Latvia · Men's 110 kg, October 2025
Artūrs Plēsnieks
Artūrs Plēsnieks is a weightlifter from Latvia, born in 1992, with one Olympic medal (1 bronze) and two World Championships medals (1 silver, 1 bronze). The results below cover 45 competitions from 2008 to 2025. The latest result came in the men's 110 kg class, at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Olympic medal
- 1
- World medals
- 2
- Best total
- 410 kg
- Best snatch
- 181 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 230 kg
Artūrs Plēsnieks's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 bronze. World Championships: 1 silver, 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 94 kg in 2008, 105 kg in 2009, +94 kg in 2009, 105 kg from 2010 to 2017, 109 kg from 2018 to 2021, 102 kg from 2022 to 2024, 109 kg from 2024 to 2025, 110 kg in 2025. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (105 kg to 109 kg) and again in June 2025 (109 kg to 110 kg).
Latest result: 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 October 2025, 110 kg, total 379 kg, place 16.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 110 kg2025 | 170 | 209 | 379 |
| 109 kg2018 to 2025 | 181 | 230 | 410 |
| 102 kg2022 to 2024 | 173 | 208 | 381 |
| 105 kg2009 to 2017 | 181 | 226 | 405 |
| +94 kg2009 | 160 | 207 | 367 |
| 94 kg2008 | 141 | 185 | 326 |
Artūrs Plēsnieks by the numbers
Artūrs Plēsnieks'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
- 462.2
- From 405 kg at 104.07 kg bodyweight, 2015 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 9th of 300
- 410 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 109 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 78%
- At the best total, 180 kg of 230 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
- 29
- Turned 29 in 2021, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 41 of 45
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Artūrs Plēsnieks makes each attempt
Artūrs Plēsnieks made 65% of snatch attempts and 66% 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
Artūrs Plēsnieks head to head
The lifters Artūrs Plēsnieks 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 | Artūrs Plēsnieks ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Arkadiusz Michalski |
14 | 8 | 6 |
 Ferenc Gyurkovics |
12 | 12 | 0 |
 Timur Naniev |
11 | 5 | 6 |
 Jorge Arroyo |
9 | 7 | 2 |
 Arnas Šidiškis |
9 | 9 | 0 |
| Sargis Martirosjan | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Artūrs Plēsnieks'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 | 16 | 379 | 110 kg | 109.99 | 165 | 170 | 209 | |||
| 2025 European Championships 13 Apr 2025 | - | - | 109 kg | 109 | 160 | 165 | 168 | |||
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | - | - | 109 kg | 109 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 14 | 370 | 102 kg | 101.78 | 165 | 205 | ||||
| 2024 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 | - | - | 102 kg | 101.76 | 168 | 173 | ||||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | - | - | 102 kg | 102 | 170 | not taken | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 12 | 381 | 102 kg | 101.94 | 169 | 173 | not taken | 208 | ||
| 2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 | 4 | 374 | 102 kg | 101.7 | 163 | 168 | 200 | 206 | not taken | |
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 10 | 373 | 102 kg | 102 | 161 | 165 | 200 | 205 | 208 | |
| 2022 European Championships 28 May 2022 | 6 | 366 | 102 kg | 101.8 | 163 | 203 | ||||
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 3 | 410 | 109 kg | 108.85 | 175 | 180 | 220 | 225 | 230 | |
| 2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 | 6 | 394 | 109 kg | 108.5 | 170 | 175 | 213 | 219 | ||
