Colombia · Men's 81 kg, December 2024
Gustavo Maldonado
Gustavo Maldonado is a weightlifter from Colombia, born in 1995. The results below cover 11 competitions from 2013 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 81 kg class, at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 339 kg
- Best snatch
- 150 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 191 kg
Gustavo Maldonado's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 62 kg in 2013, 77 kg in 2017, 85 kg in 2018, 81 kg in 2019, 89 kg in 2021, 81 kg from 2022 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (85 kg to 81 kg) and again in June 2025. At 80.82 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.
Latest result: 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 December 2024, 81 kg, total 335 kg, place 12.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81 kg2019 to 2024 | 150 | 191 | 339 |
| 89 kg2021 | 145 | 180 | 325 |
| 85 kg2018 | 145 | 182 | 327 |
| 77 kg2017 | 142 | 175 | 317 |
| 62 kg2013 | 105 | 120 | 225 |
Gustavo Maldonado by the numbers
Gustavo Maldonado'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
- 437.3
- From 339 kg at 80.6 kg bodyweight, 2022 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 67th of 512
- 339 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 81 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, 148 kg of 191 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
- 27
- Turned 27 in 2022, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 11 of 11
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Gustavo Maldonado makes each attempt
Gustavo Maldonado made 67% of snatch attempts and 70% 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
Gustavo Maldonado head to head
The lifters Gustavo Maldonado 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 | Gustavo Maldonado ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Darvin Castro |
6 | 4 | 2 |
| Santiago Daniel Villegas Fernandez | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Gustavo Maldonado'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 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 12 | 335 | 81 kg | 80.82 | 150 | 180 | 185 | |||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 9 | 339 | 81 kg | 80.6 | 148 | 188 | 191 | |||
| 2022 South American Games 2 Oct 2022 | 1 | 335 | 81 kg | 81 | 140 | 145 | 150 | 180 | 185 | |
| 2022 Pan-American Championships 24 Jul 2022 | 1 | 329 | 81 kg | 80.7 | 143 | 180 | 183 | 186 | ||
| 2022 Bolivarian Games 29 Jun 2022 | 2 | 317 | 81 kg | 80.6 | 125 | 132 | 134 | 175 | 180 | 183 |
| 2022 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam 13 Mar 2022 | 1 | 327 | 81 kg | 80.85 | 143 | 147 | 150 | 177 | ||
| 2021 South-American Championships 10 May 2021 | 1 | 325 | 89 kg | 83.7 | 135 | 140 | 145 | 170 | 175 | 180 |
| 2019 South American Championships 8 May 2019 | 3 | 320 | 81 kg | 80.15 | 140 | 145 | 170 | 175 | ||
| 2018 South American Games 28 May 2018 | 4 | 327 | 85 kg | 78.95 | 140 | 145 | 175 | 182 | ||
| 2017 South American Junior Championships 12 Dec 2017 Also the 2017 Copa Internacional CSLP (Junior), place 1 | 1 | 317 | 77 kg | 76.33 | 135 | 142 | 170 | 175 | ||
| 2013 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 7 Apr 2013 | 14 | 225 | 62 kg | 60.94 | 105 | 120 |
Compare Gustavo Maldonado
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Gustavo Maldonado.