Ecuador · Women's 87 kg, November 2018
Oliba Nieve
Oliba Nieve is a weightlifter from Ecuador, born in 1977. The results below cover 28 competitions from 2002 to 2018. The latest result came in the women's 87 kg class, at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 260 kg
- Best snatch
- 118 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 146 kg
Oliba Nieve's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: +75 kg from 2002 to 2016, 90 kg from 2017 to 2018, 87 kg in 2018. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (90 kg to 87 kg) and again in June 2025. At 86.24 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be +86 kg.
Latest result: 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, 1 November 2018, 87 kg, total 241 kg, place 7.
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 kg2018 | 109 | 132 | 241 |
| 90 kg2017 to 2018 | 112 | 135 | 246 |
| +75 kg2002 to 2016 | 118 | 146 | 260 |
Oliba Nieve by the numbers
Oliba Nieve'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
- 287.4
- From 260 kg at 91.35 kg bodyweight, 2010 Pan American Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 52nd of 479
- 260 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
- 83%
- At the best total, 118 kg of 142 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
- 33
- Turned 33 in 2010, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 28 of 28
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Oliba Nieve makes each attempt
Oliba Nieve made 80% of snatch attempts and 62% 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
Oliba Nieve head to head
The lifters Oliba Nieve 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 | Oliba Nieve ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 5 | 10 | |
| 13 | 6 | 7 | |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | |
| 7 | 7 | 0 |
Oliba Nieve'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.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 7 | 241 | 87 kg | 86.24 | 103 | 106 | 109 | 128 | 132 | |
| 2018 South American Championships 28 May 2018 Also the 2018 South American Games, place 2 | 2 | 244 | 90 kg | 89.5 | 103 | 109 | 130 | 135 | ||
| 2018 Pan-American Championships 12 May 2018 | 4 | 238 | 90 kg | 89.97 | 103 | 108 | 130 | |||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 4 | 246 | 90 kg | 89.32 | 105 | 109 | 112 | 125 | 130 | 134 |
| 2017 Bolivarian Games 17 Nov 2017 Also the 2017 South American Championships, place 3 | 3 | 232 | 90 kg | 87.9 | 105 | 127 | ||||
| 2017 Pan-American Championships 20 Jul 2017 | 3 | 243 | 90 kg | 88.64 | 103 | 108 | 111 | 128 | 132 | |
| 2016 Pan-American Championships 6 Jun 2016 | 2 | 253 | +75 kg | 99.04 | 108 | 113 | 137 | 140 | ||
| 2016 South-American Championships 7 Apr 2016 Also the Test Event for Rio 2016 Olympic Games, place 4 | 3 | 251 | +75 kg | 100.84 | 107 | 111 | 135 | 140 | ||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 18 | 255 | +75 kg | 98.63 | 108 | 111 | 114 | 137 | 141 | |
| 2015 Pan American Games 11 Jul 2015 | 3 | 257 | +75 kg | 92.51 | 110 | 115 | 138 | 142 | ||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 14 | 245 | +75 kg | 90.03 | 105 | 110 | 130 | 135 | ||
| 2014 South American Games 7 Mar 2014 | 2 | 251 | +75 kg | 93.62 | 107 | 111 | 115 | 132 | 136 | |
| 2013 Bolivar Games 17 Nov 2013 | 3 | 245 | +75 kg | 92.99 | 107 | 110 | 113 | 132 | ||
| 2013 South American Championships 16 Nov 2013 | 3 | 245 | +75 kg | 92.99 | 107 | 110 | 113 | 132 | ||
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | 6 | 245 | +75 kg | 91.28 | 110 | 135 | ||||
| 2013 Pan American Championships 22 Jun 2013 | 1 | 260 | +75 kg | 92.22 | 110 | 115 | 117 | 135 | 140 | 143 |
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 7 | 255 | +75 kg | 97.43 | 113 | 117 | 138 | |||
| 2012 Pan-American Championships 10 May 2012 | 1 | 257 | +75 kg | 96.77 | 106 | 110 | 117 | 136 | 140 | |
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 7 | 259 | +75 kg | 94.94 | 107 | 112 | 116 | 138 | 143 | |
| 2011 Pan American Games 23 Oct 2011 | 1 | 258 | +75 kg | 94.54 | 107 | 111 | 113 | 137 | 145 | |
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 5 | 258 | +75 kg | 92.09 | 107 | 112 | 140 | 146 | ||
| 2010 Pan American Championships 25 May 2010 | 1 | 260 | +75 kg | 91.35 | Snatch 118, clean and jerk 142; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2009 Pan-American Championships 3 Jun 2009 | 1 | 255 | +75 kg | 95.22 | 105 | 106 | 110 | 132 | 140 | 145 |
| 2008 Pan-American Championships 18 Mar 2008 | 1 | 247 | +75 kg | 95.35 | 103 | 105 | 107 | 133 | 140 | |
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | 8 | 258 | +75 kg | 93.79 | 112 | 116 | 142 | |||
| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 | 6 | 257 | +75 kg | 93.51 | 110 | 115 | 137 | 142 | ||
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | 10 | 255 | +75 kg | 91.73 | 110 | 115 | 135 | 140 | ||
| 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002 | 9 | 245 | +75 kg | 87.55 | 105 | 110 | 130 | 135 | ||
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