Ukraine · Women's 64 kg, September 2019
Yuliya Shymechko
Yuliya Shymechko is a weightlifter from Ukraine, born in 1988, with one World Championships medal (1 bronze). The results below cover 15 competitions from 2009 to 2019. The latest result came in the women's 64 kg class, at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships.
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 243 kg
- Best snatch
- 108 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 135 kg
Yuliya Shymechko's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 58 kg from 2009 to 2013, 63 kg from 2014 to 2015, 64 kg from 2018 to 2019. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (63 kg to 64 kg) and again in June 2025. At 63.7 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 69 kg.
Latest result: 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 September 2019, 64 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 kg2018 to 2019 | 89 | 116 | 205 |
| 63 kg2014 to 2015 | 108 | 135 | 243 |
| 58 kg2009 to 2013 | 100 | 126 | 223 |
Yuliya Shymechko by the numbers
Yuliya Shymechko'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
- 318.9
- From 243 kg at 62.55 kg bodyweight, 2015 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 22nd of 864
- 243 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 63 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 80%
- At the best total, 108 kg of 135 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 2015, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 13 of 15
- Of the other two: one with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one with a good lift in each but no total in the published results.
How often Yuliya Shymechko makes each attempt
Yuliya Shymechko made 69% of snatch attempts and 77% 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
Yuliya Shymechko head to head
The lifters Yuliya Shymechko 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 | Yuliya Shymechko ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Giorgia Bordignon |
8 | 7 | 1 |
 Anna Everi |
6 | 6 | 0 |
 Nastassia Novikava |
5 | 0 | 5 |
 Pimsiri Sirikaew |
5 | 3 | 2 |
 Alexandra Escobar |
4 | 2 | 2 |
| Irene Martinez Santiago | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Yuliya Shymechko'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | - | - | 64 kg | 63.7 | 113 | 116 | ||||
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 10 | 205 | 64 kg | 63.78 | 86 | 89 | 112 | 116 | ||
| 2018 International Qatar Cup 19 Dec 2018 | 5 | 197 | 64 kg | 63.7 | 80 | 83 | 105 | 109 | 114 | |
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 4 | 243 | 63 kg | 62.55 | 105 | 108 | 128 | 132 | 135 | |
| 2015 European Championships 10 Apr 2015 | 1 | 238 | 63 kg | 62.62 | 103 | 106 | 124 | 127 | 132 | |
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 9 | 239 | 63 kg | 61.93 | 104 | 108 | 125 | 131 | ||
| 2014 European Championships 5 Apr 2014 | 3 | 228 | 63 kg | 61.76 | 97 | 100 | 103 | 120 | 125 | |
| 2013 IWF Grand Prix & 2nd Baku International Cup 6 Dec 2013 | 3 | 200 | 58 kg | 57.77 | 88 | 92 | 108 | not taken | ||
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | 5 | 212 | 58 kg | 57.84 | 94 | 114 | 118 | |||
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | - | - | 58 kg | 57.6 | 101 | 104 | 106 | 123 | 127 | 129 |
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 4 | 223 | 58 kg | 57.62 | 97 | 100 | 123 | |||
| 2010 European U 23 Championships 20 Nov 2010 | 1 | 212 | 58 kg | 57.4 | 88 | 90 | 92 | 110 | 114 | 120 |
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 5 | 220 | 58 kg | 57.22 | 94 | 117 | 122 | 126 | ||
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | 3 | 215 | 58 kg | 57.46 | 91 | 94 | 96 | 115 | 119 | |
| 2009 European Championships 4 Apr 2009 | 2 | 212 | 58 kg | 57.9 | 88 | 92 | 95 | 114 | 117 |
Compare Yuliya Shymechko
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Yuliya Shymechko.