| Katherine Elizabeth Vibert | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Bowlegs, Oklahoma |
| Height: | 5 ft 4 in |
| Weight: | 75.9 kg [1] |
| Country: | United States |
| Sport: | Weightlifting |
| Event: | –76 kg |
| Club: | Power and Grace Performance |
Katherine Vibert (born January 5, 1999) is an American weightlifter, Olympian, World Champion, Pan American champion and Junior World Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 71 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2] She is a winner of the IWF Female Lifter of the Year for 2019.
Vibert won a silver medal in the 69kg division at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships.[3] [4]
In 2019, Vibert competed at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships in the 71 kg division against teammate Mattie Rogers. During the competition she set Panamerican records in the snatch and total[5] on her way to winning gold medals in all three lifts.[6] In June 2019, she competed at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in the 71 kg category, where her total of 246 kg was a full 34 kg over the silver medalist.[7]
At the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, Vibert competed in the 71 kg division against teammate Mattie Rogers. In the snatch portion she set a junior world record with a 112 kg lift. She completed a 136 kg clean & jerk to sweep gold medals in all lifts. She became the youngest U.S. woman to win a World championship,[8] and the second since Robin Goad in 1994.[8] With her gold medals at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships, Junior World Weightlifting Championships and World Weightlifting Championships in 2019 she was awarded the 2019 IWF Lifter of the Year with 9,105 votes.[9]
In 2021, Vibert competed at the 2020 Olympics in the women's 76 kg event,[10] winning a silver medal, the highest achievement for an American athlete since 2000.[11]
Vibert won the silver medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. She finished in 5th place in the women's 71kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[12] [13]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=60 | 1 | width=60 | 2 | width=60 | 3 | width=45 | Rank | width=60 | 1 | width=60 | 2 | width=60 | 3 | width=45 | Rank |
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||
| align=left | 107 | 111 | 2 | 133 | 138 | 2 | 249 | ||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| 107 | 112 | 131 | 136 | 248 | |||||||||||
| align=left | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 107 | 107 | 8 | 133 | 137 | 4 | 244 | 5 | ||||||
| Pan American Weightlifting Championships | |||||||||||||||
| align=left | 71 kg | 104 | 107 | 110 | 128 | 131 | 135 | 245 | |||||||
| Pan American Games | |||||||||||||||
| 104 | 108 | 3 | 135 | 4 | 243 | ||||||||||
| Junior World Weightlifting Championships | |||||||||||||||
| align=left | 69 kg | 96 | 100 | 117 | 122 | 125 | 225 | ||||||||
| align=left | 71 kg | 104 | 109 | 128 | 133 | 137 | 246 | ||||||||