Men's 61 kg, July 2022

Emmanuel Inemo Appah

Emmanuel Inemo Appah is a weightlifter. The results below cover 5 competitions from 2014 to 2022. The latest result came in the men's 61 kg class, at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Best total
271 kg
Best snatch
120 kg
Best clean and jerk
151 kg
Career

Emmanuel Inemo Appah's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 56 kg in 2014, 62 kg in 2015, 61 kg from 2019 to 2022. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (62 kg to 61 kg) and again in June 2025. At 60.66 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 65 kg.

Latest result: 2022 Commonwealth Games, 30 July 2022, 61 kg, total 245 kg, place 5.

Emmanuel Inemo Appah: totals from the 5 competitions with a total, 2014 to 2022, best 271 kg in 2019.180230280201420162018202020222014 African Youth Games, 23 May 2014: 192 kg2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, 5 Sep 2015: 236 kg2019 All African Games, 24 Aug 2019: 271 kg2021 African Championships, 24 May 2021: 255 kg2022 Commonwealth Games, 30 Jul 2022: 245 kg
Emmanuel Inemo Appah: totals from the 5 competitions with a total, 2014 to 2022, best 271 kg in 2019.180230280201420162018202020222014 African Youth Games, 23 May 2014: 192 kg2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, 5 Sep 2015: 236 kg2019 All African Games, 24 Aug 2019: 271 kg2021 African Championships, 24 May 2021: 255 kg2022 Commonwealth Games, 30 Jul 2022: 245 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
61 kg2019 to 2022 2019 to 2022 120 151 271
62 kg2015 2015 105 131 236
56 kg2014 2014 85 107 192
Numbers

Emmanuel Inemo Appah by the numbers

Emmanuel Inemo Appah'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
422.7
From 255 kg at 55.45 kg bodyweight, 2021 African Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
84th of 342
271 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
79%
At the best total, 120 kg of 151 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
5 of 5
A total at every competition listed.
Attempts

How often Emmanuel Inemo Appah makes each attempt

Emmanuel Inemo Appah made 67% of snatch attempts and 60% 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%
Emmanuel Inemo Appah: 100%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Emmanuel Inemo Appah: 40%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Emmanuel Inemo Appah: 60%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Emmanuel Inemo Appah: 60%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Emmanuel Inemo Appah: 80%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Emmanuel Inemo Appah: 40%
Rivals

Emmanuel Inemo Appah head to head

The lifters Emmanuel Inemo Appah 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 Emmanuel Inemo Appah ahead Rival ahead
Nkhahle Thapelo Sebota 3 3 0
Results

Emmanuel Inemo Appah'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
2022 Commonwealth Games 30 Jul 2022 5 245 61 kg 60.66 110115 kg missed117 kg missed135140 kg missed140 kg missed
2021 African Championships 24 May 2021 2 255 61 kg 55.45 112115119 kg missed140 kg missed140145 kg missed
2019 All African Games 24 Aug 2019 1 271 61 kg 60.2 115118120145148151
2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 5 Sep 2015 2 236 62 kg 60.38 100105 kg missed105120127131
2014 African Youth Games 23 May 2014 1 192 56 kg 55.5 8085 kg missed8585 kg missed107110 kg missed
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Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Emmanuel Inemo Appah met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

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