Dominican Republic · Women's 86 kg, October 2025

Yudelina Mejía

Yudelina Mejía is a weightlifter from Dominican Republic, born in 1997, with one World Championships medal (1 silver). The results below cover 14 competitions from 2021 to 2025. The latest result came in the women's 86 kg class, at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships.

World medal
1
Best total
271 kg
Best snatch
123 kg
Best clean and jerk
149 kg
Career

Yudelina Mejía's career: classes, totals and best lifts

World Championships: 1 silver in the total.

Weight classes: 81 kg from 2021 to 2024, 86 kg in 2025. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (81 kg to 86 kg).

Latest result: 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 October 2025, 86 kg, total 271 kg, place 2.

Yudelina Mejía: totals from the 12 competitions with a total, 2021 to 2025, best 271 kg in 2025.230255280202120222023202420252020 Pan-American Championships, 18 Apr 2021: 242 kg2021 Pan-American Championships, 1 Nov 2021: 241 kg2022 Pan-American Championships, 24 Jul 2022: 252 kg2022 World Weightlifting Championships, 5 Dec 2022: 243 kg2023 IWF Grand Prix I, 8 Jun 2023: 252 kg2023 Pan-American Games, 21 Oct 2023: 244 kg2024 Pan-American Championships, 24 Feb 2024: 244 kg2024 IWF World Cup, 31 Mar 2024: 244 kg2024 Olympic Games, 7 Aug 2024: 256 kg2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 Dec 2024: 252 kg2025 Pan-American Championships, 12 Jul 2025: 270 kg2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 Oct 2025: 271 kg
Yudelina Mejía: totals from the 12 competitions with a total, 2021 to 2025, best 271 kg in 2025.230255280202120222023202420252020 Pan-American Championships, 18 Apr 2021: 242 kg2021 Pan-American Championships, 1 Nov 2021: 241 kg2022 Pan-American Championships, 24 Jul 2022: 252 kg2022 World Weightlifting Championships, 5 Dec 2022: 243 kg2023 IWF Grand Prix I, 8 Jun 2023: 252 kg2023 Pan-American Games, 21 Oct 2023: 244 kg2024 Pan-American Championships, 24 Feb 2024: 244 kg2024 IWF World Cup, 31 Mar 2024: 244 kg2024 Olympic Games, 7 Aug 2024: 256 kg2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 Dec 2024: 252 kg2025 Pan-American Championships, 12 Jul 2025: 270 kg2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 Oct 2025: 271 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
86 kg2025 2025 123 149 271
81 kg2021 to 2024 2021 to 2024 113 145 256
Numbers

Yudelina Mejía by the numbers

Yudelina Mejía'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
308.8
From 271 kg at 84.07 kg bodyweight, 2025 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
2nd of 93
271 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
82%
At the best total, 122 kg of 149 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
28
Turned 28 in 2025, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
12 of 14
The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Yudelina Mejía makes each attempt

Yudelina Mejía made 71% of snatch attempts and 55% 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%
Yudelina Mejía: 79%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Yudelina Mejía: 86%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Yudelina Mejía: 50%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Yudelina Mejía: 79%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Yudelina Mejía: 57%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Yudelina Mejía: 29%
Rivals

Yudelina Mejía head to head

The lifters Yudelina Mejía 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 Yudelina Mejía ahead Rival ahead
Brazil Laura Amaro 7 5 2
Ecuador Neisi Dajomes 6 0 6
Venezuela Dayana Chirinos 4 3 1
Mexico Lizbeth Nolasco 4 4 0
Canada Maya Laylor 4 4 0
Beverly Shanen De Leon Cardoza 3 3 0
Results

Yudelina Mejía'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
2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 2 271 86 kg 84.07 115119122145149153 kg missed
2025 Pan-American Championships 12 Jul 2025 1 270 86 kg 84.9 113117123143147152 kg missed
2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 5 252 81 kg 80.44 108 kg missed108112 kg missed140144146 kg missed
2024 Olympic Games 7 Aug 2024 5 256 81 kg 81 111 kg missed111115 kg missed145150 kg missed157 kg missed
2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 9 244 81 kg 81 107111 kg missed111133138 kg missed142 kg missed
2024 Pan-American Championships 24 Feb 2024 2 244 81 kg 80.05 104108110 kg missed128133136
2023 Pan-American Games 21 Oct 2023 2 244 81 kg 81 107111114 kg missed130133144 kg missed
2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 - - 81 kg 80.79 105 kg missed105110130 kg missed130 kg missed130 kg missed
2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 4 252 81 kg 80.5 107112115 kg missed134139 kg missed140
2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 10 243 81 kg 80.6 107112 kg missed112 kg missed136141 kg missed142 kg missed
2022 Pan-American Championships 24 Jul 2022 2 252 81 kg 80.5 104109113128135139
2022 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam 13 Mar 2022 - - 81 kg 80.15 100103106129 kg missed129 kg missed129 kg missed
2021 Pan-American Championships 1 Nov 2021 2 241 81 kg 80.6 105108111130 kg missed130134 kg missed
2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 4 242 81 kg 79.11 102106109 kg missed125131136
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