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
Career

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.

Nahla Ramadan: totals from the 9 competitions with a total, 2001 to 2012, best 277 kg in 2012.1802352902001200320052007200920112001 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Jul 2001: 185 kg2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 30 May 2002: 230 kg2002 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Nov 2002: 245 kg2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Jun 2003: 262.5 kg2003 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Nov 2003: 262.5 kg2004 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 24 May 2004: 260 kg2005 World Weightlifting Championships, 8 Nov 2005: 259 kg2011 Pan Arab Games, 9 Dec 2011: 273 kg2012 Olympic Games, 27 Jul 2012: 277 kg
Nahla Ramadan: totals from the 9 competitions with a total, 2001 to 2012, best 277 kg in 2012.1802352902001200520092001 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Jul 2001: 185 kg2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 30 May 2002: 230 kg2002 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Nov 2002: 245 kg2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Jun 2003: 262.5 kg2003 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Nov 2003: 262.5 kg2004 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 24 May 2004: 260 kg2005 World Weightlifting Championships, 8 Nov 2005: 259 kg2011 Pan Arab Games, 9 Dec 2011: 273 kg2012 Olympic Games, 27 Jul 2012: 277 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms. Larger red points are senior Olympic or World Championships wins.

Best lifts in each class

The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.

Class Years Snatch Clean and jerk Total
+75 kg2009 to 2012 2009 to 2012 123 155 277
75 kg2003 to 2006 2003 to 2006 120 147.5 262.5
69 kg2002 2002 110 135 245
63 kg2001 2001 80 105 185
Numbers

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.
Attempts

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

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Nahla Ramadan: 100%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Nahla Ramadan: 73%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Nahla Ramadan: 45%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Nahla Ramadan: 73%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Nahla Ramadan: 80%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Nahla Ramadan: 67%
Rivals

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
China Liu Chunhong 3 1 2
Argentina Nora Koppel 3 2 1
Kazakhstan Svetlana Podobedova 3 2 1
Cara Heads 3 3 0
Bulgaria Rumyana Petkova 3 3 0
Tatiana Fernández 3 3 0
Results

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 122125 kg missed125 kg missed150155158 kg missed
2011 Pan Arab Games 9 Dec 2011 1 273 +75 kg 103.5 115120123140150not taken
2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 - - +75 kg 97.01 115118 kg missed118140 kg missednot takennot taken
2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 - - 75 kg 74.58 111115119 kg missed140 kg missed140 kg missed140 kg missed
2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 5 259 75 kg 74.05 110114 kg missed114136141145
2004 Olympic Games 14 Aug 2004 - No lifts 75 kg 74.44 not takennot takennot takennot takennot takennot taken
2004 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 24 May 2004 1 260 75 kg 74.95 110115118 kg missed137.5142.5145
2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 1 262.5 75 kg 74.55 112.5117.5120 kg missed140145150 kg missed
2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003 1 262.5 75 kg 73.4 110116.5117.5 kg missed135142.5147.5
2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002 3 245 69 kg 68.8 105110112.5 kg missed135 kg missed135 kg missed135
2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002 3 230 69 kg 68.81 95100102.5120125127.5
2001 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jul 2001 6 185 63 kg 61.09 7577.58095102.5105
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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.

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