Colombia · Women's 86 kg, May 2026
Valeria Rivas
Valeria Rivas is a weightlifter from Colombia, born in 2000, with one World Championships medal (1 silver). The results below cover 20 competitions from 2017 to 2026. The latest result came in the women's 86 kg class, at the 2026 Pan-American Championships.
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 253 kg
- Best snatch
- 111 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 142 kg
Valeria Rivas's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 silver in the total.
Weight classes: 69 kg in 2017, 75 kg from 2017 to 2018, 81 kg in 2018, 76 kg in 2019, 81 kg in 2019, 87 kg in 2021, 81 kg from 2021 to 2022, 87 kg in 2023, 81 kg in 2024, 86 kg from 2025 to 2026. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (75 kg to 81 kg) and again in June 2025 (81 kg to 86 kg).
Latest result: 2026 Pan-American Championships, 5 May 2026, 86 kg, total 240 kg, place 2.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86 kg2025 to 2026 | 111 | 142 | 253 |
| 81 kg2018 to 2024 | 110 | 135 | 242 |
| 87 kg2021 to 2023 | 108 | 130 | 238 |
| 76 kg2019 | 104 | 126 | 229 |
| 75 kg2017 to 2018 | 95 | 117 | 212 |
| 69 kg2017 | 95 | 114 | 209 |
Valeria Rivas by the numbers
Valeria Rivas'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
- 286.1
- From 253 kg at 85.75 kg bodyweight, 2025 Pan-American Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 10th of 93
- 253 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 86 kg class (the class list of 2025 to 2026) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 78%
- At the best total, 111 kg of 142 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
- 25
- Turned 25 in 2025, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 17 of 20
- Of the other three: two with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.
How often Valeria Rivas makes each attempt
Valeria Rivas made 66% of snatch attempts and 63% 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
Valeria Rivas head to head
The lifters Valeria Rivas 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 | Valeria Rivas ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Dayana Chirinos |
4 | 1 | 3 |
 Kelin Jiménez |
3 | 2 | 1 |
Valeria Rivas'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.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Pan-American Championships 5 May 2026 | 2 | 240 | 86 kg | 85.95 | 107 | 133 | ||||
| 2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 | - | - | 86 kg | 85.99 | 110 | |||||
| 2025 Pan-American Championships 12 Jul 2025 | 3 | 253 | 86 kg | 85.75 | 108 | 111 | 138 | 142 | ||
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | - | - | 81 kg | 81 | 107 | |||||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | - | No lifts | 87 kg | 83.45 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2022 Bolivarian Games 29 Jun 2022 | 2 | 240 | 81 kg | 80.8 | 105 | 110 | 130 | not taken | ||
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 2 | 239 | 81 kg | 80.9 | 105 | 130 | 134 | |||
| 2021 Pan-American Championships 1 Nov 2021 | 1 | 242 | 81 kg | 80.95 | 104 | 107 | 128 | 133 | 135 | |
| 2020 Junior Extra 5 Oct 2021 | 1 | 238 | 81 kg | 80.45 | Snatch 106, clean and jerk 132; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2021 Open Championships 10 May 2021 | 1 | 232 | 81 kg | 80.9 | 103 | 107 | 125 | |||
| 2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 | 5 | 238 | 87 kg | 83.66 | 103 | 106 | 108 | 125 | 130 | |
| 2019 South American Junior Championships 1 Dec 2019 | 1 | 220 | 81 kg | 79.9 | 95 | 100 | not taken | 115 | 120 | not taken |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 7 | 238 | 81 kg | 78.75 | 102 | 106 | 126 | 130 | 132 | |
| 2019 Pan-American Junior Championships 23 Jun 2019 | 1 | 229 | 76 kg | 76 | 100 | 104 | 120 | 125 | ||
| 2019 Ibero-American Championships 8 May 2019 Also the 2019 Open Senior Championships, place 1 | 1 | 226 | 76 kg | 75.7 | 100 | 123 | 126 | |||
| 2018 International Junior CSLP Cup 7 Dec 2018 | 1 | 236 | 81 kg | 78.6 | 100 | 103 | 106 | 120 | 125 | 130 |
| 2018 Pan-American Junior Championships 5 Sep 2018 | 2 | 212 | 75 kg | 74.65 | 92 | 95 | 112 | 115 | 117 | |
| 2017 Pan-American Youth Championships 28 Oct 2017 | 1 | 210 | 75 kg | 75 | 90 | 92 | 95 | 112 | 115 | |
| 2017 Pan-American Junior Championships 1 May 2017 | 4 | 199 | 75 kg | 71.2 | 85 | 89 | 105 | 110 | ||
| 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 3 Apr 2017 | 2 | 209 | 69 kg | 68.68 | 90 | 93 | 95 | 109 | 114 | |
Compare Valeria Rivas
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Valeria Rivas met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.