Chile · Men's 88 kg, October 2025
Arley Méndez
Arley Méndez is a weightlifter from Chile, born in 1993, with one World Championships gold medal. The results below cover 22 competitions from 2010 to 2025. The latest result came in the men's 88 kg class, at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships.
- World gold
- 1
- Best total
- 382 kg
- Best snatch
- 175 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 212 kg
Arley Méndez's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Weight classes: 77 kg in 2010, 85 kg from 2012 to 2018, 89 kg in 2018, 96 kg in 2019, 89 kg in 2019, 81 kg from 2019 to 2021, 89 kg from 2023 to 2024, 88 kg in 2025. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (85 kg to 89 kg), June 2025 (89 kg to 88 kg) and August 2026. At 87.57 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.
Latest result: 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 October 2025, 88 kg, total 368 kg, place 4.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88 kg2025 | 172 | 196 | 368 |
| 89 kg2018 to 2024 | 170 | 205 | 375 |
| 81 kg2019 to 2021 | 160 | 185 | 344 |
| 96 kg2019 | 170 | 207 | 377 |
| 85 kg2012 to 2018 | 175 | 212 | 382 |
| 77 kg2010 | 120 | 145 | 265 |
Arley Méndez by the numbers
Arley Méndez'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
- 481.5
- From 382 kg at 84.1 kg bodyweight, 2017 Bolivarian Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 25th of 1,263
- 382 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 85 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 81%
- At the best total, 171 kg of 211 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
- 24
- Turned 24 in 2017, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 20 of 22
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Arley Méndez makes each attempt
Arley Méndez made 66% of snatch attempts and 61% 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 Méndez head to head
The lifters Arley Méndez 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 Méndez ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alex Bellemarre |
6 | 3 | 3 |
 Keydomar Vallenilla |
6 | 3 | 3 |
 Yeison López |
5 | 0 | 5 |
| Brayan Rodallegas |
5 | 1 | 4 |
 Zacarías Bonnat |
5 | 2 | 3 |
| Alexander Hernandez Martinez | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Arley Méndez'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. A row that names two events was one competition scored for both; its places can differ because each ranks its own field.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 | 4 | 368 | 88 kg | 87.57 | 165 | 172 | 196 | |||
| 2025 Pan-American Championships 12 Jul 2025 | 3 | 367 | 88 kg | 87.85 | 165 | 171 | 190 | 196 | ||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | - | - | 89 kg | 87.62 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2024 Pan-American Championships 24 Feb 2024 | 2 | 375 | 89 kg | 88.1 | 163 | 170 | 193 | 200 | 205 | |
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 8 | 364 | 89 kg | 87.97 | 158 | 162 | 165 | 190 | 199 | |
| 2023 Pan-American Games 21 Oct 2023 | 5 | 356 | 89 kg | 89 | 160 | 185 | 196 | |||
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | - | - | 81 kg | 81 | 160 | |||||
| 2021 South-American Championships 10 May 2021 Also the 2021 Ibero-American Championships, place 1 Also the 2021 Open Championships, place 1 | 1 | 335 | 81 kg | 81 | 145 | 150 | 155 | 170 | 180 | |
| 2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 | 6 | 310 | 81 kg | 80.67 | 145 | 165 | not taken | |||
| 2019 IWF Grand Prix Odesur CSLP 8 Nov 2019 | 4 | 344 | 81 kg | 80.79 | 150 | 159 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 23 | 325 | 81 kg | 80.95 | 140 | 145 | 150 | 166 | 175 | not taken |
| 2019 Pan-American Championships 21 Apr 2019 | 1 | 375 | 89 kg | 88.75 | 160 | 157 | 170 | 195 | 203 | |
| 2019 Las Vegas International Open 7 Mar 2019 | 1 | 377 | 96 kg | 93.66 | 170 | 200 | 207 | |||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 5 | 369 | 89 kg | 88.75 | 160 | 169 | 190 | 200 | ||
| 2018 South American Championships 28 May 2018 Also the 2018 South American Games, place 1 | 1 | 377 | 85 kg | 84.7 | 165 | 200 | 212 | |||
| 2018 Pan-American Championships 12 May 2018 | 1 | 381 | 85 kg | 84.66 | 165 | 170 | 204 | 211 | ||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 1 | 378 | 85 kg | 84.99 | 163 | 171 | 175 | 203 | ||
| 2017 Bolivarian Games 17 Nov 2017 Also the 2017 South American Championships, place 1 | 1 | 382 | 85 kg | 84.1 | 158 | 171 | not taken | 201 | 211 | not taken |
| 2013 Pan American Junior Championships 29 Jul 2013 | 1 | 332 | 85 kg | 82.25 | 140 | 145 | 150 | 175 | 182 | |
| 2013 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 3 May 2013 | 3 | 342 | 85 kg | 83.5 | 146 | 151 | 185 | 191 | ||
| 2012 Pan American Junior Championships 20 Mar 2012 | 1 | 302 | 85 kg | 78.23 | 131 | 165 | 171 | |||
| 2010 IWF Youth Olympic Qualification Event for Pan America 20 Apr 2010 | 2 | 265 | 77 kg | 73.36 | 114 | 118 | 120 | 145 |
Compare Arley Méndez
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Arley Méndez met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.