Ireland · Women's 49 kg, March 2024
Tham Nguyen
Tham Nguyen is a weightlifter from Ireland, born in 1996. The results below cover 9 competitions from 2015 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 49 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- Best total
- 173 kg
- Best snatch
- 76 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 98 kg
Tham Nguyen's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 53 kg in 2015, 48 kg in 2015, 53 kg in 2016, 49 kg from 2022 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (53 kg to 49 kg).
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 49 kg, total 166 kg, place 19.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 kg2022 to 2024 | 76 | 98 | 173 |
| 53 kg2015 to 2016 | 66 | 82 | 148 |
| 48 kg2015 | 57 | 73 | 130 |
Tham Nguyen by the numbers
Tham Nguyen'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
- 266.4
- From 173 kg at 48.66 kg bodyweight, 2023 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 78th of 309
- 173 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 49 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 77%
- At the best total, 75 kg of 98 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
- 27
- Turned 27 in 2023, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 9 of 9
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Tham Nguyen makes each attempt
Tham Nguyen made 56% of snatch attempts and 52% 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
Tham Nguyen head to head
The lifters Tham Nguyen 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 | Tham Nguyen ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Jiang Huihua |
4 | 0 | 4 |
 Mihaela Cambei |
4 | 0 | 4 |
| Weronika Drzazga Oliwia | 4 | 2 | 2 |
 Andrea de la Herrán |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Dika Toua |
3 | 2 | 1 |
 Duygu Alıcı |
3 | 2 | 1 |
Tham Nguyen'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 19 | 166 | 49 kg | 49 | 70 | 91 | 96 | |||
| 2024 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 | 3 | 169 | 49 kg | 49 | 74 | 95 | ||||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 19 | 172 | 49 kg | 49 | 74 | 76 | 96 | |||
| 2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 | 5 | 173 | 49 kg | 48.66 | 73 | 75 | 96 | 98 | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 20 | 166 | 49 kg | 48.9 | 73 | 93 | ||||
| 2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 23 Jun 2016 | 15 | 148 | 53 kg | 51.54 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 75 | 78 | 82 |
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 21 | 132 | 53 kg | 50.13 | 60 | 72 | ||||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 35 | 130 | 48 kg | 47.59 | 54 | 57 | 73 | |||
| 2015 European Junior Championships 2 Oct 2015 | 8 | 132 | 53 kg | 51.5 | 54 | 57 | 72 | 75 |
Compare Tham Nguyen
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Tham Nguyen met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.