Armenia · Women's 75 kg, October 2017

Sona Poghosyan

Sona Poghosyan is a weightlifter from Armenia, born in 1998. The results below cover 13 competitions from 2013 to 2017. The latest result came in the women's 75 kg class, at the 2017 European Junior Championships.

Best total
227 kg
Best snatch
102 kg
Best clean and jerk
130 kg
Career

Sona Poghosyan's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 69 kg in 2013, 63 kg in 2014, 69 kg in 2015, 75 kg from 2015 to 2016, 69 kg in 2016, 75 kg from 2016 to 2017. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 74.3 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 77 kg.

Latest result: 2017 European Junior Championships, 15 October 2017, 75 kg, total 227 kg, place 1.

Sona Poghosyan: totals from the 13 competitions with a total, 2013 to 2017, best 227 kg in 2016.140190240201320142015201620172013 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Apr 2013: 153 kg2014 European Youth Championships, 28 Apr 2014: 182 kg2014 Youth Olympic Games, 16 Aug 2014: 179 kg2015 European Youth Championships, 1 Aug 2015: 206 kg2015 European Junior Championships, 2 Oct 2015: 213 kg2015 World Weightlifting Championships, 20 Nov 2015: 217 kg2016 European Championships, 8 Apr 2016: 227 kg2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 23 Jun 2016: 205 kg2016 Olympic Games, 5 Aug 2016: 223 kg2016 European Junior Championships, 2 Dec 2016: 218 kg2017 European Championships, 1 Apr 2017: 227 kg2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 15 Jun 2017: 223 kg2017 European Junior Championships, 15 Oct 2017: 227 kg
Sona Poghosyan: totals from the 13 competitions with a total, 2013 to 2017, best 227 kg in 2016.140190240201320142015201620172013 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Apr 2013: 153 kg2014 European Youth Championships, 28 Apr 2014: 182 kg2014 Youth Olympic Games, 16 Aug 2014: 179 kg2015 European Youth Championships, 1 Aug 2015: 206 kg2015 European Junior Championships, 2 Oct 2015: 213 kg2015 World Weightlifting Championships, 20 Nov 2015: 217 kg2016 European Championships, 8 Apr 2016: 227 kg2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 23 Jun 2016: 205 kg2016 Olympic Games, 5 Aug 2016: 223 kg2016 European Junior Championships, 2 Dec 2016: 218 kg2017 European Championships, 1 Apr 2017: 227 kg2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 15 Jun 2017: 223 kg2017 European Junior Championships, 15 Oct 2017: 227 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.

Best lifts in each class

The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.

Class Years Snatch Clean and jerk Total
75 kg2015 to 2017 2015 to 2017 102 130 227
69 kg2013 to 2016 2013 to 2016 93 113 206
63 kg2014 2014 81 101 182
Numbers

Sona Poghosyan by the numbers

Sona Poghosyan'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
275.2
From 227 kg at 72.87 kg bodyweight, 2016 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
131st of 626
227 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 75 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
82%
At the best total, 102 kg of 125 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
18
Turned 18 in 2016, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
13 of 13
A total at every competition listed.
Attempts

How often Sona Poghosyan makes each attempt

Sona Poghosyan made 77% 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

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Sona Poghosyan: 92%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Sona Poghosyan: 85%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Sona Poghosyan: 54%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Sona Poghosyan: 77%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Sona Poghosyan: 92%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Sona Poghosyan: 50%
Rivals

Sona Poghosyan head to head

The lifters Sona Poghosyan 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 Sona Poghosyan ahead Rival ahead
France Gaëlle Nayo Ketchanke 3 0 3
Ukraine Iryna Dekha 3 0 3
Anastasiia Shyshanova 3 2 1
Turkey Duygu Aynacı 3 2 1
Boglarka Beata Molnar 3 3 0
Finland Meri Ilmarinen 3 3 0
Results

Sona Poghosyan'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
2017 European Junior Championships 15 Oct 2017 1 227 75 kg 74.3 9497100 kg missed113125130
2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 15 Jun 2017 3 223 75 kg 73.67 9598100 kg missed122125129 kg missed
2017 European Championships 1 Apr 2017 3 227 75 kg 73.4 98101 kg missed101122126128 kg missed
2016 European Junior Championships 2 Dec 2016 2 218 75 kg 72.36 939698 kg missed119122not taken
2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 10 223 75 kg 72.52 9297100 kg missed115122126
2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 23 Jun 2016 5 205 69 kg 68.12 9396 kg missed96 kg missed112 kg missed112118 kg missed
2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 4 227 75 kg 72.87 97100102120125 kg missed125
2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 20 217 75 kg 74.21 919597115118120
2015 European Junior Championships 2 Oct 2015 2 213 75 kg 73.2 909395112118122 kg missed
2015 European Youth Championships 1 Aug 2015 2 206 69 kg 68.27 869193106111113
2014 Youth Olympic Games 16 Aug 2014 6 179 63 kg 62.46 75 kg missed757995 kg missed95100
2014 European Youth Championships 28 Apr 2014 4 182 63 kg 62.88 778183 kg missed101 kg missed101107 kg missed
2013 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 7 Apr 2013 15 153 69 kg 64.3 636770788386 kg missed
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