Iran · Men's 109 kg, December 2021

Alireza Soleimani

Alireza Soleimani is a weightlifter from Iran, born in 1996. The results below cover 6 competitions from 2013 to 2021. The latest result came in the men's 109 kg class, at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships.

Best total
392 kg
Best snatch
181 kg
Best clean and jerk
215 kg
Career

Alireza Soleimani's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: +94 kg in 2013, 105 kg in 2017, 109 kg in 2018, +109 kg in 2019, 109 kg in 2021. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (105 kg to 109 kg) and again in June 2025. At 108.6 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 110 kg.

Latest result: 2021 World Weightlifting Championships, 7 December 2021, 109 kg, total 374 kg, place 7.

Alireza Soleimani: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 2013 to 2021, best 392 kg in 2017.350375400201320152017201920212013 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Apr 2013: 358 kg2017 Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games, 17 Sep 2017: 391 kg2017 World Weightlifting Championships, 27 Nov 2017: 392 kg2018 International Qatar Cup, 19 Dec 2018: 381 kg2019 International Fajr Cup, 1 Mar 2019: 382 kg2021 World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Dec 2021: 374 kg
Alireza Soleimani: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 2013 to 2021, best 392 kg in 2017.350375400201320152017201920212013 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Apr 2013: 358 kg2017 Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games, 17 Sep 2017: 391 kg2017 World Weightlifting Championships, 27 Nov 2017: 392 kg2018 International Qatar Cup, 19 Dec 2018: 381 kg2019 International Fajr Cup, 1 Mar 2019: 382 kg2021 World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Dec 2021: 374 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
109 kg2018 to 2021 2018 to 2021 179 208 381
+109 kg2019 2019 175 212 382
105 kg2017 2017 181 215 392
+94 kg2013 2013 166 192 358
Numbers

Alireza Soleimani by the numbers

Alireza Soleimani'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
446.4
From 392 kg at 104.65 kg bodyweight, 2017 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
94th of 888
392 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 105 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
82%
At the best total, 177 kg of 215 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
21
Turned 21 in 2017, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
6 of 6
A total at every competition listed.
Attempts

How often Alireza Soleimani makes each attempt

Alireza Soleimani made 44% of snatch attempts and 39% 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%
Alireza Soleimani: 83%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Alireza Soleimani: 33%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Alireza Soleimani: 17%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Alireza Soleimani: 67%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Alireza Soleimani: 50%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Alireza Soleimani: 0%
Rivals

Alireza Soleimani head to head

The lifters Alireza Soleimani 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 Alireza Soleimani ahead Rival ahead
Uzbekistan Akbar Djuraev 3 1 2
Results

Alireza Soleimani'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.

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Competition Place Total Class Bodyweight Snatch 1 2 3 Clean and jerk 1 2 3
2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 7 374 109 kg 108.6 172 kg missed172179195206 kg missed206 kg missed
2019 International Fajr Cup 1 Mar 2019 2 382 +109 kg 111.5 170175 kg missed175 kg missed205212217 kg missed
2018 International Qatar Cup 19 Dec 2018 6 381 109 kg 108.6 173180 kg missed180 kg missed208 kg missed208222 kg missed
2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 7 392 105 kg 104.65 177183 kg missed184 kg missed215222 kg missed223 kg missed
2017 Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games 17 Sep 2017 4 391 105 kg 104.79 175181186 kg missed210218 kg missed218 kg missed
2013 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 7 Apr 2013 2 358 +94 kg 104.53 166174 kg missed174 kg missed192 kg missed192201 kg missed
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Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Alireza Soleimani met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

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