Colombia · Women's 81 kg, December 2024

Yeinny Geles

Yeinny Geles is a weightlifter from Colombia, born in 1997, with one World Championships medal (1 silver). The results below cover 15 competitions from 2013 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 81 kg class, at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships.

World medal
1
Best total
249 kg
Best snatch
111 kg
Best clean and jerk
138 kg
Career

Yeinny Geles's career: classes, totals and best lifts

World Championships: 1 silver in the total.

Weight classes: 63 kg in 2013, 69 kg from 2013 to 2014, +63 kg in 2014, 87 kg in 2021, 81 kg in 2021, 87 kg from 2021 to 2022, +87 kg in 2022, 87 kg from 2022 to 2023, 81 kg in 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (+63 kg to 87 kg) and again in June 2025. At 80.56 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 86 kg.

Latest result: 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 December 2024, 81 kg, total 233 kg, place 8.

Yeinny Geles: totals from the 14 competitions with a total, 2013 to 2024, best 249 kg in 2022.1802202602013201520172019202120232013 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Apr 2013: 188 kg2013 Pan American Youth Championships, 3 Sep 2013: 207 kg2014 Pan American Junior Championships, 31 Mar 2014: 206 kg2014 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 20 Jun 2014: 216 kg2014 Youth Olympic Games, 16 Aug 2014: 214 kg2020 Pan-American Championships, 18 Apr 2021: 239 kg2021 South-American Championships, 10 May 2021: 220 kg2021 Pan-American Championships, 1 Nov 2021: 237 kg2022 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam, 13 Mar 2022: 238 kg2022 Bolivarian Games, 29 Jun 2022: 236 kg2022 Pan-American Championships, 24 Jul 2022: 249 kg2022 South American Games, 2 Oct 2022: 246 kg2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Sep 2023: 244 kg2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 Dec 2024: 233 kg
Yeinny Geles: totals from the 14 competitions with a total, 2013 to 2024, best 249 kg in 2022.1802202602013201720212013 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Apr 2013: 188 kg2013 Pan American Youth Championships, 3 Sep 2013: 207 kg2014 Pan American Junior Championships, 31 Mar 2014: 206 kg2014 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 20 Jun 2014: 216 kg2014 Youth Olympic Games, 16 Aug 2014: 214 kg2020 Pan-American Championships, 18 Apr 2021: 239 kg2021 South-American Championships, 10 May 2021: 220 kg2021 Pan-American Championships, 1 Nov 2021: 237 kg2022 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam, 13 Mar 2022: 238 kg2022 Bolivarian Games, 29 Jun 2022: 236 kg2022 Pan-American Championships, 24 Jul 2022: 249 kg2022 South American Games, 2 Oct 2022: 246 kg2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Sep 2023: 244 kg2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 Dec 2024: 233 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.

Best lifts in each class

The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.

Class Years Snatch Clean and jerk Total
81 kg2021 to 2024 2021 to 2024 103 130 233
87 kg2021 to 2023 2021 to 2023 111 138 249
+87 kg2022 2022 110 136 246
+63 kg2014 2014 97 117 214
69 kg2013 to 2014 2013 to 2014 96 120 216
63 kg2013 2013 84 104 188
Numbers

Yeinny Geles by the numbers

Yeinny Geles'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
285.4
From 249 kg at 82.8 kg bodyweight, 2022 Pan-American Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
20th of 250
249 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
80%
At the best total, 111 kg of 138 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 2022, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
14 of 15
The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Yeinny Geles makes each attempt

Yeinny Geles made 56% of snatch attempts and 71% 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

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Yeinny Geles: 60%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Yeinny Geles: 67%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Yeinny Geles: 40%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Yeinny Geles: 87%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Yeinny Geles: 73%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Yeinny Geles: 53%
Rivals

Yeinny Geles head to head

The lifters Yeinny Geles 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 Yeinny Geles ahead Rival ahead
Venezuela Dayana Chirinos 4 1 3
Ecuador Tamara Salazar 3 0 3
Cuba Ayamey Medina 3 3 0
Results

Yeinny Geles'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
2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 8 233 81 kg 80.56 103106 kg missed106 kg missed130 kg missed130 kg missed130
2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 2 244 87 kg 86.17 106 kg missed106 kg missed106130134138
2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 - - 87 kg 84.2 107 kg missed109 kg missed109 kg missed130135139 kg missed
2022 South American Games 2 Oct 2022 3 246 +87 kg 87.05 105110113 kg missed130135 kg missed136
2022 Pan-American Championships 24 Jul 2022 2 249 87 kg 82.8 106109111131135138
2022 Bolivarian Games 29 Jun 2022 3 236 87 kg 82.9 106110 kg missed111 kg missed130135 kg missed135 kg missed
2022 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam 13 Mar 2022 1 238 87 kg 86 100105107126131135 kg missed
2021 Pan-American Championships 1 Nov 2021 3 237 87 kg 86.1 105 kg missed105110 kg missed125132135 kg missed
2021 South-American Championships 10 May 2021 Also the 2021 Ibero-American Championships, place 1 Also the 2021 Open Championships, place 2 1 220 81 kg 80.6 95100105 kg missed120 kg missed120125 kg missed
2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 4 239 87 kg 84.14 105 kg missed105108123127131
2014 Youth Olympic Games 16 Aug 2014 5 214 +63 kg 74.31 9397100 kg missed117125 kg missed128 kg missed
2014 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 20 Jun 2014 6 216 69 kg 68.82 92 kg missed9296115120124 kg missed
2014 Pan American Junior Championships 31 Mar 2014 1 206 69 kg 67.51 9095 kg missed95 kg missed110113116
2013 Pan American Youth Championships 3 Sep 2013 1 207 69 kg 66.9 90 kg missed9094 kg missed112114117
2013 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 7 Apr 2013 7 188 63 kg 62.18 75818495101104
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Compare Yeinny Geles

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