Great Britain · Men's 105 kg, October 2010

Gurbinder Singh Cheema

Gurbinder Singh Cheema is a weightlifter from Great Britain, born in 1978. The results below cover 6 competitions from 1999 to 2010. The latest result came in the men's 105 kg class, at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Best total
345 kg
Best snatch
155 kg
Best clean and jerk
190 kg
Career

Gurbinder Singh Cheema's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: +105 kg in 1999, 105 kg from 2001 to 2010. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 103.19 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 110 kg.

Latest result: 2010 Commonwealth Games, 3 October 2010, 105 kg, total 328 kg, place 5.

Gurbinder Singh Cheema: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 1999 to 2010, best 345 kg in 2001.3103303501999200120032005200720091999 World Weightlifting Championships, 21 Nov 1999: 340 kg2001 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2001: 345 kg2007 IWF World Cup, 26 Nov 2007: 335 kg2008 European Championships, 11 Apr 2008: 332 kg2009 European Championships, 4 Apr 2009: 320 kg2010 Commonwealth Games, 3 Oct 2010: 328 kg
Gurbinder Singh Cheema: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 1999 to 2010, best 345 kg in 2001.3103303501999200320071999 World Weightlifting Championships, 21 Nov 1999: 340 kg2001 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2001: 345 kg2007 IWF World Cup, 26 Nov 2007: 335 kg2008 European Championships, 11 Apr 2008: 332 kg2009 European Championships, 4 Apr 2009: 320 kg2010 Commonwealth Games, 3 Oct 2010: 328 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
105 kg2001 to 2010 2001 to 2010 155 190 345
+105 kg1999 1999 150 190 340
Numbers

Gurbinder Singh Cheema by the numbers

Gurbinder Singh Cheema'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
393.9
From 345 kg at 103.98 kg bodyweight, 2001 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
351st of 888
345 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 105 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
82%
At the best total, 155 kg of 190 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
23
Turned 23 in 2001, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
6 of 6
A total at every competition listed.
Attempts

How often Gurbinder Singh Cheema makes each attempt

Gurbinder Singh Cheema made 47% 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%
Gurbinder Singh Cheema: 80%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Gurbinder Singh Cheema: 20%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Gurbinder Singh Cheema: 40%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Gurbinder Singh Cheema: 100%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Gurbinder Singh Cheema: 40%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Gurbinder Singh Cheema: 40%
Rivals

Gurbinder Singh Cheema head to head

The lifters Gurbinder Singh Cheema 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 Gurbinder Singh Cheema ahead Rival ahead
Ukraine Oleksiy Torokhtiy 3 0 3
Poland Robert Dołęga 3 0 3
Results

Gurbinder Singh Cheema'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
2010 Commonwealth Games 3 Oct 2010 5 328 105 kg 103.19 145150 kg missed150175178181 kg missed
2009 European Championships 4 Apr 2009 14 320 105 kg 104.47 145150 kg missed150 kg missed170175 kg missed175
2008 European Championships 11 Apr 2008 15 332 105 kg 104.25 152157 kg missed157 kg missed180185 kg missed185 kg missed
2007 IWF World Cup 26 Nov 2007 2 335 105 kg 104.41 Snatch 155, clean and jerk 180; attempts not recorded
2001 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2001 23 345 105 kg 103.98 155 kg missed155160 kg missed185190195 kg missed
1999 World Weightlifting Championships 21 Nov 1999 34 340 +105 kg 108.11 145150 kg missed150185190 kg missed190
Compare

Compare Gurbinder Singh Cheema

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