Great Britain · Women's 59 kg, March 2024
Zoe Smith
Zoe Smith is a weightlifter from Great Britain, born in 1994. The results below cover 27 competitions from 2009 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 59 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- Best total
- 225 kg
- Best snatch
- 100 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 128 kg
Zoe Smith's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 58 kg from 2009 to 2010, 63 kg in 2011, 58 kg from 2012 to 2014, 63 kg from 2015 to 2018, 64 kg from 2018 to 2019, 59 kg in 2019, 64 kg in 2020, 59 kg in 2021, 64 kg from 2022 to 2023, 59 kg from 2023 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (63 kg to 64 kg) and again in June 2025. At 58.06 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 61 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 59 kg, total 198 kg, place 24.
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 kg2019 to 2024 | 93 | 123 | 216 |
| 64 kg2018 to 2023 | 100 | 128 | 225 |
| 63 kg2011 to 2018 | 97 | 124 | 221 |
| 58 kg2009 to 2014 | 92 | 121 | 211 |
Zoe Smith by the numbers
Zoe Smith'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
- 293.5
- From 216 kg at 58.9 kg bodyweight, 2019 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 32nd of 499
- 225 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 64 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, 100 kg of 125 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 2019, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 26 of 27
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Zoe Smith makes each attempt
Zoe Smith made 67% of snatch attempts and 66% 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
Zoe Smith head to head
The lifters Zoe Smith 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 | Zoe Smith ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dora Tchakounté | 7 | 3 | 4 |
 Giorgia Bordignon |
6 | 3 | 3 |
 Anni Vuohijoki |
6 | 6 | 0 |
| Kuo Hsing-chun | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 Maude Charron |
5 | 0 | 5 |
| Irene Martinez Santiago | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Zoe Smith'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 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 24 | 198 | 59 kg | 58.06 | 85 | 109 | 113 | |||
| 2024 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 | - | - | 59 kg | 58.69 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 26 | 203 | 59 kg | 58.85 | 87 | 90 | 113 | |||
| 2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 | 3 | 214 | 64 kg | 63.66 | 90 | 93 | 119 | 121 | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 9 | 209 | 64 kg | 63.8 | 88 | 91 | 118 | |||
| 2022 Commonwealth Games 30 Jul 2022 | 4 | 210 | 64 kg | 63.86 | 88 | 114 | 122 | |||
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 8 | 200 | 59 kg | 58.95 | 87 | 113 | ||||
| 2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 | 5 | 200 | 59 kg | 58.8 | 87 | 89 | 111 | |||
| Roma 2020 World Cup 27 Jan 2020 | 7 | 199 | 64 kg | 63.95 | 85 | 88 | 111 | not taken | ||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 6 | 216 | 59 kg | 58.9 | 93 | 119 | 123 | |||
| 2019 British International Open 7 Jun 2019 | 1 | 225 | 64 kg | 63.85 | 91 | 94 | 100 | 120 | 125 | |
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 3 | 224 | 64 kg | 63.9 | 92 | 96 | 122 | 126 | 128 | |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 16 | 215 | 64 kg | 63.34 | 92 | 95 | 117 | 120 | ||
| 2018 Commonwealth Games 4 Apr 2018 | 2 | 207 | 63 kg | 62.5 | 87 | 90 | 92 | 110 | 112 | 115 |
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 4 | 215 | 63 kg | 62.05 | 93 | 96 | 116 | 119 | ||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 9 | 221 | 63 kg | 62.78 | 94 | 97 | 120 | 124 | ||
| 2014 Commonwealth Games 23 Jul 2014 | 1 | 210 | 58 kg | 57.58 | 89 | 92 | 112 | 115 | 118 | |
| 2014 European Championships 5 Apr 2014 | 3 | 204 | 58 kg | 57.36 | 86 | 90 | 114 | |||
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 10 | 211 | 58 kg | 57.97 | 90 | 116 | 121 | |||
| 2012 European Championships 9 Apr 2012 | 4 | 208 | 58 kg | 57.94 | 85 | 89 | 92 | 110 | 116 | |
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 15 | 204 | 63 kg | 62.87 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 105 | 110 | 112 |
| 2011 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 8 May 2011 | 2 | 201 | 63 kg | 62.49 | 86 | 91 | 105 | 110 | ||
| 2010 Commonwealth Games 3 Oct 2010 | 3 | 188 | 58 kg | 57.98 | 80 | 85 | 103 | |||
| 2010 IWF Youth Olympic Qualification Event for Europe 18 May 2010 | 2 | 194 | 58 kg | 57.46 | 74 | 80 | 84 | 101 | 105 | 110 |
| 2009 European Youth Championships 6 Sep 2009 | 5 | 166 | 58 kg | 57.68 | 73 | 90 | 93 | |||
| 2009 European Junior Championships 25 Jul 2009 | 5 | 169 | 58 kg | 57.8 | 70 | 74 | 76 | 89 | 93 | |
| 2009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 May 2009 | 8 | 169 | 58 kg | 57.43 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 89 | 92 | 94 |
Compare Zoe Smith
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Zoe Smith met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.