Women's 59 kg, February 2022
Mona Pretorius
Mona Pretorius is a weightlifter, born in 1988. The results below cover 23 competitions from 2008 to 2022. The latest result came in the women's 59 kg class, at the 2022 New Zealand International.
- Best total
- 206 kg
- Best snatch
- 91 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 115 kg
Mona Pretorius's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 58 kg from 2008 to 2010, 69 kg in 2011, 58 kg in 2012, 63 kg from 2013 to 2018, 69 kg in 2018, 64 kg from 2018 to 2019, 71 kg in 2019, 64 kg from 2019 to 2020, 59 kg in 2022. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 64 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: 2022 New Zealand International, 26 February 2022, 59 kg, total 162 kg, place 2.
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 kg2022 | 71 | 91 | 162 |
| 64 kg2018 to 2020 | 86 | 107 | 192 |
| 71 kg2019 | 80 | 105 | 185 |
| 63 kg2013 to 2018 | 91 | 115 | 206 |
| 69 kg2011 to 2018 | 82 | 112 | 194 |
| 58 kg2008 to 2012 | 80 | 100 | 179 |
Mona Pretorius by the numbers
Mona Pretorius'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
- 269.8
- From 206 kg at 62.77 kg bodyweight, 2018 Commonwealth Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 201st of 864
- 206 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 63 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 79%
- At the best total, 91 kg of 115 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
- 30
- Turned 30 in 2018, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 21 of 23
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Mona Pretorius makes each attempt
Mona Pretorius made 58% of snatch attempts and 69% 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
Mona Pretorius head to head
The lifters Mona Pretorius 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 | Mona Pretorius ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Giorgia Bordignon |
5 | 0 | 5 |
 Loredana Toma |
5 | 0 | 5 |
 Maude Charron |
5 | 0 | 5 |
 Anni Vuohijoki |
4 | 0 | 4 |
 Mahassen Fattouh |
4 | 1 | 3 |
| Anuujin Ganzorig | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Mona Pretorius'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 New Zealand International 26 Feb 2022 | 2 | 162 | 59 kg | 59 | 68 | 71 | 88 | 91 | ||
| Roma 2020 World Cup 27 Jan 2020 | 11 | 187 | 64 kg | 63.35 | 80 | 84 | 103 | |||
| 2019 Qatar International Cup 19 Dec 2019 | 8 | 190 | 64 kg | 63.6 | 78 | 82 | 85 | 101 | 105 | |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 31 | 190 | 64 kg | 63.3 | 80 | 83 | 102 | 105 | 107 | |
| 2019 All African Games 24 Aug 2019 | 4 | 192 | 64 kg | 63.5 | 80 | 83 | 86 | 103 | 106 | |
| 2019 British International Open 7 Jun 2019 | 4 | 185 | 71 kg | 65.05 | 76 | 80 | 99 | 102 | 105 | |
| 2019 African Championships 23 Apr 2019 | 5 | 180 | 64 kg | 62.28 | 75 | 78 | 97 | 102 | ||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 37 | 185 | 64 kg | 63.81 | 83 | 102 | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2018 African Championships 10 Aug 2018 | 1 | 194 | 69 kg | 63.69 | 82 | 105 | 112 | not taken | ||
| 2018 Commonwealth Games 4 Apr 2018 | 3 | 206 | 63 kg | 62.77 | 84 | 88 | 91 | 108 | 112 | 115 |
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 13 | 200 | 63 kg | 62.39 | 88 | 112 | ||||
| 2016 Senior Commonwealth Championships 25 Oct 2016 | 1 | 194 | 63 kg | 62.5 | 84 | 105 | 110 | |||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 20 | 202 | 63 kg | 62.48 | 80 | 86 | 90 | 107 | 110 | 112 |
| 2014 Commonwealth Games 23 Jul 2014 | - | - | 63 kg | 62.3 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2013 Commonwealth Championships 24 Nov 2013 | 4 | 183 | 63 kg | 62.1 | Snatch 83, clean and jerk 100; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2012 African Championships 29 Mar 2012 | 5 | 168 | 58 kg | 57.45 | 75 | 93 | ||||
| 2011 African Championships 10 Oct 2011 Also the 2011 Commonwealth Championships, place 3 | 2 | 180 | 69 kg | 65.45 | 77 | 96 | 100 | 103 | ||
| 2010 Commonwealth Games 3 Oct 2010 | - | - | 58 kg | 57.38 | 76 | |||||
| 2010 African Championships 2 Aug 2010 | 2 | 168 | 58 kg | 57.83 | 73 | 95 | ||||
| 2009 Commonwealth Championships 19 Oct 2009 | 2 | 175 | 58 kg | 57.44 | Snatch 78, clean and jerk 97; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2009 African Championships 31 Jul 2009 | 2 | 162 | 58 kg | 57.26 | Snatch 77, clean and jerk 85; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2008 FISU World University Championships 25 Nov 2008 | 2 | 179 | 58 kg | 57.52 | 73 | 78 | 80 | 93 | 98 | 99 |
| 2008 African Championships 10 May 2008 | 4 | 178 | 58 kg | 56.87 | 73 | 78 | 95 | 100 | ||
Compare Mona Pretorius
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Mona Pretorius met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.