Bulgaria · Men's 60 kg, October 2025

Dzhan Zarkov

Dzhan Zarkov is a weightlifter from Bulgaria, born in 2006. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2022 to 2025. The latest result came in the men's 60 kg class, at the 2025 European Junior Championships.

Best total
244 kg
Best snatch
106 kg
Best clean and jerk
140 kg
Career

Dzhan Zarkov's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 55 kg in 2022, 49 kg in 2023, 55 kg from 2024 to 2025, 60 kg in 2025. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (55 kg to 60 kg).

Latest result: 2025 European Junior Championships, 28 October 2025, 60 kg, total 244 kg, place 5.

Dzhan Zarkov: totals from the 7 competitions with a total, 2023 to 2025, best 244 kg in 2024.1802152502023202420252023 European Youth Championships, 1 Jul 2023: 187 kg2024 European Championships, 12 Feb 2024: 235 kg2024 IWF World Junior Championships, 19 Sep 2024: 224 kg2024 European Junior Championships, 26 Oct 2024: 226 kg2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 Dec 2024: 244 kg2025 IWF World Junior Championships, 30 Apr 2025: 241 kg2025 European Junior Championships, 28 Oct 2025: 244 kg
Dzhan Zarkov: totals from the 7 competitions with a total, 2023 to 2025, best 244 kg in 2024.1802152502023202420252023 European Youth Championships, 1 Jul 2023: 187 kg2024 European Championships, 12 Feb 2024: 235 kg2024 IWF World Junior Championships, 19 Sep 2024: 224 kg2024 European Junior Championships, 26 Oct 2024: 226 kg2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 Dec 2024: 244 kg2025 IWF World Junior Championships, 30 Apr 2025: 241 kg2025 European Junior Championships, 28 Oct 2025: 244 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.

Best lifts in each class

The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.

Class Years Snatch Clean and jerk Total
60 kg2025 2025 105 139 244
55 kg2022 to 2025 2022 to 2025 106 140 244
49 kg2023 2023 80 107 187
Numbers

Dzhan Zarkov by the numbers

Dzhan Zarkov'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
407.4
From 244 kg at 54.94 kg bodyweight, 2024 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
49th of 227
244 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 55 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
74%
At the best total, 104 kg of 140 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
18
Turned 18 in 2024, 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.
Attempts

How often Dzhan Zarkov makes each attempt

Dzhan Zarkov made 54% of snatch attempts and 67% 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

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Dzhan Zarkov: 75%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Dzhan Zarkov: 63%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Dzhan Zarkov: 25%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Dzhan Zarkov: 63%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Dzhan Zarkov: 75%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Dzhan Zarkov: 63%
Rivals

Dzhan Zarkov head to head

The lifters Dzhan Zarkov 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 Dzhan Zarkov ahead Rival ahead
Ramazan Efe Yilmaz 3 0 3
Narcis Papolti 3 2 1
Results

Dzhan Zarkov'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
2025 European Junior Championships 28 Oct 2025 5 244 60 kg 59.54 105109 kg missed109 kg missed139143 kg missed146 kg missed
2025 IWF World Junior Championships 30 Apr 2025 6 241 55 kg 54.75 103106108 kg missed135 kg missed135142 kg missed
2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 7 244 55 kg 54.94 95100104130137140
2024 European Junior Championships 26 Oct 2024 4 226 55 kg 54.4 9599102 kg missed125 kg missed125 kg missed127
2024 IWF World Junior Championships 19 Sep 2024 11 224 55 kg 54.48 95100 kg missed101 kg missed125129133 kg missed
2024 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 3 235 55 kg 54.78 9599102123129133
2023 European Youth Championships 1 Jul 2023 1 187 49 kg 48.55 79 kg missed8082 kg missed100103107
2022 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 11 Jun 2022 - - 55 kg 54.12 83 kg missed83 kg missed83 kg missed105 kg missed105107
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Compare Dzhan Zarkov

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