Albania · Women's 69 kg, November 2017
Romela Begaj
Romela Begaj is a weightlifter from Albania, born in 1986. The results below cover 22 competitions from 2006 to 2017. The latest result came in the women's 69 kg class, at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 223 kg
- Best snatch
- 103 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 121 kg
Romela Begaj's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 58 kg from 2006 to 2013, 63 kg from 2013 to 2014, 69 kg in 2017.
Latest result: 2017 World Weightlifting Championships, 27 November 2017, 69 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 kg2017 | 98 | 121 | 219 |
| 63 kg2013 to 2014 | 103 | 120 | 223 |
| 58 kg2006 to 2013 | 102 | 118 | 216 |
Romela Begaj by the numbers
Romela Begaj'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
- 297.7
- From 216 kg at 57.56 kg bodyweight, 2008 Olympic Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 90th of 864
- 223 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
- 86%
- At the best total, 103 kg of 120 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 2013, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 16 of 22
- Of the other six: four with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and two with a good lift in each but no total in the published results.
How often Romela Begaj makes each attempt
Romela Begaj made 55% of snatch attempts and 42% 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
Romela Begaj head to head
The lifters Romela Begaj 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 | Romela Begaj ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Nastassia Novikava |
6 | 0 | 6 |
 Giorgia Bordignon |
6 | 6 | 0 |
 Agnès Chiquet |
5 | 5 | 0 |
 Marieta Gotfryd |
4 | 4 | 0 |
 Alexandra Escobar |
3 | 1 | 2 |
| Aleksandra Klejnowska |
3 | 2 | 1 |
Romela Begaj'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.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | - | - | 69 kg | 68.96 | 103 | 105 | 107 | 125 | 128 | |
| 2017 European Championships 1 Apr 2017 | 5 | 219 | 69 kg | 67.45 | 98 | 121 | ||||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | - | - | 63 kg | 62.23 | 110 | 113 | 127 | 132 | ||
| 2014 European Championships 5 Apr 2014 | - | - | 63 kg | 62.68 | 100 | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | 8 | 223 | 63 kg | 62.31 | 103 | 120 | ||||
| 2013 Mediterranean Games 20 Jun 2013 | 3 | 216 | 63 kg | 62.55 | 99 | 117 | ||||
| 2013 European Championships 8 Apr 2013 | 3 | 207 | 58 kg | 57.42 | 95 | 112 | ||||
| 2012 IWF Grand Prix - Baku International Cup 14 Dec 2012 | 2 | 203 | 58 kg | 57.87 | not taken | not taken | not taken | 105 | 108 | |
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 9 | 216 | 58 kg | 57.94 | 101 | 115 | ||||
| 2012 European Championships 9 Apr 2012 | 2 | 215 | 58 kg | 57.61 | 93 | 98 | 102 | 113 | ||
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 8 | 213 | 58 kg | 57.32 | 93 | 96 | 100 | 113 | ||
| 2011 European Championships 11 Apr 2011 | - | - | 58 kg | 57.47 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | - | - | 58 kg | 57.71 | 95 | |||||
| 2010 European Championships 2 Apr 2010 | 2 | 207 | 58 kg | 57.24 | 95 | 96 | 110 | 111 | not taken | |
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | 4 | 207 | 58 kg | 57.52 | 92 | 95 | 108 | 112 | ||
| 2009 Mediterranean Games 26 Jun 2009 | 1 | 205 | 58 kg | 57.45 | 92 | 95 | 110 | |||
| 2009 International Eleiko Austria Women's Tournament 21 May 2009 | 1 | 190 | 58 kg | 57.9 | Snatch 88, clean and jerk 102; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2009 European Championships 4 Apr 2009 | 3 | 207 | 58 kg | 57.57 | 93 | 96 | 111 | |||
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | 5 | 216 | 58 kg | 57.56 | 95 | 98 | 110 | 115 | 118 | |
| 2008 European Championships 11 Apr 2008 | 2 | 212 | 58 kg | 57.39 | 95 | 98 | 101 | 111 | ||
| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 | - | - | 58 kg | 55.89 | 91 | |||||
| 2006 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 28 May 2006 | 5 | 196 | 58 kg | 57.77 | 91 | 105 | ||||
Compare Romela Begaj
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