Women's 48 kg, April 2026
Sonja Koponen
Sonja Koponen is a weightlifter. The results below cover 5 competitions from 2022 to 2026. The latest result came in the women's 48 kg class, at the 2026 European Championships.
- Best total
- 157 kg
- Best snatch
- 70 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 87 kg
Sonja Koponen's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 45 kg from 2022 to 2025, 48 kg from 2025 to 2026. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (45 kg to 48 kg) and again in August 2026. At 47.91 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 49 kg.
Latest result: 2026 European Championships, 19 April 2026, 48 kg, total 157 kg, place 10.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg2025 to 2026 | 70 | 87 | 157 |
| 45 kg2022 to 2025 | 66 | 81 | 147 |
Sonja Koponen by the numbers
Sonja Koponen'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
- 244.5
- From 157 kg at 47.91 kg bodyweight, 2026 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 52nd of 97
- 157 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 48 kg class (the class list of 2025 to 2026) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 80%
- At the best total, 70 kg of 87 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
- 5 of 5
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Sonja Koponen makes each attempt
Sonja Koponen made 53% of snatch attempts and 53% 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
Sonja Koponen head to head
The lifters Sonja Koponen 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 | Sonja Koponen ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Marta García |
4 | 0 | 4 |
| Ecaterina Grabucea | 4 | 3 | 1 |
 Cansu Bektaş |
3 | 0 | 3 |
| Gamze Altun |
3 | 0 | 3 |
| Ioana Madalina Miron | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Gabriela Danilov | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Sonja Koponen'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 European Championships 19 Apr 2026 | 10 | 157 | 48 kg | 47.91 | 66 | 70 | 84 | 87 | ||
| 2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 | 23 | 148 | 48 kg | 47.71 | 65 | 83 | ||||
| 2025 European Championships 13 Apr 2025 | 6 | 147 | 45 kg | 45 | 63 | 66 | 81 | |||
| 2024 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 | 9 | 139 | 45 kg | 45 | 60 | 63 | 72 | 76 | ||
| 2022 European Championships 28 May 2022 | 6 | 138 | 45 kg | 44.95 | 61 | 73 | 77 |
Compare Sonja Koponen
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Sonja Koponen met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.