Colombia · Women's 59 kg, December 2024
Yenny Álvarez
Yenny Álvarez is a weightlifter from Colombia, born in 1995, with three World Championships medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze). The results below cover 25 competitions from 2012 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 59 kg class, at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships.
- World medals
- 3
- Best total
- 234 kg
- Best snatch
- 105 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 133 kg
Yenny Álvarez's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 53 kg from 2012 to 2013, 58 kg from 2014 to 2016, 59 kg from 2021 to 2022, 64 kg in 2023, 59 kg from 2023 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (58 kg to 59 kg) and again in June 2025. At 59 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 61 kg.
Latest result: 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 December 2024, 59 kg, total 224 kg, place 3.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 kg2021 to 2024 | 105 | 133 | 234 |
| 64 kg2023 | - | - | - |
| 58 kg2014 to 2016 | 100 | 125 | 225 |
| 53 kg2012 to 2013 | 83 | 100 | 183 |
Yenny Álvarez by the numbers
Yenny Álvarez'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
- 318.0
- From 234 kg at 58.9 kg bodyweight, 2022 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 9th of 438
- 234 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 59 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 76%
- At the best total, 101 kg of 133 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 2022, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 19 of 25
- Of the other six: three with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk, two entered without taking an attempt and one with a good lift in each but no total in the published results.
How often Yenny Álvarez makes each attempt
Yenny Álvarez made 67% of snatch attempts and 68% 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
Yenny Álvarez head to head
The lifters Yenny Álvarez 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 | Yenny Álvarez ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuo Hsing-chun | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Concepción Úsuga |
5 | 5 | 0 |
 Anyelin Venegas |
4 | 3 | 1 |
 Alexandra Escobar |
4 | 4 | 0 |
| Dora Tchakounté | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Gilyeliz Saned Guzman Perez | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Yenny Álvarez'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.
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 | 3 | 224 | 59 kg | 59 | 98 | 123 | 126 | not taken | ||
| 2024 Olympic Games 7 Aug 2024 | - | - | 59 kg | 59 | 101 | 103 | 105 | |||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 9 | 225 | 59 kg | 58.94 | 98 | 100 | 125 | |||
| 2024 Pan-American Championships 24 Feb 2024 | - | - | 59 kg | 59 | 96 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | |
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | - | No lifts | 59 kg | 59 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 Pan-American Games 21 Oct 2023 | 1 | 228 | 59 kg | 59 | 97 | 100 | 102 | 126 | ||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 5 | 229 | 59 kg | 58.99 | 100 | 129 | ||||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | - | No lifts | 64 kg | 59.45 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 1 | 234 | 59 kg | 58.9 | 98 | 101 | 128 | 131 | 133 | |
| 2022 South American Games 2 Oct 2022 | 1 | 220 | 59 kg | 58.8 | 90 | 94 | 96 | 120 | 124 | not taken |
| 2022 Pan-American Championships 24 Jul 2022 | 1 | 226 | 59 kg | 58.7 | 97 | 100 | 102 | 124 | ||
| 2022 Bolivarian Games 29 Jun 2022 | 1 | 223 | 59 kg | 58.7 | 95 | 98 | not taken | 120 | 125 | not taken |
| 2022 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam 13 Mar 2022 | 1 | 232 | 59 kg | 58.8 | 93 | 96 | 101 | 123 | 127 | 131 |
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 2 | 226 | 59 kg | 58.9 | 95 | 99 | 123 | 127 | ||
| 2021 Pan-American Championships 1 Nov 2021 | 1 | 230 | 59 kg | 59 | 95 | 98 | 100 | 122 | 126 | 130 |
| 2021 Ibero-American Championships 10 May 2021 | - | - | 59 kg | 58.7 | 115 | 120 | ||||
| 2016 Pan-American Championships 6 Jun 2016 | 1 | 224 | 58 kg | 57.61 | 95 | 98 | 100 | 118 | 120 | 124 |
| 2015 Pan-American Junior Championships 5 May 2015 | - | - | 58 kg | 57.5 | 90 | 95 | 111 | not taken | ||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 4 | 225 | 58 kg | 56.81 | 95 | 100 | 118 | 122 | 125 | |
| 2014 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 20 Jun 2014 | 2 | 213 | 58 kg | 56.54 | 90 | 94 | 115 | 119 | ||
| 2014 Pan American Junior Championships 31 Mar 2014 | 1 | 197 | 58 kg | 56.45 | 85 | 87 | 105 | 110 | ||
| 2014 South American Games 7 Mar 2014 | 3 | 200 | 58 kg | 57.25 | 87 | 110 | 113 | |||
| 2013 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 3 May 2013 | 4 | 183 | 53 kg | 52.72 | 83 | 100 | ||||
| 2012 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2012 | 2 | 177 | 53 kg | 51.13 | 73 | 77 | 91 | 97 | 100 | |
| 2012 Pan American Youth Championships 18 Jun 2012 | 3 | 163 | 53 kg | 51.1 | 70 | 90 | 93 |
Compare Yenny Álvarez
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Yenny Álvarez met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.