Italy · Men's 61 kg, July 2021
Davide Ruiu
Davide Ruiu is a weightlifter from Italy, born in 2001. The results below cover 11 competitions from 2017 to 2021. The latest result came in the men's 61 kg class, at the 2021 Olympic Games.
- Best total
- 286 kg
- Best snatch
- 127 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 159 kg
Davide Ruiu's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 56 kg in 2017, 62 kg in 2018, 61 kg from 2018 to 2021. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (62 kg to 61 kg) and again in June 2025. At 60.9 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 65 kg.
Latest result: 2021 Olympic Games, 23 July 2021, 61 kg, total 286 kg, place 6.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 kg2018 to 2021 | 127 | 159 | 286 |
| 62 kg2018 | 118 | 148 | 266 |
| 56 kg2017 | 93 | 120 | 213 |
Davide Ruiu by the numbers
Davide Ruiu'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
- 441.6
- From 286 kg at 60.9 kg bodyweight, 2021 Olympic Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 39th of 342
- 286 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
- 80%
- At the best total, 127 kg of 159 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
- 20
- Turned 20 in 2021, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 10 of 11
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Davide Ruiu makes each attempt
Davide Ruiu made 48% 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
Davide Ruiu head to head
The lifters Davide Ruiu 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 | Davide Ruiu ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Henadz Laptseu |
4 | 0 | 4 |
 Shota Mishvelidze |
4 | 1 | 3 |
| Caner Toptas | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Dogan Donen | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Frantisek Polak | 3 | 2 | 1 |
 Jon Luke Mau |
3 | 2 | 1 |
Davide Ruiu'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 6 | 286 | 61 kg | 60.9 | 123 | 127 | 153 | 159 | ||
| 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 23 May 2021 | - | - | 61 kg | 60.75 | 143 | 153 | ||||
| 2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 | 5 | 283 | 61 kg | 60.8 | 125 | 150 | 158 | |||
| 2019 Qatar International Cup 19 Dec 2019 | 3 | 270 | 61 kg | 60.85 | 117 | 147 | 153 | |||
| 2019 European Junior Championships 17 Oct 2019 | 1 | 270 | 61 kg | 60.85 | 115 | 118 | 146 | 152 | not taken | |
| 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2019 | 5 | 261 | 61 kg | 60.9 | 115 | 142 | 146 | |||
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 7 | 269 | 61 kg | 60.9 | 115 | 120 | 145 | 149 | ||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 19 | 261 | 61 kg | 60.67 | 113 | 117 | 144 | |||
| 2018 European Junior Championships 20 Oct 2018 | 4 | 266 | 62 kg | 61.35 | 115 | 118 | 145 | 148 | ||
| 2018 European Youth Championships 22 Jul 2018 | 1 | 261 | 62 kg | 61.45 | 113 | 116 | 140 | 145 | ||
| 2017 European Youth Championships 23 Sep 2017 | 7 | 213 | 56 kg | 55.84 | 93 | 115 | 120 |
Compare Davide Ruiu
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Davide Ruiu met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.