Bulgaria · Women's 75 kg, April 2012
Rumyana Petkova
Rumyana Petkova is a weightlifter from Bulgaria, born in 1982. The results below cover 8 competitions from 1998 to 2012. The latest result came in the women's 75 kg class, at the 2012 European Championships.
- Best total
- 240 kg
- Best snatch
- 112.5 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 127.5 kg
Rumyana Petkova's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 63 kg from 1998 to 2002, 75 kg from 2003 to 2012. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 69.52 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 77 kg.
Latest result: 2012 European Championships, 9 April 2012, 75 kg, total 223 kg, place 3.
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 kg2003 to 2012 | 112.5 | 127.5 | 240 |
| 63 kg1998 to 2002 | 80 | 97.5 | 177.5 |
Rumyana Petkova by the numbers
Rumyana Petkova'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
- 291.7
- From 240 kg at 72.48 kg bodyweight, 2003 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 71st of 626
- 240 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
- 88%
- At the best total, 112.5 kg of 127.5 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
- 21
- Turned 21 in 2003, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 8 of 8
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Rumyana Petkova makes each attempt
Rumyana Petkova made 58% of snatch attempts and 54% 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
Rumyana Petkova head to head
The lifters Rumyana Petkova 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 | Rumyana Petkova ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lydia Valentín |
4 | 1 | 3 |
 Nahla Ramadan |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Natalya Zabolotnaya |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Eszter Krutzler |
3 | 1 | 2 |
 Annika Berntsson |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Rumyana Petkova'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 European Championships 9 Apr 2012 | 3 | 223 | 75 kg | 69.52 | 100 | 115 | 120 | 123 | ||
| 2010 European Championships 2 Apr 2010 | 5 | 215 | 75 kg | 74.56 | 100 | 115 | ||||
| 2009 European Championships 4 Apr 2009 | 5 | 222 | 75 kg | 73.6 | 100 | 102 | 120 | |||
| 2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 | 6 | 231 | 75 kg | 74.28 | 105 | 107 | 120 | 124 | ||
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | 5 | 240 | 75 kg | 72.48 | 105 | 110 | 112.5 | 120 | 127.5 | |
| 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002 | 7 | 177.5 | 63 kg | 62.79 | 80 | 90 | 97.5 | |||
| 2001 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jul 2001 | 16 | 162.5 | 63 kg | 60.89 | 72.5 | 90 | ||||
| 1998 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 18 May 1998 | 14 | 135 | 63 kg | 62.85 | 60 | 62.5 | 65 | 70 |
Compare Rumyana Petkova
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Rumyana Petkova.