Tunisia · Men's 79 kg, May 2026
Ayoub Salem
Ayoub Salem is a weightlifter from Tunisia, born in 2002. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2022 to 2026. The latest result came in the men's 79 kg class, at the 2026 African Championships.
- Best total
- 305 kg
- Best snatch
- 140 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 165 kg
Ayoub Salem's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 73 kg in 2022, 67 kg from 2022 to 2025, 79 kg in 2026. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (67 kg to 79 kg) and again in August 2026. At 78.35 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.
Latest result: 2026 African Championships, 10 May 2026, 79 kg, total 305 kg, place 3.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79 kg2026 | 140 | 165 | 305 |
| 67 kg2022 to 2025 | 130 | 154 | 280 |
| 73 kg2022 | 119 | 135 | 254 |
Ayoub Salem by the numbers
Ayoub Salem'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
- 406.5
- From 280 kg at 66.5 kg bodyweight, 2023 African Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 70th of 138
- 305 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 79 kg class (the class list of 2025 to 2026) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 85%
- At the best total, 140 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%.
- Age at best total
- 24
- Turned 24 in 2026, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 7 of 8
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Ayoub Salem makes each attempt
Ayoub Salem made 67% of snatch attempts and 41% 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
Ayoub Salem head to head
The lifters Ayoub Salem 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 | Ayoub Salem ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akram Chekhchoukh | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Ayoub Salem'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 African Championships 10 May 2026 | 3 | 305 | 79 kg | 78.35 | 140 | 165 | ||||
| 2025 African Championships 20 Apr 2025 | 3 | 275 | 67 kg | 66.77 | 128 | 140 | 147 | |||
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | - | - | 67 kg | 66.58 | 130 | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2024 African Games 9 Mar 2024 | 3 | 275 | 67 kg | 67 | 123 | 127 | 129 | 146 | ||
| 2024 African Championships 5 Feb 2024 | 2 | 277 | 67 kg | 66.7 | 123 | 129 | 148 | |||
| 2023 African Championships 11 May 2023 | 1 | 280 | 67 kg | 66.5 | 121 | 124 | 126 | 150 | 154 | |
| 2022 African Championships 26 Oct 2022 | 3 | 261 | 67 kg | 66.35 | 116 | 121 | 140 | |||
| 2022 Islamic Solidarity Games 11 Aug 2022 | 5 | 254 | 73 kg | 68.2 | 110 | 114 | 119 | 135 |
Compare Ayoub Salem
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Ayoub Salem met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.