Nigeria · Women's 63 kg, July 2026
Ruth Ayodele
Ruth Ayodele is a weightlifter from Nigeria, born in 2000, with one World Championships medal (1 silver). The results below cover 7 competitions from 2023 to 2026. The latest result came in the women's 63 kg class, at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 222 kg
- Best snatch
- 100 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 122 kg
Ruth Ayodele's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 silver in the total.
Weight classes: 64 kg from 2023 to 2025, 63 kg from 2025 to 2026. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (64 kg to 63 kg) and again in August 2026. At 61.45 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 69 kg.
Latest result: 2026 Commonwealth Games, 23 July 2026, 63 kg, total 193 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 kg2025 to 2026 | 95 | 117 | 212 |
| 64 kg2023 to 2025 | 100 | 122 | 222 |
Ruth Ayodele by the numbers
Ruth Ayodele'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
- 298.5
- From 222 kg at 59.97 kg bodyweight, 2023 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 38th of 499
- 222 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 64 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 82%
- At the best total, 100 kg of 122 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
- 23
- Turned 23 in 2023, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 7 of 7
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Ruth Ayodele makes each attempt
Ruth Ayodele made 52% of snatch attempts and 60% 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
Ruth Ayodele head to head
The lifters Ruth Ayodele 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 | Ruth Ayodele ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Chaima Rahmouni |
3 | 2 | 1 |
 Lydia Nakidde |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Ruth Ayodele'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Commonwealth Games 23 Jul 2026 | 7 | 193 | 63 kg | 61.45 | 85 | 88 | 105 | |||
| 2026 African Championships 10 May 2026 | 2 | 200 | 63 kg | 62.1 | 90 | 110 | ||||
| 2025 Commonwealth Championships 24 Aug 2025 | 3 | 212 | 63 kg | 60.39 | 95 | 117 | ||||
| 2025 African Championships 20 Apr 2025 | 1 | 213 | 64 kg | 62.22 | 91 | 93 | 114 | 118 | 120 | |
| 2024 African Games 9 Mar 2024 | 1 | 208 | 64 kg | 60.9 | 90 | 94 | 110 | 114 | not taken | |
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 3 | 218 | 64 kg | 59.89 | 98 | 117 | 120 | |||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 2 | 222 | 64 kg | 59.97 | 95 | 100 | 117 | 122 |
Compare Ruth Ayodele
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Ruth Ayodele met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.