Women's 87 kg, September 2024
Valeria Ruiz Cruz
Valeria Ruiz Cruz is a weightlifter. The results below cover 6 competitions from 2019 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 87 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Junior Championships.
- Best total
- 229 kg
- Best snatch
- 103 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 126 kg
Valeria Ruiz Cruz's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 81 kg from 2019 to 2021, 87 kg from 2022 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025. At 85.24 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 86 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Junior Championships, 19 September 2024, 87 kg, total 229 kg, place 4.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87 kg2022 to 2024 | 103 | 126 | 229 |
| 81 kg2019 to 2021 | 84 | 104 | 188 |
Valeria Ruiz Cruz by the numbers
Valeria Ruiz Cruz'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
- 259.5
- From 229 kg at 85.24 kg bodyweight, 2024 IWF World Junior Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 76th of 250
- 229 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 87 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 82%
- At the best total, 103 kg of 126 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
- 6 of 6
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Valeria Ruiz Cruz makes each attempt
Valeria Ruiz Cruz made 72% of snatch attempts and 72% 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 Ruiz Cruz'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 IWF World Junior Championships 19 Sep 2024 | 4 | 229 | 87 kg | 85.24 | 99 | 103 | 120 | 126 | ||
| 2024 Pan-American Junior Championships 19 Jun 2024 | 1 | 223 | 87 kg | 86.5 | 94 | 98 | 116 | 120 | 125 | |
| 2023 Pan-American Junior Championships 10 May 2023 | 2 | 216 | 87 kg | 85.75 | 90 | 95 | 110 | 115 | 121 | |
| 2022 Pan-American Junior Championships 19 Oct 2022 Also the 2022 South American Junior Championships, place 3 | 6 | 203 | 87 kg | 83.47 | 90 | 93 | 110 | |||
| 2021 Pan-American Youth Championships 16 Aug 2021 | 1 | 188 | 81 kg | 79.6 | 80 | 84 | 100 | 104 | ||
| 2019 South American Junior Championships 1 Dec 2019 | 2 | 184 | 81 kg | 80.8 | 77 | 81 | 84 | 95 | 100 |
Compare Valeria Ruiz Cruz
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