Colombia · Men's 89 kg, December 2024
Diego Betancur
Diego Betancur is a weightlifter from Colombia. The results below cover 9 competitions from 2014 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 89 kg class, at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 365 kg
- Best snatch
- 165 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 200 kg
Diego Betancur's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 77 kg in 2014, 85 kg in 2017, 89 kg from 2019 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (85 kg to 89 kg) and again in June 2025. At 89 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.
Latest result: 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 December 2024, 89 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89 kg2019 to 2024 | 165 | 200 | 365 |
| 85 kg2017 | 156 | 185 | 341 |
| 77 kg2014 | 145 | 171 | 313 |
Diego Betancur by the numbers
Diego Betancur'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
- 447.8
- From 365 kg at 88.65 kg bodyweight, 2020 Pan-American Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 37th of 459
- 365 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
- 83%
- At the best total, 165 kg of 200 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
- 7 of 9
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Diego Betancur makes each attempt
Diego Betancur made 52% of snatch attempts and 54% 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
Diego Betancur'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. A row that names two events was one competition scored for both; its places can differ because each ranks its own field.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | - | - | 89 kg | 89 | 180 | not taken | ||||
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 8 | 358 | 89 kg | 87.7 | 158 | 200 | ||||
| 2021 Pan-American Championships 1 Nov 2021 | 2 | 360 | 89 kg | 88.25 | 156 | 160 | 196 | 200 | ||
| 2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 | 1 | 365 | 89 kg | 88.65 | 156 | 160 | 165 | 196 | 200 | |
| 2019 Ibero-American Championships 8 May 2019 | 2 | 353 | 89 kg | 84.35 | 152 | 157 | 192 | 196 | ||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 13 | 335 | 85 kg | 83.38 | 150 | 185 | ||||
| 2017 Bolivarian Games 17 Nov 2017 Also the 2017 South American Championships, place 3 | 3 | 341 | 85 kg | 83.9 | 150 | 156 | 185 | |||
| 2014 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 20 Jun 2014 | - | - | 77 kg | 76.75 | 160 | 168 | 171 | |||
| 2014 Pan American Junior Championships 31 Mar 2014 | 1 | 313 | 77 kg | 76.68 | 137 | 138 | 145 | 168 |
Compare Diego Betancur
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. These lifters lifted in nearby classes, in any year.