Cuba · Men's 61 kg, December 2024
Arley Calderón
Arley Calderón is a weightlifter from Cuba. The results below cover 18 competitions from 2017 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 61 kg class, at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 291 kg
- Best snatch
- 126 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 165 kg
Arley Calderón's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 56 kg in 2017, 61 kg from 2019 to 2023, 67 kg in 2024, 61 kg in 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (56 kg to 61 kg) and again in June 2025. At 61 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 65 kg.
Latest result: 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 December 2024, 61 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67 kg2024 | 118 | 148 | 266 |
| 61 kg2019 to 2024 | 126 | 165 | 291 |
| 56 kg2017 | 105 | 132 | 237 |
Arley Calderón by the numbers
Arley Calderón'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
- 448.8
- From 291 kg at 61 kg bodyweight, 2023 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 31st of 342
- 291 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 61 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 76%
- At the best total, 126 kg of 165 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%.
- Competitions with a total
- 17 of 18
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Arley Calderón makes each attempt
Arley Calderón made 61% of snatch attempts and 67% 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
Arley Calderón head to head
The lifters Arley Calderón 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 | Arley Calderón ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Badur Guemez Cel | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Henry Eduardo Esquivel Morales | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Arley Calderón'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | - | - | 61 kg | 61 | 116 | |||||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 9 | 285 | 61 kg | 61 | 122 | 163 | ||||
| 2024 Pan-American Championships 24 Feb 2024 | 6 | 266 | 67 kg | 63.05 | 110 | 115 | 118 | 140 | 145 | 148 |
| 2023 Pan-American Games 21 Oct 2023 | 1 | 279 | 61 kg | 61 | 122 | 125 | 154 | not taken | not taken | |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 9 | 291 | 61 kg | 61 | 121 | 126 | 156 | 162 | 165 | |
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | 3 | 286 | 61 kg | 60.75 | 120 | 125 | 155 | 161 | ||
| 2023 Pan-American Championships 25 Mar 2023 | 2 | 275 | 61 kg | 60.95 | 120 | 155 | ||||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 11 | 280 | 61 kg | 60.5 | 120 | 155 | 160 | |||
| 2022 Pan-American Championships 24 Jul 2022 | 2 | 275 | 61 kg | 60.9 | 117 | 150 | 155 | 158 | ||
| 2022 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam 13 Mar 2022 | 2 | 270 | 61 kg | 60.9 | 115 | 119 | 148 | 151 | ||
| 2021 Open Championships 10 May 2021 | 1 | 264 | 61 kg | 60.8 | 111 | 115 | 141 | 147 | 149 | |
| 2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 | 3 | 274 | 61 kg | 60.81 | 114 | 119 | 150 | 155 | ||
| 2020 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam 3 Mar 2020 | 1 | 281 | 61 kg | 60.7 | 116 | 120 | 122 | 151 | 159 | |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 22 | 260 | 61 kg | 60.75 | 114 | 146 | ||||
| 2019 Pan American Games 26 Jul 2019 | 6 | 270 | 61 kg | 61 | 115 | 150 | 155 | |||
| 2019 Pan-American Junior Championships 23 Jun 2019 | 1 | 271 | 61 kg | 60.5 | 115 | 119 | 145 | 152 | not taken | |
| 2019 Pan-American Championships 21 Apr 2019 | 4 | 269 | 61 kg | 60.6 | 110 | 115 | 119 | 145 | 150 | |
| 2017 Central American and Caribbean Championships 17 Sep 2017 | 2 | 237 | 56 kg | 55.9 | 98 | 101 | 105 | 128 | 132 |
Compare Arley Calderón
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Arley Calderón met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

