Papua New Guinea · Women's 48 kg, July 2026
Thelma Toua
Thelma Toua is a weightlifter from Papua New Guinea, born in 1991. The results below cover 22 competitions from 2013 to 2026. The latest result came in the women's 48 kg class, at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
- Best total
- 163 kg
- Best snatch
- 72 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 93 kg
Thelma Toua's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 48 kg from 2013 to 2018, 49 kg from 2021 to 2023, 45 kg in 2024, 48 kg from 2025 to 2026. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (48 kg to 49 kg), June 2025 (45 kg to 48 kg) and August 2026. At 47.55 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 49 kg.
Latest result: 2026 Commonwealth Games, 23 July 2026, 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg2025 to 2026 | 65 | 83 | 148 |
| 45 kg2024 | 60 | 75 | 135 |
| 49 kg2021 to 2023 | 66 | 82 | 148 |
| 48 kg2013 to 2018 | 72 | 93 | 163 |
Thelma Toua by the numbers
Thelma Toua'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
- 254.1
- From 163 kg at 47.85 kg bodyweight, 2017 Australian International. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 174th of 575
- 163 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 48 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 75%
- At the best total, 70 kg of 93 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
- 26
- Turned 26 in 2017, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 21 of 22
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Thelma Toua makes each attempt
Thelma Toua made 54% of snatch attempts and 62% 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
Thelma Toua head to head
The lifters Thelma Toua 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 | Thelma Toua ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mirabai Chanu |
6 | 0 | 6 |
| Seruwaia Malani | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dinusha Gomes | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Jianne Gungon | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Hannah Powell | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Alyce Patricia Stephenson | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Thelma Toua'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. A row that names two events was one competition scored for both; its places can differ because each ranks its own field.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Commonwealth Games 23 Jul 2026 | - | - | 48 kg | 47.55 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2026 Oceania Championships 27 Apr 2026 Also the 2026 Universal Weightlifting Cup, place 6 | 3 | 146 | 48 kg | 46.95 | 63 | 83 | ||||
| 2025 Commonwealth Championships 24 Aug 2025 | 5 | 148 | 48 kg | 47.51 | 60 | 63 | 65 | 80 | 83 | |
| 2025 Pacific Mini Games + Oceania Championships 1 Jul 2025 | 3 | 142 | 48 kg | 47.45 | 61 | 81 | ||||
| 2024 Oceania Championships 21 Feb 2024 | 1 | 135 | 45 kg | 44.42 | 55 | 58 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 75 |
| 2023 Pacific Games + Oceania Championships 20 Nov 2023 | 3 | 148 | 49 kg | 48.4 | 61 | 66 | 75 | 78 | 82 | |
| 2022 Pacific Mini Games + Oceania Championships 18 Jun 2022 | 2 | 141 | 49 kg | 48.72 | 61 | 80 | ||||
| 2021 Oceania Championships 23 Sep 2021 | 1 | 130 | 49 kg | 48 | 55 | 75 | ||||
| 2018 Oceanian Championships 26 Jun 2018 | 1 | 150 | 48 kg | 48 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 75 | 80 | 85 |
| 2018 Commonwealth Games 4 Apr 2018 | 4 | 155 | 48 kg | 47.87 | 65 | 85 | 88 | 90 | ||
| 2017 Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games 17 Sep 2017 | 8 | 158 | 48 kg | 47.66 | 65 | 69 | 85 | 89 | ||
| 2017 Commonwealth Championships 3 Sep 2017 Also the 2017 Oceania Championships, place 2 | 2 | 153 | 48 kg | 47.84 | 65 | 68 | 85 | |||
| 2017 Pacific Cup International 5 Aug 2017 | 1 | 158 | 48 kg | 47.95 | 68 | 71 | 87 | |||
| 2017 Australian International 17 Mar 2017 | 1 | 163 | 48 kg | 47.85 | 70 | 90 | 93 | |||
| 2016 Senior Commonwealth Championships 25 Oct 2016 | 1 | 156 | 48 kg | 47.83 | 68 | 72 | 84 | |||
| 2016 Oceanian Championships 23 May 2016 | 2 | 150 | 48 kg | 47.59 | 65 | 70 | 80 | |||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 29 | 160 | 48 kg | 47.91 | 70 | 85 | 90 | |||
| 2015 Commonwealth Championships 11 Oct 2015 | 3 | 155 | 48 kg | 47.83 | 70 | 85 | ||||
| 2015 Pacific Games 6 Jul 2015 Also the 2015 Oceania Championships, place 1 | 1 | 160 | 48 kg | 47.85 | 65 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 90 | |
| 2014 Pacific Cup Tournament 19 Dec 2014 | 1 | 152 | 48 kg | 47.8 | 62 | 67 | 80 | 85 | ||
| 2014 Oceanian Championships 25 May 2014 Also the 2014 South Pacific Championships, place 2 | 2 | 130 | 48 kg | 46.95 | 55 | 65 | 70 | 75 | ||
| 2013 Commonwealth Championships 24 Nov 2013 | 5 | 114 | 48 kg | 47.89 | Snatch 51, clean and jerk 63; attempts not recorded | |||||
Compare Thelma Toua
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Thelma Toua.