United States · Women's +87 kg, December 2023
Sarah Robles
Sarah Robles is a weightlifter from United States, born in 1988, with two Olympic medals (2 bronze) and one World Championships gold medal. The results below cover 33 competitions from 2008 to 2023. The latest result came in the women's +87 kg class, at the 2023 IWF Grand Prix II.
- Olympic medals
- 2
- World gold
- 1
- Best total
- 290 kg
- Best snatch
- 128 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 162 kg
Sarah Robles's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 2 bronze. World Championships: 1 gold in the total.
Weight classes: +75 kg from 2008 to 2016, +90 kg from 2017 to 2018, +87 kg from 2018 to 2023. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (+90 kg to +87 kg) and again in June 2025. At 146.05 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be +86 kg.
Latest result: 2023 IWF Grand Prix II, 4 December 2023, +87 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| +87 kg2018 to 2023 | 128 | 162 | 290 |
| +90 kg2017 to 2018 | 126 | 158 | 284 |
| +75 kg2008 to 2016 | 126 | 160 | 286 |
Sarah Robles by the numbers
Sarah Robles'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
- 291.6
- From 290 kg at 143.06 kg bodyweight, 2018 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 8th of 187
- 290 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's +87 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, 128 kg of 162 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
- 30
- Turned 30 in 2018, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 30 of 33
- Of the other three: two with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one with a good lift in each but no total in the published results.
How often Sarah Robles makes each attempt
Sarah Robles made 76% of snatch attempts and 70% 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 Robles head to head
The lifters Sarah Robles 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 Robles ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Yaniuska Espinosa |
15 | 14 | 1 |
 Lisseth Ayoví |
14 | 13 | 1 |
 Verónica Saladín |
11 | 11 | 0 |
| Scarleth Ucelo | 10 | 10 | 0 |
 Tatiana Kashirina |
8 | 0 | 8 |
 Tania Mascorro |
8 | 8 | 0 |
Sarah Robles'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 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | - | - | +87 kg | 146.05 | 120 | 124 | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 5 | 267 | +87 kg | 141.77 | 117 | 145 | 150 | |||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | 2 | 276 | +87 kg | 145.1 | 122 | 126 | 150 | |||
| 2023 Pan-American Championships 25 Mar 2023 | 2 | 271 | +87 kg | 146.5 | 115 | 120 | 145 | 151 | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 4 | 282 | +87 kg | 141.8 | 120 | 125 | 127 | 151 | 155 | |
| 2022 Pan-American Championships 24 Jul 2022 | 1 | 279 | +87 kg | 141 | 118 | 122 | 125 | 146 | 150 | 154 |
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 5 | 266 | +87 kg | 142.6 | 115 | 146 | 151 | |||
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 3 | 282 | +87 kg | 148.3 | 120 | 125 | 128 | 150 | 154 | |
| 2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 | 1 | 280 | +87 kg | 148.75 | 115 | 120 | 125 | 150 | 155 | |
| 2020 Rogue Weightlifting Challenge at the Arnold Sports Festival 5 Mar 2020 | 1 | 280 | +87 kg | 145.77 | 117 | 121 | 125 | 150 | 155 | |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 7 | 285 | +87 kg | 145.4 | 120 | 125 | 155 | 160 | ||
| 2019 Pan American Games 26 Jul 2019 | 1 | 284 | +87 kg | 146.3 | 120 | 125 | 152 | 159 | ||
| 2019 Pan-American Championships 21 Apr 2019 | 1 | 279 | +87 kg | 144.35 | 118 | 122 | 124 | 152 | 155 | |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 4 | 290 | +87 kg | 143.06 | 120 | 125 | 128 | 154 | 159 | 162 |
| 2018 Pan-American Championships 12 May 2018 | 1 | 280 | +90 kg | 147.26 | 119 | 123 | 147 | 152 | 157 | |
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 1 | 284 | +90 kg | 145.69 | 118 | 122 | 126 | 150 | 154 | 158 |
| 2017 Pan-American Championships 20 Jul 2017 | 1 | 275 | +90 kg | 145.59 | 110 | 115 | 120 | 145 | 150 | 155 |
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 3 | 286 | +75 kg | 143.3 | 118 | 122 | 126 | 151 | 155 | 160 |
| Test Event for Rio 2016 Olympic Games 7 Apr 2016 | 1 | 275 | +75 kg | 145.37 | 115 | 120 | 145 | 150 | 155 | |
| 2015 IWF Grand Prix 5th Russian Federation President's Cup 12 Dec 2015 | 1 | 278 | +75 kg | 149.4 | 115 | 120 | 124 | 143 | 150 | 154 |
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 6 | 279 | +75 kg | 148.01 | 118 | 122 | 152 | 157 | ||
| 2013 Pan American Championships 22 Jun 2013 | - | - | +75 kg | 127.32 | 115 | 138 | 141 | 146 | ||
| 2012 IWF Grand Prix - President's Cup 12 Oct 2012 | 5 | 245 | +75 kg | 123.67 | 105 | 110 | 125 | 130 | 135 | |
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 6 | 265 | +75 kg | 124.35 | 114 | 120 | 145 | |||
| 2011 London Prepares International Invitational 10 Dec 2011 | 5 | 226 | +75 kg | 120.13 | 100 | 103 | 120 | 123 | ||
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 10 | 249 | +75 kg | 118.42 | 105 | 110 | 114 | 135 | ||
| 2011 Pan American Games 23 Oct 2011 | - | - | +75 kg | 119.05 | 104 | 109 | 112 | |||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 9 | 251 | +75 kg | 122.24 | 104 | 108 | 111 | 140 | ||
| 2010 Pan American Championships 25 May 2010 | 2 | 239 | +75 kg | 120.5 | Snatch 106, clean and jerk 133; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | 11 | 233 | +75 kg | 120.83 | 97 | 100 | 128 | 133 | ||
| 2009 Pan-American Championships 3 Jun 2009 | 5 | 226 | +75 kg | 117.66 | 97 | 125 | 129 | |||
| 2008 FISU World University Championships 25 Nov 2008 | 5 | 210 | +75 kg | 112.78 | 90 | 120 | ||||
| 2008 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 12 Jun 2008 | 2 | 201 | +75 kg | 109.3 | 80 | 84 | 108 | 112 | 117 | |
Compare Sarah Robles
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Sarah Robles met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.