Norway · Women's 71 kg, April 2019
Ruth Kasirye
Ruth Kasirye is a weightlifter from Norway, born in 1982. The results below cover 19 competitions from 2005 to 2019. The latest result came in the women's 71 kg class, at the 2019 European Championships.
- Best total
- 232 kg
- Best snatch
- 107 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 130 kg
Ruth Kasirye's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 58 kg from 2005 to 2007, 63 kg from 2008 to 2009, 69 kg in 2009, 63 kg in 2009, 69 kg in 2010, 63 kg from 2010 to 2011, 69 kg from 2011 to 2015, 71 kg in 2019. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 71 kg) and again in June 2025. At 67.34 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 69 kg.
Latest result: 2019 European Championships, 6 April 2019, 71 kg, total 209 kg, place 5.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71 kg2019 | 93 | 116 | 209 |
| 69 kg2009 to 2015 | 105 | 130 | 232 |
| 63 kg2008 to 2011 | 107 | 124 | 231 |
| 58 kg2005 to 2007 | 94 | 115 | 209 |
Ruth Kasirye by the numbers
Ruth Kasirye'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
- 303.8
- From 231 kg at 62.31 kg bodyweight, 2009 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 90th of 812
- 232 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 69 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, 105 kg of 127 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 2015, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 18 of 19
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Ruth Kasirye makes each attempt
Ruth Kasirye made 59% of snatch attempts and 52% 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 Kasirye head to head
The lifters Ruth Kasirye 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 Kasirye ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheila Ramos | 7 | 7 | 0 |
 Natasha Perdue |
6 | 6 | 0 |
 Mel Daluzyan |
5 | 1 | 4 |
 Svetlana Tsarukaeva |
5 | 1 | 4 |
 Marieta Gotfryd |
5 | 3 | 2 |
 Dzina Sazanavets |
4 | 0 | 4 |
Ruth Kasirye'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 5 | 209 | 71 kg | 67.34 | 93 | 112 | 116 | |||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 13 | 229 | 69 kg | 68.81 | 101 | 103 | 123 | 126 | ||
| 2015 European Championships 10 Apr 2015 | 5 | 232 | 69 kg | 68.6 | 99 | 103 | 105 | 121 | 125 | 127 |
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 12 | 223 | 69 kg | 68.21 | 101 | 122 | ||||
| 2014 European Championships 5 Apr 2014 | 6 | 221 | 69 kg | 67.3 | 97 | 101 | 120 | |||
| 2012 European Championships 9 Apr 2012 | 5 | 227 | 69 kg | 68.47 | 100 | 103 | 120 | 124 | ||
| 2011 London Prepares International Invitational 10 Dec 2011 | 3 | 219 | 69 kg | 65.98 | 95 | 98 | 121 | |||
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 13 | 220 | 63 kg | 62.62 | 98 | 118 | 122 | |||
| 2011 European Championships 11 Apr 2011 | 4 | 219 | 63 kg | 62.53 | 98 | 117 | 121 | |||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | - | - | 63 kg | 62.91 | not taken | not taken | ||||
| 2010 European Championships 2 Apr 2010 | 5 | 229 | 69 kg | 65.28 | 101 | 104 | 120 | 125 | ||
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | 10 | 226 | 63 kg | 62.89 | 99 | 103 | 123 | |||
| 2009 International Eleiko Austria Women's Tournament 21 May 2009 | 1 | 230 | 69 kg | 63.3 | Snatch 100, clean and jerk 130; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2009 European Championships 4 Apr 2009 | 2 | 231 | 63 kg | 62.31 | 101 | 104 | 107 | 124 | ||
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | 6 | 224 | 63 kg | 62.62 | 99 | 103 | 121 | |||
| 2008 European Championships 11 Apr 2008 | 4 | 222 | 63 kg | 62.4 | 96 | 99 | 101 | 117 | 121 | |
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | 8 | 209 | 58 kg | 57.96 | 92 | 94 | 115 | |||
| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 | 14 | 191 | 58 kg | 57.86 | 86 | 105 | ||||
| 2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 | 12 | 185 | 58 kg | 57.99 | 78 | 82 | 98 | 103 | ||
Compare Ruth Kasirye
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Ruth Kasirye.