Erkand Qerimaj

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 56 kg in 2003, 62 kg in 2004, 69 kg from 2005 to 2006, 77 kg from 2007 to 2017, 81 kg from 2018 to 2021, 73 kg from 2021 to 2023, 81 kg from 2023 to 2025, 79 kg from 2025 to 2026. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (77 kg to 81 kg), June 2025 (81 kg to 79 kg) and August 2026. At 78.51 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.

Latest result: 2026 European Championships, 19 April 2026, 79 kg, no total.

Best lifts in each class

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

Erkand Qerimaj'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

465.3

From 351 kg at 76.84 kg bodyweight, 2010 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).

Best total, place in its class

59th of 1,242

351 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 77 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.

Snatch as a share of clean and jerk

79%

At the best total, 155 kg of 196 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

22

Turned 22 in 2010, the year of the best total.

Competitions with a total

31 of 43

Of the other twelve: ten with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk, one entered without taking an attempt and one with a good lift in each but no total in the published results.

Erkand Qerimaj made 51% of snatch attempts and 48% 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.

The lifters Erkand Qerimaj 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	Erkand Qerimaj ahead	Rival ahead
Andrés Mata	9	3	6
Ritvars Suharevs	9	3	6
Nico Müller	9	4	5
Lü Xiaojun	7	0	7
Richard Tkáč	7	7	0
Krzysztof Szramiak	6	4	2

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.

Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Erkand Qerimaj.