| 2019 Qatar International Cup 19 Dec 2019 | 5 | 382 | 109 kg | 108.55 | 163 | 167 | 200 | 210 | 215 | |
| 2019 International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament 11 Nov 2019 | 4 | 377 | 109 kg | 108.1 | 156 | 161 | 166 | 195 | 203 | 211 |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 9 | 394 | 109 kg | 108.65 | 173 | 215 | 221 | |||
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 4 | 405 | 109 kg | 108.46 | 175 | 180 | 218 | 225 | ||
| 2019 International Fajr Cup 1 Mar 2019 | 3 | 403 | 109 kg | 108.5 | 172 | 177 | 181 | 215 | 222 | |
| 2018 International Qatar Cup 19 Dec 2018 | 2 | 394 | 109 kg | 108.5 | 168 | 174 | 210 | 220 | ||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 10 | 391 | 109 kg | 108.68 | 169 | 174 | 210 | 217 | ||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 2 | 402 | 105 kg | 104.78 | 176 | 180 | 217 | 222 | ||
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 8 | 399 | 105 kg | 103.99 | 176 | 181 | 218 | |||
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 1 | 403 | 105 kg | 104.25 | 177 | 217 | 222 | 226 | ||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 3 | 405 | 105 kg | 104.07 | 175 | 179 | 217 | 222 | 226 | |
| 2015 European Championships 10 Apr 2015 | 7 | 394 | 105 kg | 104.22 | 173 | 215 | 221 | |||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 10 | 390 | 105 kg | 103.78 | 174 | 216 | ||||
| 2014 IWF Grand Prix - President's Cup 6 Sep 2014 | 1 | 383 | 105 kg | 104.08 | 165 | 170 | 205 | 213 | not taken | |
| 2014 European Championships 5 Apr 2014 | 3 | 390 | 105 kg | 103.62 | 172 | 212 | 218 | |||
| 2013 IWF Grand Prix - President's Cup 21 Nov 2013 | 3 | 400 | 105 kg | 102 | 170 | 175 | 180 | 207 | 212 | 220 |
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | 5 | 393 | 105 kg | 103.67 | 170 | 175 | 178 | 215 | ||
| 2013 Summer Universiade 6 Jul 2013 | 5 | 375 | 105 kg | 104.55 | 170 | 205 | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2013 European Championships 8 Apr 2013 | 3 | 397 | 105 kg | 104.27 | 170 | 175 | 213 | 218 | 222 | |
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 5 | 390 | 105 kg | 103.69 | 167 | 171 | 175 | 208 | 215 | |
| 2012 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 10 May 2012 | 2 | 387 | 105 kg | 104.2 | 167 | 172 | 210 | 215 | ||
| 2012 European Championships 9 Apr 2012 | 4 | 381 | 105 kg | 104.37 | 165 | 170 | 211 | |||
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 14 | 380 | 105 kg | 104.15 | 163 | 168 | 207 | 212 | ||
| 2011 European Junior Championships 10 Sep 2011 | 1 | 372 | 105 kg | 102.55 | 162 | 165 | 200 | 207 | ||
| 2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 29 Jun 2011 | 2 | 383 | 105 kg | 104.35 | 165 | 170 | 173 | 210 | ||
| 2011 European Championships 11 Apr 2011 | 7 | 380 | 105 kg | 103.36 | 165 | 170 | 210 | |||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 15 | 372 | 105 kg | 103.16 | 164 | 208 | ||||
| 2010 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 11 Jun 2010 | 1 | 385 | 105 kg | 103.03 | 161 | 167 | 170 | 202 | 209 | 215 |
| 2010 European Championships 2 Apr 2010 | 8 | 373 | 105 kg | 103.38 | 160 | 166 | 207 | |||
| 2009 European Youth Championships 6 Sep 2009 | 1 | 367 | +94 kg | 103.07 | 152 | 160 | 190 | 200 | 207 | |
| 2009 European Junior Championships 25 Jul 2009 | 2 | 371 | 105 kg | 103.8 | 155 | 161 | 166 | 196 | 201 | 205 |
| 2009 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 14 Jun 2009 | 3 | 366 | 105 kg | 103.25 | 153 | 160 | 194 | 200 | 206 | |
| 2008 European Championships 11 Apr 2008 | 13 | 326 | 94 kg | 93.98 | 136 | 141 | 175 | 180 | 185 |
Compare Artūrs Plēsnieks
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Artūrs Plēsnieks met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.