Men's 77 kg, November 2011
Chad Thomas Vaughn
Chad Thomas Vaughn is a weightlifter. The results below cover 12 competitions from 2000 to 2011. The latest result came in the men's 77 kg class, at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 335 kg
- Best snatch
- 150 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 186 kg
Chad Thomas Vaughn's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 77 kg from 2000 to 2004, 85 kg in 2005, 77 kg from 2006 to 2011. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 76.83 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.
Latest result: 2011 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 November 2011, 77 kg, total 325 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77 kg2000 to 2011 | 147 | 186 | 332 |
| 85 kg2005 | 150 | 185 | 335 |
Chad Thomas Vaughn by the numbers
Chad Thomas Vaughn'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
- 440.0
- From 332 kg at 76.87 kg bodyweight, 2006 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 334th of 1,263
- 335 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, 150 kg of 185 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
- 10 of 12
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Chad Thomas Vaughn makes each attempt
Chad Thomas Vaughn made 52% of snatch attempts and 45% 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
Chad Thomas Vaughn head to head
The lifters Chad Thomas Vaughn 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 | Chad Thomas Vaughn ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ali El Moujoud | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Chad Thomas Vaughn'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 16 | 325 | 77 kg | 76.83 | 144 | 177 | 181 | |||
| 2011 Pan American Games 23 Oct 2011 | 3 | 326 | 77 kg | 76.96 | 142 | 145 | 147 | 174 | 179 | |
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 18 | 319 | 77 kg | 77 | 141 | 144 | 175 | |||
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | - | - | 77 kg | 76.81 | 144 | 147 | ||||
| 2008 Pan-American Championships 18 Mar 2008 | 5 | 322 | 77 kg | 76.92 | 142 | 180 | ||||
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | 24 | 326 | 77 kg | 76.5 | 143 | 183 | ||||
| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 | 12 | 332 | 77 kg | 76.87 | 142 | 146 | 181 | 186 | ||
| 2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 | 14 | 335 | 85 kg | 84.98 | 145 | 150 | 185 | |||
| 2004 Olympic Games 14 Aug 2004 | 18 | 320 | 77 kg | 76.9 | Snatch 145, clean and jerk 175; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | - | - | 77 kg | 76.81 | 180 | 185 | ||||
| 2001 University World Cup 8 Jun 2001 | 3 | 297.5 | 77 kg | 75.9 | 125 | 130 | 160 | 167.5 | ||
| 2000 University World Cup 9 Jun 2000 | 3 | 285 | 77 kg | 76.63 | 120 | 165 | ||||
Compare Chad Thomas Vaughn
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Chad Thomas Vaughn met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

