 57.62 | 87 | 90 | 117 | 120 | 122 | |
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | 7 | 207 | 58 kg | 57.7 | 86 | 90 | 113 | 117 | ||
| 2013 Summer Universiade 6 Jul 2013 | 5 | 208 | 58 kg | 57.61 | 87 | 90 | 115 | 118 | ||
| 2012 FISU World University Championships 5 Nov 2012 | 3 | 203 | 58 kg | 57.19 | 83 | 85 | 89 | 111 | 114 | |
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 14 | 202 | 58 kg | 57.67 | 82 | 85 | 112 | 115 | 117 | |
| 2011 Summer Universiade 12 Aug 2011 | 4 | 197 | 58 kg | 57.51 | 80 | 83 | 110 | 114 | ||
| 2009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 May 2009 | 9 | 169 | 58 kg | 57.79 | 70 | 73 | 92 | 96 |
Compare Mikiko Ando
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Mikiko Ando met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.