Egypt · Men's 67 kg, August 2019

Ahmed Saad

Ahmed Saad is a weightlifter from Egypt, born in 1986. The results below cover 17 competitions from 2004 to 2019. The latest result came in the men's 67 kg class, at the 2019 All African Games.

Best total
302 kg
Best snatch
134 kg
Best clean and jerk
168 kg
Career

Ahmed Saad's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 56 kg in 2004, 62 kg from 2010 to 2018, 67 kg in 2019. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (62 kg to 67 kg) and again in June 2025. At 66.9 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 70 kg.

Latest result: 2019 All African Games, 24 August 2019, 67 kg, total 299 kg, place 1.

Ahmed Saad: totals from the 16 competitions with a total, 2004 to 2019, best 302 kg in 2019.22026531020042008201220162004 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 24 May 2004: 225 kg2004 Olympic Games, 14 Aug 2004: 232.5 kg2010 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Sep 2010: 273 kg2011 Pan Arab Games, 9 Dec 2011: 281 kg2012 Olympic Games, 27 Jul 2012: 292 kg2013 Mediterranean Games, 20 Jun 2013: 287 kg2013 Summer Universiade, 6 Jul 2013: 282 kg2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 282 kg2015 African Games, 6 Sep 2015: 290 kg2015 World Weightlifting Championships, 20 Nov 2015: 279 kg2016 Olympic Games, 5 Aug 2016: 294 kg2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, 12 May 2017: 275 kg2017 World Weightlifting Championships, 27 Nov 2017: 284 kg2018 Mediterranean Games, 22 Jun 2018: 284 kg2019 African Championships, 23 Apr 2019: 302 kg2019 All African Games, 24 Aug 2019: 299 kg
Ahmed Saad: totals from the 16 competitions with a total, 2004 to 2019, best 302 kg in 2019.22026531020042008201220162004 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 24 May 2004: 225 kg2004 Olympic Games, 14 Aug 2004: 232.5 kg2010 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Sep 2010: 273 kg2011 Pan Arab Games, 9 Dec 2011: 281 kg2012 Olympic Games, 27 Jul 2012: 292 kg2013 Mediterranean Games, 20 Jun 2013: 287 kg2013 Summer Universiade, 6 Jul 2013: 282 kg2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 282 kg2015 African Games, 6 Sep 2015: 290 kg2015 World Weightlifting Championships, 20 Nov 2015: 279 kg2016 Olympic Games, 5 Aug 2016: 294 kg2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, 12 May 2017: 275 kg2017 World Weightlifting Championships, 27 Nov 2017: 284 kg2018 Mediterranean Games, 22 Jun 2018: 284 kg2019 African Championships, 23 Apr 2019: 302 kg2019 All African Games, 24 Aug 2019: 299 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
67 kg2019 2019 134 168 302
62 kg2010 to 2018 2010 to 2018 133 162 294
56 kg2004 2004 102.5 130 232.5
Numbers

Ahmed Saad by the numbers

Ahmed Saad'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
448.2
From 294 kg at 62 kg bodyweight, 2016 Olympic Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
65th of 408
302 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 67 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, 134 kg of 168 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
Age at best total
33
Turned 33 in 2019, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
16 of 17
The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Ahmed Saad makes each attempt

Ahmed Saad made 70% 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%
Ahmed Saad: 81%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Ahmed Saad: 69%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Ahmed Saad: 60%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Ahmed Saad: 81%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Ahmed Saad: 56%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Ahmed Saad: 17%
Rivals

Ahmed Saad head to head

The lifters Ahmed Saad 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 Ahmed Saad ahead Rival ahead
Indonesia Eko Yuli Irawan 6 0 6
Indonesia Muhamad Hasbi 5 1 4
Colombia Óscar Figueroa 4 0 4
Japan Yoichi Itokazu 4 0 4
Uganda Charles Ssekyaaya 4 4 0
Uzbekistan Adkhamjon Ergashev 3 2 1
Results

Ahmed Saad'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 All African Games 24 Aug 2019 1 299 67 kg 66.9 130134 kg missed134165170 kg missed171 kg missed
2019 African Championships 23 Apr 2019 1 302 67 kg 66.84 126130134161168172 kg missed
2018 Mediterranean Games 22 Jun 2018 1 284 62 kg 61.82 124127not taken155157not taken
2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 10 284 62 kg 61.81 126 kg missed126 kg missed126158162 kg missed163 kg missed
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games 12 May 2017 2 275 62 kg 61.95 120123126 kg missed151 kg missed151 kg missed152
2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 5 294 62 kg 62 127131133155161164 kg missed
2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 16 279 62 kg 61.97 122127 kg missed127152158 kg missednot taken
2015 African Games 6 Sep 2015 1 290 62 kg 61.78 122126132150158not taken
2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 7 282 62 kg 61.85 122 kg missed122126153 kg missed153156
2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 - - 62 kg 61.66 125130132 kg missed160 kg missed160 kg missed160 kg missed
2013 Summer Universiade 6 Jul 2013 3 282 62 kg 61.67 122126129 kg missed152156not taken
2013 Mediterranean Games 20 Jun 2013 1 287 62 kg 61.95 125131135 kg missed156166 kg missed166 kg missed
2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 8 292 62 kg 61.63 125130 kg missed130158162165 kg missed
2011 Pan Arab Games 9 Dec 2011 2 281 62 kg 61.3 121125127 kg missed151156160 kg missed
2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 14 273 62 kg 61.91 121 kg missed121 kg missed122151156 kg missed156 kg missed
2004 Olympic Games 14 Aug 2004 11 232.5 56 kg 55.92 Snatch 102.5, clean and jerk 130; attempts not recorded
2004 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 24 May 2004 7 225 56 kg 55.85 95100102.5 kg missed120125130 kg missed
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