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
Career

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.

Arley Calderón: totals from the 17 competitions with a total, 2017 to 2024, best 291 kg in 2023.23026530020172019202120232017 Central American and Caribbean Championships, 17 Sep 2017: 237 kg2019 Pan-American Championships, 21 Apr 2019: 269 kg2019 Pan-American Junior Championships, 23 Jun 2019: 271 kg2019 Pan American Games, 26 Jul 2019: 270 kg2019 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Sep 2019: 260 kg2020 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam, 3 Mar 2020: 281 kg2020 Pan-American Championships, 18 Apr 2021: 274 kg2021 Open Championships, 10 May 2021: 264 kg2022 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam, 13 Mar 2022: 270 kg2022 Pan-American Championships, 24 Jul 2022: 275 kg2022 World Weightlifting Championships, 5 Dec 2022: 280 kg2023 Pan-American Championships, 25 Mar 2023: 275 kg2023 IWF Grand Prix I, 8 Jun 2023: 286 kg2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Sep 2023: 291 kg2023 Pan-American Games, 21 Oct 2023: 279 kg2024 Pan-American Championships, 24 Feb 2024: 266 kg2024 IWF World Cup, 31 Mar 2024: 285 kg
Arley Calderón: totals from the 17 competitions with a total, 2017 to 2024, best 291 kg in 2023.23026530020172019202120232017 Central American and Caribbean Championships, 17 Sep 2017: 237 kg2019 Pan-American Championships, 21 Apr 2019: 269 kg2019 Pan-American Junior Championships, 23 Jun 2019: 271 kg2019 Pan American Games, 26 Jul 2019: 270 kg2019 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Sep 2019: 260 kg2020 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam, 3 Mar 2020: 281 kg2020 Pan-American Championships, 18 Apr 2021: 274 kg2021 Open Championships, 10 May 2021: 264 kg2022 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam, 13 Mar 2022: 270 kg2022 Pan-American Championships, 24 Jul 2022: 275 kg2022 World Weightlifting Championships, 5 Dec 2022: 280 kg2023 Pan-American Championships, 25 Mar 2023: 275 kg2023 IWF Grand Prix I, 8 Jun 2023: 286 kg2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Sep 2023: 291 kg2023 Pan-American Games, 21 Oct 2023: 279 kg2024 Pan-American Championships, 24 Feb 2024: 266 kg2024 IWF World Cup, 31 Mar 2024: 285 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 kg2024 2024 118 148 266
61 kg2019 to 2024 2019 to 2024 126 165 291
56 kg2017 2017 105 132 237
Numbers

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.
Attempts

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

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Arley Calderón: 72%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Arley Calderón: 61%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Arley Calderón: 50%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Arley Calderón: 83%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Arley Calderón: 71%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Arley Calderón: 44%
Rivals

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
Dominican Republic Luis García 6 2 4
Ecuador Victor Garrido 6 6 0
United States Hampton Morris 5 1 4
Colombia Jhon Serna 5 2 3
Henry Eduardo Esquivel Morales 5 5 0
Results

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.

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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 116121 kg missed121 kg missed158 kg missed158 kg missed158 kg missed
2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 9 285 61 kg 61 122127 kg missed127 kg missed163168 kg missed172 kg missed
2024 Pan-American Championships 24 Feb 2024 6 266 67 kg 63.05 110115118140145148
2023 Pan-American Games 21 Oct 2023 1 279 61 kg 61 122 kg missed122125154not takennot taken
2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 9 291 61 kg 61 121126 kg missed126156162165
2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 3 286 61 kg 60.75 120125130 kg missed155161 kg missed161
2023 Pan-American Championships 25 Mar 2023 2 275 61 kg 60.95 120124 kg missed124 kg missed155 kg missed155162 kg missed
2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 11 280 61 kg 60.5 120 kg missed120123 kg missed155160162 kg missed
2022 Pan-American Championships 24 Jul 2022 2 275 61 kg 60.9 117 kg missed117121 kg missed150155158
2022 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam 13 Mar 2022 2 270 61 kg 60.9 115119 kg missed119148151154 kg missed
2021 Open Championships 10 May 2021 1 264 61 kg 60.8 111115120 kg missed141147149
2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 3 274 61 kg 60.81 114119123 kg missed150155159 kg missed
2020 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam 3 Mar 2020 1 281 61 kg 60.7 116120122151156 kg missed159
2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 22 260 61 kg 60.75 114 kg missed114 kg missed114146 kg missed146 kg missed146
2019 Pan American Games 26 Jul 2019 6 270 61 kg 61 115120 kg missed120 kg missed150155160 kg missed
2019 Pan-American Junior Championships 23 Jun 2019 1 271 61 kg 60.5 115 kg missed115119145152not taken
2019 Pan-American Championships 21 Apr 2019 4 269 61 kg 60.6 110115119145150154 kg missed
2017 Central American and Caribbean Championships 17 Sep 2017 2 237 56 kg 55.9 98101105128132136 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 Arley Calderón met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

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