Moldova · Men's 77 kg, April 2017
Andrei Bîrcă
Andrei Bîrcă is a weightlifter from Moldova, born in 1988. The results below cover 9 competitions from 2008 to 2017. The latest result came in the men's 77 kg class, at the 2017 European Championships.
- Best total
- 326 kg
- Best snatch
- 147 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 181 kg
Andrei Bîrcă's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 69 kg in 2008, 77 kg from 2009 to 2017. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 76.75 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.
Latest result: 2017 European Championships, 1 April 2017, 77 kg, total 320 kg, place 11.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77 kg2009 to 2017 | 147 | 181 | 326 |
| 69 kg2008 | 125 | 153 | 278 |
Andrei Bîrcă by the numbers
Andrei Bîrcă'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
- 433.3
- From 326 kg at 76.49 kg bodyweight, 2013 Summer Universiade. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 244th of 1,242
- 326 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 77 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 80%
- At the best total, 145 kg of 181 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
- 25
- Turned 25 in 2013, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 7 of 9
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Andrei Bîrcă makes each attempt
Andrei Bîrcă made 63% of snatch attempts and 50% 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
Andrei Bîrcă head to head
The lifters Andrei Bîrcă 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 | Andrei Bîrcă ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alexandru Roșu |
3 | 1 | 2 |
Andrei Bîrcă'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 European Championships 1 Apr 2017 | 11 | 320 | 77 kg | 76.75 | 140 | 145 | 175 | |||
| 2013 Summer Universiade 6 Jul 2013 | 10 | 326 | 77 kg | 76.49 | 145 | 181 | ||||
| 2012 FISU World University Championships 5 Nov 2012 | 4 | 324 | 77 kg | 76.31 | 140 | 145 | 172 | 179 | ||
| 2011 European U 23 Championships 10 Sep 2011 | 4 | 324 | 77 kg | 76.5 | 143 | 146 | 172 | 178 | ||
| 2011 European Championships 11 Apr 2011 | - | - | 77 kg | 76.75 | 143 | 147 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 13 | 324 | 77 kg | 76.36 | 140 | 144 | 146 | 170 | 175 | 178 |
| 2010 European Championships 2 Apr 2010 | - | - | 77 kg | 76.42 | 142 | 146 | ||||
| 2009 European U23 Championships 11 Oct 2009 | 7 | 316 | 77 kg | 76.05 | 138 | 141 | 170 | 175 | ||
| 2008 FISU World University Championships 25 Nov 2008 | 8 | 278 | 69 kg | 68.75 | 125 | 153 |
Compare Andrei Bîrcă
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Andrei Bîrcă.