Norway · Women's 55 kg, May 2022
Sarah Øvsthus
Sarah Øvsthus is a weightlifter from Norway, born in 1994. The results below cover 15 competitions from 2013 to 2022. The latest result came in the women's 55 kg class, at the 2022 European Championships.
- Best total
- 188 kg
- Best snatch
- 84 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 105 kg
Sarah Øvsthus's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 53 kg from 2013 to 2018, 55 kg from 2018 to 2022. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (53 kg to 55 kg) and again in June 2025. At 54.1 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 57 kg.
Latest result: 2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022, 55 kg, total 188 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 kg2018 to 2022 | 84 | 105 | 188 |
| 53 kg2013 to 2018 | 79 | 99 | 178 |
Sarah Øvsthus by the numbers
Sarah Øvsthus'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
- 269.4
- From 188 kg at 54.1 kg bodyweight, 2022 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 99th of 394
- 188 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 55 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 79%
- At the best total, 83 kg of 105 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
- 28
- Turned 28 in 2022, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 15 of 15
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Sarah Øvsthus makes each attempt
Sarah Øvsthus made 60% of snatch attempts and 56% 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
Sarah Øvsthus head to head
The lifters Sarah Øvsthus 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 | Sarah Øvsthus ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Atenery Hernández |
12 | 3 | 9 |
 Joanna Łochowska |
8 | 1 | 7 |
| Katrine Nim Bruhn | 8 | 8 | 0 |
 Aksana Zalatarova |
7 | 6 | 1 |
| Rebekka Tao Jacobsen |
7 | 7 | 0 |
 Nina Sterckx |
6 | 1 | 5 |
Sarah Øvsthus'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 European Championships 28 May 2022 | 7 | 188 | 55 kg | 54.1 | 83 | 102 | 105 | |||
| 2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 | 10 | 186 | 55 kg | 54.08 | 83 | 103 | ||||
| Roma 2020 World Cup 27 Jan 2020 | 7 | 187 | 55 kg | 54.55 | 82 | 84 | 100 | 103 | ||
| 2019 Nordic Senior Championships 12 Oct 2019 | 1 | 180 | 55 kg | 54.54 | 79 | 82 | 98 | |||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 23 | 182 | 55 kg | 54.55 | 79 | 82 | 100 | |||
| 2019 British International Open 7 Jun 2019 | 1 | 185 | 55 kg | 54.75 | 79 | 81 | 83 | 99 | 102 | |
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 10 | 179 | 55 kg | 54.26 | 77 | 79 | 100 | |||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 26 | 178 | 55 kg | 53.76 | 77 | 79 | 97 | 99 | ||
| 2018 European Championships 26 Mar 2018 | 6 | 178 | 53 kg | 52.6 | 79 | 99 | ||||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 15 | 174 | 53 kg | 52.5 | 75 | 78 | 96 | |||
| 2017 European Championships 1 Apr 2017 | 6 | 175 | 53 kg | 52.5 | 76 | 78 | 94 | 97 | ||
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 13 | 164 | 53 kg | 51.6 | 71 | 74 | 87 | 90 | ||
| 2015 European Championships 10 Apr 2015 | 9 | 152 | 53 kg | 51.34 | 67 | 83 | 85 | |||
| 2014 European Junior Championships 21 Nov 2014 | 5 | 153 | 53 kg | 51.8 | 67 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 83 | |
| 2013 European Junior Championships 23 Sep 2013 | 6 | 136 | 53 kg | 49.8 | 58 | 61 | 72 | 75 |
Compare Sarah Øvsthus
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Sarah Øvsthus met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.