Turkey · Women's 81 kg, September 2023
Sara Yenigün
Sara Yenigün is a weightlifter from Turkey, born in 2002. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2019 to 2023. The latest result came in the women's 81 kg class, at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 231 kg
- Best snatch
- 100 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 131 kg
Sara Yenigün's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 71 kg in 2019, 87 kg in 2021, 81 kg in 2021, 87 kg in 2022, 81 kg in 2023. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025. At 80.94 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 86 kg.
Latest result: 2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 September 2023, 81 kg, total 223 kg, place 14.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81 kg2021 to 2023 | 100 | 131 | 231 |
| 87 kg2021 to 2022 | 95 | 127 | 220 |
| 71 kg2019 | 87 | 113 | 200 |
Sara Yenigün by the numbers
Sara Yenigün'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
- 268.0
- From 231 kg at 80.38 kg bodyweight, 2023 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 61st of 274
- 231 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 81 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 76%
- At the best total, 100 kg of 131 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 2023, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 8 of 8
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Sara Yenigün makes each attempt
Sara Yenigün made 58% of snatch attempts and 71% 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
Sara Yenigün head to head
The lifters Sara Yenigün 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 | Sara Yenigün ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Liana Gyurjyan |
3 | 1 | 2 |
Sara Yenigün'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 14 | 223 | 81 kg | 80.94 | 95 | 125 | 128 | |||
| 2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 | 4 | 231 | 81 kg | 80.38 | 95 | 100 | 127 | 131 | ||
| 2022 International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament 15 Nov 2022 | 2 | 220 | 87 kg | 84.3 | 90 | 95 | 120 | 125 | ||
| 2022 European Junior Championships 15 Oct 2022 | 1 | 218 | 87 kg | 84.85 | 90 | 93 | 95 | 117 | 120 | 123 |
| 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 2 May 2022 | 6 | 217 | 87 kg | 82.6 | 90 | 122 | 125 | 127 | ||
| 2021 European Junior Championships 24 Sep 2021 | 2 | 213 | 81 kg | 80.42 | 87 | 91 | 115 | 122 | ||
| 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 23 May 2021 | 5 | 198 | 87 kg | 81.5 | 88 | 110 | ||||
| 2019 European Youth Championships 7 Dec 2019 | 3 | 200 | 71 kg | 70.7 | 83 | 87 | 110 | 113 |
Compare Sara Yenigün
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Sara Yenigün.