Women's +75 kg, May 2008
Sally El Sayed
Sally El Sayed is a weightlifter, born in 1985. The results below cover 7 competitions from 2002 to 2008. The latest result came in the women's +75 kg class, at the 2008 African Championships.
- Best total
- 227.5 kg
- Best snatch
- 105 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 127.5 kg
Sally El Sayed's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 75 kg from 2002 to 2003, +75 kg from 2003 to 2008. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 90.34 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be +86 kg.
Latest result: 2008 African Championships, 10 May 2008, +75 kg, total 227 kg, place 2.
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 2008 | 105 | 127 | 227 |
| 75 kg2002 to 2003 | 100 | 127.5 | 227.5 |
Sally El Sayed by the numbers
Sally El Sayed'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
- 274.0
- From 227.5 kg at 73.85 kg bodyweight, 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 128th of 626
- 227.5 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
- 78%
- At the best total, 100 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
- 18
- Turned 18 in 2003, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 6 of 7
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Sally El Sayed makes each attempt
Sally El Sayed made 62% of snatch attempts and 55% 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
Sally El Sayed'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 African Championships 10 May 2008 | 2 | 227 | +75 kg | 90.34 | 91 | 96 | 101 | 116 | 126 | |
| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 | 18 | 227 | +75 kg | 84.55 | 95 | 100 | 120 | 127 | ||
| 2005 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 17 May 2005 | 11 | 210 | +75 kg | 86.25 | 95 | 115 | not taken | |||
| 2004 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 24 May 2004 | 3 | 215 | +75 kg | 76.9 | 95 | 120 | ||||
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | - | - | +75 kg | 76.9 | 100 | 105 | ||||
| 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003 | 4 | 227.5 | 75 kg | 73.85 | 95 | 100 | 115 | 120 | 127.5 | |
| 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002 | 9 | 195 | 75 kg | 71.16 | 80 | 85 | 105 | 110 |
Compare Sally El Sayed
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Sally El Sayed.

