Weightlifting 2020/Women's 76 kg

Women's 76 kg
General information
Sport	Weightlifting 2020
Date	1 August 2021
Competitors	14 athletes
Venue	Tokyo International Forum
Medalists
	Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera
	Katherine Elizabeth Nye
	Aremi Fuentes Zavala

The women's 76 kg of Weightlifting 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 1 August 2021 in the Tokyo International Forum. With 14 athletes competing, the event was won by Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera from Ecuador, with Katherine Elizabeth Nye from United States taking the silver medal and Aremi Fuentes Zavala from Mexico taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of two rounds in which athletes try to lift as much weight as possible. In the snatch round, this lift needs to be done in one continuous motion, while the competitors are allowed to rest the barbell on the chest in the clean and jerk. The athlete with the highest combined weight lifted wins the event.

Preview

Fourteen athletes qualified for the event with Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera as the favorite for the medals. The weightlifter from Ecuador had won a silver medal and two bronze medals at the most recent three editions of the world championships and was the three-time running Pan-American champion. In 2019, she was levelled by Aremi Fuentes Zavala on weight but won the bronze medal after tiebreaks, though the world champion of the 71 kilograms weight class Katherine Elizabeth Nye had lifted a higher weight and also seemed in contention for the medals. Iryna Dekha and Patricia Caroline Strenius were also not far behind and could be considered as some of the main challengers for the three. Other potential outsiders also included Darya Naumava, Kim Su-hyeon, and Kumushkhon Fayzullaeva.

Summary

Snatch

Snatch Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3
1		Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera	111	115	118
2		Iryna Dekha	110	113	113
3		Katherine Elizabeth Nye	107	111	114
4		Aremi Fuentes Zavala	105	108	110
5		Kim Su-hyeon	106	109	110
6		Darya Naumava	103	107	107
7		Patricia Caroline Strenius	102	102	102
8		Kumushkhon Fayzullaeva	97	101	101
9		Emily Victoria Godley	92	95	98
10		Kristel Ngarlem	92	95	97
11		Mahassen Hala Fattouh	88	93	97
12		Jeanne Gaelle Eyenga Mboosi	86	91	96
13		Nancy Genzel Abouke	88	88	90
-		Megan Ann Signal	DNS	DNS	DNS

Clean and Jerk

Clean and Jerk Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3
1		Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera	135	140	145
2		Katherine Elizabeth Nye	133	138	148
3		Aremi Fuentes Zavala	135	137	139
4		Patricia Caroline Strenius	130	133	138
5		Darya Naumava	125	131	133
6		Kumushkhon Fayzullaeva	122	126	130
7		Emily Victoria Godley	117	123	124
7		Mahassen Hala Fattouh	112	118	124
9		Kristel Ngarlem	123	126	126
10		Nancy Genzel Abouke	108	113	117
11		Jeanne Gaelle Eyenga Mboosi	111	116	118
-		Iryna Dekha	131	131	131
-		Kim Su-hyeon	138	140	140
-		Megan Ann Signal	DNS	DNS	DNS

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality	Total
	Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera	Ecuador	263
	Katherine Elizabeth Nye	United States	249
	Aremi Fuentes Zavala	Mexico	245
4	Patricia Caroline Strenius	Sweden	235
5	Darya Naumava	Belarus	234
6	Kumushkhon Fayzullaeva	Uzbekistan	227
7	Emily Victoria Godley	Great Britain	222
8	Kristel Ngarlem	Canada	218
9	Mahassen Hala Fattouh	Lebanon	217
10	Nancy Genzel Abouke	Nauru	203
11	Jeanne Gaelle Eyenga Mboosi	Cameroon	202
12	Iryna Dekha	Ukraine	-
13	Kim Su-hyeon	South Korea	-
14	Megan Ann Signal	New Zealand	DNS