Nigeria · Women's 77 kg, August 2025
Sarah Matthew
Sarah Matthew is a weightlifter from Nigeria, with one World Championships medal (1 bronze). The results below cover 3 competitions from 2024 to 2025. The latest result came in the women's 77 kg class, at the 2025 Commonwealth Championships.
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 245 kg
- Best snatch
- 110 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 135 kg
Sarah Matthew's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 76 kg from 2024 to 2025, 77 kg in 2025. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (76 kg to 77 kg).
Latest result: 2025 Commonwealth Championships, 24 August 2025, 77 kg, total 236 kg, place 1.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77 kg2025 | 108 | 128 | 236 |
| 76 kg2024 to 2025 | 110 | 135 | 245 |
Sarah Matthew by the numbers
Sarah Matthew'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
- 294.5
- From 245 kg at 74.18 kg bodyweight, 2024 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 19th of 387
- 245 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 76 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 81%
- At the best total, 110 kg of 135 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%.
- Competitions with a total
- 3 of 3
- A total at every competition listed.
Sarah Matthew'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. A row that names two events was one competition scored for both; its places can differ because each ranks its own field.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Commonwealth Championships 24 Aug 2025 Also the 2025 Commonwealth Junior Championships, place 1 | 1 | 236 | 77 kg | 75.25 | 105 | 108 | 125 | 128 | ||
| 2025 African Championships 20 Apr 2025 | 1 | 237 | 76 kg | 74.27 | 100 | 107 | 120 | 130 | not taken | |
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 3 | 245 | 76 kg | 74.18 | 110 | 130 | 135 |
Compare Sarah Matthew
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. These lifters lifted in nearby classes, in any year.