Madagascar · Men's 55 kg, March 2024
Éric Andriantsitohaina
Éric Andriantsitohaina is a weightlifter from Madagascar, born in 1991. The results below cover 17 competitions from 2009 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 55 kg class, at the 2024 African Games.
- Best total
- 265 kg
- Best snatch
- 115 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 152 kg
Éric Andriantsitohaina's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 56 kg from 2009 to 2017, 55 kg from 2018 to 2019, 61 kg from 2019 to 2021, 55 kg from 2022 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (56 kg to 55 kg) and again in June 2025. At 54.9 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 60 kg.
Latest result: 2024 African Games, 9 March 2024, 55 kg, total 231 kg, place 1.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 kg2018 to 2024 | 102 | 136 | 231 |
| 61 kg2019 to 2021 | 115 | 152 | 265 |
| 56 kg2009 to 2017 | 101 | 133 | 234 |
Éric Andriantsitohaina by the numbers
Éric Andriantsitohaina'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
- 411.6
- From 264 kg at 60.1 kg bodyweight, 2021 Olympic Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 111th of 342
- 265 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
- 77%
- At the best total, 115 kg of 150 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
- 28
- Turned 28 in 2019, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 14 of 17
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Éric Andriantsitohaina makes each attempt
Éric Andriantsitohaina made 50% of snatch attempts and 53% 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
Éric Andriantsitohaina head to head
The lifters Éric Andriantsitohaina 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 | Éric Andriantsitohaina ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Amine Bouhijbha |
4 | 0 | 4 |
| Nkhahle Thapelo Sebota | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Abdeghani Chigar | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Mubarak Musoke Kivumbi | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Éric Andriantsitohaina'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.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 African Games 9 Mar 2024 | 1 | 231 | 55 kg | 54.9 | 93 | 96 | 123 | 135 | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | - | - | 55 kg | 54.9 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 11 | 264 | 61 kg | 60.1 | 105 | 110 | 114 | 140 | 150 | |
| 2021 African Championships 24 May 2021 | 3 | 239 | 61 kg | 59.55 | 105 | 107 | 132 | |||
| 2019 Zone 3 African Championships 6 Nov 2019 | 1 | 262 | 61 kg | 60.45 | 105 | 110 | 145 | 152 | ||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | - | - | 61 kg | 60.55 | 145 | 150 | ||||
| 2019 All African Games 24 Aug 2019 | 2 | 265 | 61 kg | 60.6 | 110 | 115 | 147 | 150 | ||
| 2019 Zone 2 African Championships 7 Jul 2019 | 1 | 247 | 61 kg | 60.25 | 100 | 130 | 140 | 147 | ||
| 2019 African Championships 23 Apr 2019 | 1 | 222 | 55 kg | 54.9 | 95 | 102 | 120 | |||
| 2018 International Solidarity Championships 8 Dec 2018 | 2 | 231 | 55 kg | 54.75 | 95 | 127 | 136 | |||
| 2017 African Championships 10 Jul 2017 | 2 | 234 | 56 kg | 55.53 | 95 | 101 | 120 | 133 | ||
| 2016 African Championships 7 May 2016 | 2 | 230 | 56 kg | 55.49 | 100 | 130 | ||||
| 2015 African Games 6 Sep 2015 | 3 | 230 | 56 kg | 55.56 | 95 | 100 | 126 | 130 | ||
| 2014 Afro-Asian Championships 18 Nov 2014 | 3 | 220 | 56 kg | 55.69 | 90 | 95 | 125 | |||
| 2013 African Championships 28 Oct 2013 | 3 | 210 | 56 kg | 55.2 | 90 | 120 | ||||
| 2010 African Championships 2 Aug 2010 | - | - | 56 kg | 54.73 | 85 | |||||
| 2009 African Championships 31 Jul 2009 Also the 2009 African Junior Championships, place 7 | 8 | 174 | 56 kg | 53.43 | Snatch 77, clean and jerk 97; attempts not recorded | |||||
Compare Éric Andriantsitohaina
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Éric Andriantsitohaina met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.
- Rival Éric Andriantsitohaina vs Amine Bouhijbha
- Rival Éric Andriantsitohaina vs Nkhahle Thapelo Sebota
- Rival Éric Andriantsitohaina vs Abdeghani Chigar
- Nearby class Éric Andriantsitohaina vs Halil Mutlu
- Nearby class Éric Andriantsitohaina vs Li Fabin
- Nearby class Éric Andriantsitohaina vs Long Qingquan