Nicaragua · Women's 59 kg, April 2019
Scarleth Mercado
Scarleth Mercado is a weightlifter from Nicaragua, born in 1996. The results below cover 10 competitions from 2013 to 2019. The latest result came in the women's 59 kg class, at the 2019 Pan-American Championships.
- Best total
- 173 kg
- Best snatch
- 77 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 97 kg
Scarleth Mercado's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 48 kg from 2013 to 2014, 53 kg from 2015 to 2016, 58 kg from 2017 to 2018, 59 kg in 2019. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (58 kg to 59 kg) and again in June 2025. At 58.8 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 61 kg.
Latest result: 2019 Pan-American Championships, 21 April 2019, 59 kg, total 173 kg, place 6.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 kg2019 | 76 | 97 | 173 |
| 58 kg2017 to 2018 | 77 | 96 | 173 |
| 53 kg2015 to 2016 | 69 | 91 | 160 |
| 48 kg2013 to 2014 | 58 | 67 | 125 |
Scarleth Mercado by the numbers
Scarleth Mercado'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
- 238.4
- From 173 kg at 57.56 kg bodyweight, 2018 Pan-American Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 436th of 834
- 173 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 58 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 80%
- At the best total, 77 kg of 96 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
- 22
- Turned 22 in 2018, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 9 of 10
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Scarleth Mercado makes each attempt
Scarleth Mercado made 70% of snatch attempts and 74% 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
Scarleth Mercado head to head
The lifters Scarleth Mercado 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 | Scarleth Mercado ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 María Camila Lobón |
3 | 0 | 3 |
| Santos Isabel Gonzalez Contreras | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Scarleth Mercado'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Pan-American Championships 21 Apr 2019 | 6 | 173 | 59 kg | 58.8 | 72 | 76 | 95 | 97 | ||
| 2018 Pan-American Championships 12 May 2018 | 8 | 173 | 58 kg | 57.56 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 90 | 94 | 96 |
| 2017 Central American and Caribbean Championships 17 Sep 2017 | 5 | 170 | 58 kg | 57.9 | 67 | 71 | 74 | 88 | 93 | 96 |
| 2017 Pan-American Championships 20 Jul 2017 | 13 | 160 | 58 kg | 57.97 | 63 | 67 | 70 | 86 | 90 | |
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 10 | 155 | 53 kg | 52.85 | 62 | 66 | 83 | 86 | 89 | |
| 2016 Pan-American Championships 6 Jun 2016 | - | - | 53 kg | 52.48 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2016 Pan-American Junior Championships 23 Apr 2016 | 5 | 160 | 53 kg | 52.6 | 66 | 69 | 87 | 91 | ||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 34 | 155 | 53 kg | 52.99 | 65 | 85 | 90 | |||
| 2014 Pan American Championships 26 May 2014 | 14 | 125 | 48 kg | 47.58 | 50 | 55 | 58 | 67 | ||
| 2013 Pan American Championships 22 Jun 2013 | 12 | 107 | 48 kg | 47.18 | 42 | 51 | 52 | 56 |
Compare Scarleth Mercado
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Scarleth Mercado.