Qatar · Men's 102 kg, December 2024
Fares El-Bakh
Fares El-Bakh is a weightlifter from Qatar, born in 1998, with one Olympic gold medal and five World Championships medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze). The results below cover 32 competitions from 2016 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 102 kg class, at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Olympic gold
- 1
- World medals
- 5
- Best total
- 404 kg
- Best snatch
- 178 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 228 kg
Fares El-Bakh's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 gold. World Championships: 1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze in the total.
Weight classes: 85 kg from 2016 to 2017, 94 kg from 2017 to 2018, 96 kg from 2018 to 2019, 102 kg from 2020 to 2021, 96 kg in 2021, 102 kg from 2022 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (94 kg to 96 kg) and again in June 2025. At 101.34 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 110 kg.
Latest result: 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 December 2024, 102 kg, total 399 kg, place 2.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102 kg2020 to 2024 | 176 | 225 | 400 |
| 96 kg2018 to 2021 | 178 | 228 | 404 |
| 94 kg2017 to 2018 | 170 | 221 | 387 |
| 85 kg2016 to 2017 | 160 | 203 | 361 |
Fares El-Bakh by the numbers
Fares El-Bakh'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
- 477.2
- From 404 kg at 96 kg bodyweight, 2019 Qatar International Cup. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 4th of 455
- 404 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 96 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, 176 kg of 228 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
- 21
- Turned 21 in 2019, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 27 of 32
- Of the other five: two with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and three entered without taking an attempt.
How often Fares El-Bakh makes each attempt
Fares El-Bakh made 54% of snatch attempts and 62% 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
Fares El-Bakh head to head
The lifters Fares El-Bakh 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 | Fares El-Bakh ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bekdoolot Rasulbekov |
9 | 9 | 0 |
| Chen Po-jen | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Ali Ahmed A Alkhazal | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Jhonatan Rivas | 7 | 7 | 0 |
 Anton Pliesnoi |
5 | 5 | 0 |
 Boady Santavy |
5 | 5 | 0 |
Fares El-Bakh'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 2 | 399 | 102 kg | 101.34 | 171 | 174 | 222 | 225 | ||
| 2024 Olympic Games 7 Aug 2024 | - | - | 102 kg | 101.7 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | - | No lifts | 102 kg | 100.36 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2024 Asian Championships 3 Feb 2024 | - | No lifts | 102 kg | 99.6 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 1 | 400 | 102 kg | 101.56 | 172 | 176 | 221 | 224 | ||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 7 | 388 | 102 kg | 101.08 | 170 | 218 | ||||
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | - | No lifts | 102 kg | 98.86 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 1 | 391 | 102 kg | 96.7 | 170 | 174 | 217 | not taken | not taken | |
| 2022 Asian Championships 6 Oct 2022 | 1 | 386 | 102 kg | 99.91 | 171 | 215 | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 2 | 394 | 96 kg | 95.8 | 172 | 217 | 222 | |||
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 1 | 402 | 96 kg | 95.7 | 173 | 177 | 217 | 225 | ||
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 2 | 396 | 102 kg | 98.3 | 174 | 222 | ||||
| 2020 International Solidarity Championships 8 Feb 2020 | 2 | 353 | 102 kg | 97 | 159 | not taken | not taken | 194 | not taken | not taken |
| 2019 Qatar International Cup 19 Dec 2019 | 1 | 404 | 96 kg | 96 | 176 | 213 | 223 | 228 | ||
| 2019 International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament 11 Nov 2019 | 1 | 397 | 96 kg | 95.9 | 171 | 215 | 226 | |||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 2 | 402 | 96 kg | 95.95 | 174 | 178 | 217 | 224 | ||
| 2019 Asian Championships 18 Apr 2019 | - | - | 96 kg | 95.93 | 170 | 174 | ||||
| 2018 International Qatar Cup 19 Dec 2018 | 1 | 397 | 96 kg | 95.5 | 172 | 213 | 219 | 225 | ||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 5 | 388 | 96 kg | 95.22 | 171 | 217 | ||||
| 2018 Asian Games 20 Aug 2018 | 2 | 381 | 94 kg | 93.67 | 166 | 215 | ||||
| 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 7 Jul 2018 | 1 | 385 | 94 kg | 93.55 | 163 | 167 | 170 | 205 | 215 | not taken |
| 2018 Asian Junior Championships 20 Apr 2018 | 1 | 387 | 94 kg | 93.3 | 163 | 166 | 205 | 221 | ||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 3 | 383 | 94 kg | 92.77 | 163 | 210 | 215 | 220 | ||
| 2017 Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games 17 Sep 2017 | 4 | 379 | 94 kg | 90.62 | 161 | 166 | 168 | 205 | 211 | |
| 2017 Asian Junior Championships 21 Jul 2017 | 1 | 375 | 94 kg | 90.2 | 160 | 165 | 205 | 210 | ||
| 2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 15 Jun 2017 | 1 | 353 | 85 kg | 84.75 | 156 | 160 | 193 | |||
| 2016 International Qatar Cup 14 Dec 2016 | 1 | 352 | 85 kg | 84.93 | 152 | 157 | 195 | |||
| 2016 Asian Junior Championships 8 Nov 2016 | 1 | 352 | 85 kg | 84.86 | 150 | 152 | 190 | 200 | ||
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 7 | 361 | 85 kg | 84.79 | 151 | 155 | 158 | 197 | 203 | |
| 2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 23 Jun 2016 | 3 | 346 | 85 kg | 83.96 | 150 | 196 | ||||
| 2016 International Fajr Cup 30 May 2016 | 5 | 352 | 85 kg | 84.5 | 151 | 191 | 198 | 201 | ||
| 2016 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2016 | 6 | 346 | 85 kg | 84.1 | 145 | 150 | 191 | 196 |
Compare Fares El-Bakh
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Fares El-Bakh met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.