Men's 96 kg, March 2024
Desmond Akano
Desmond Akano is a weightlifter. The results below cover 4 competitions from 2019 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 96 kg class, at the 2024 African Games.
- Best total
- 338 kg
- Best snatch
- 149 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 193 kg
Desmond Akano's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 89 kg from 2019 to 2023, 96 kg in 2024. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025. At 94 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.
Latest result: 2024 African Games, 9 March 2024, 96 kg, total 336 kg, place 2.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 96 kg2024 | 145 | 191 | 336 |
| 89 kg2019 to 2023 | 149 | 193 | 338 |
Desmond Akano by the numbers
Desmond Akano'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
- 414.0
- From 338 kg at 88.94 kg bodyweight, 2023 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 133rd of 459
- 338 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 89 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 75%
- At the best total, 145 kg of 193 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
- 4 of 4
- A total at every competition listed.
Desmond Akano head to head
The lifters Desmond Akano 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 | Desmond Akano ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Karim Abokahla |
3 | 0 | 3 |
Desmond Akano'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 African Games 9 Mar 2024 | 2 | 336 | 96 kg | 94 | 145 | 185 | 191 | |||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 22 | 338 | 89 kg | 88.94 | 145 | 187 | 193 | |||
| 2023 African Championships 11 May 2023 | 4 | 335 | 89 kg | 87.95 | 140 | 145 | 180 | 190 | ||
| 2019 All African Games 24 Aug 2019 | 2 | 329 | 89 kg | 88.5 | 145 | 149 | 175 | 180 |
Compare Desmond Akano
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Desmond Akano met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.