Egypt · Women's +75 kg, July 2012
Nahla Ramadan
Nahla Ramadan is a weightlifter from Egypt, born in 1985, with two World Championships medals (1 gold, 1 bronze). The results below cover 12 competitions from 2001 to 2012. The latest result came in the women's +75 kg class, at the 2012 Olympic Games.
- World medals
- 2
- Best total
- 277 kg
- Best snatch
- 123 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 155 kg
Nahla Ramadan's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 gold, 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 63 kg in 2001, 69 kg in 2002, 75 kg from 2003 to 2006, +75 kg from 2009 to 2012. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 105.51 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be +86 kg.
Latest result: 2012 Olympic Games, 27 July 2012, +75 kg, total 277 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +75 kg2009 to 2012 | 123 | 155 | 277 |
| 75 kg2003 to 2006 | 120 | 147.5 | 262.5 |
| 69 kg2002 | 110 | 135 | 245 |
| 63 kg2001 | 80 | 105 | 185 |
Nahla Ramadan by the numbers
Nahla Ramadan'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
- 317.1
- From 262.5 kg at 73.4 kg bodyweight, 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 31st of 479
- 277 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's +75 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, 122 kg of 155 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 2012, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 9 of 12
- Of the other three: two with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.
How often Nahla Ramadan makes each attempt
Nahla Ramadan made 73% of snatch attempts and 73% 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
Nahla Ramadan head to head
The lifters Nahla Ramadan 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 | Nahla Ramadan ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Cara Heads | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tatiana Fernández | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Nahla Ramadan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 4 | 277 | +75 kg | 105.51 | 122 | 150 | 155 | |||
| 2011 Pan Arab Games 9 Dec 2011 | 1 | 273 | +75 kg | 103.5 | 115 | 120 | 123 | 140 | 150 | not taken |
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | - | - | +75 kg | 97.01 | 115 | 118 | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 | - | - | 75 kg | 74.58 | 111 | 115 | ||||
| 2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 | 5 | 259 | 75 kg | 74.05 | 110 | 114 | 136 | 141 | 145 | |
| 2004 Olympic Games 14 Aug 2004 | - | No lifts | 75 kg | 74.44 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2004 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 24 May 2004 | 1 | 260 | 75 kg | 74.95 | 110 | 115 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 145 | |
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | 1 | 262.5 | 75 kg | 74.55 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 140 | 145 | ||
| 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003 | 1 | 262.5 | 75 kg | 73.4 | 110 | 116.5 | 135 | 142.5 | 147.5 | |
| 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002 | 3 | 245 | 69 kg | 68.8 | 105 | 110 | 135 | |||
| 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002 | 3 | 230 | 69 kg | 68.81 | 95 | 100 | 102.5 | 120 | 125 | 127.5 |
| 2001 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jul 2001 | 6 | 185 | 63 kg | 61.09 | 75 | 77.5 | 80 | 95 | 102.5 | 105 |
Compare Nahla Ramadan
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Nahla Ramadan met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

