Colombia · Men's 61 kg, October 2022
Habib de las Salas
Habib de las Salas is a weightlifter from Colombia, born in 1987. The results below cover 17 competitions from 2007 to 2022. The latest result came in the men's 61 kg class, at the 2022 South American Games.
- Best total
- 278 kg
- Best snatch
- 124 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 155 kg
Habib de las Salas's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 56 kg from 2007 to 2017, 61 kg from 2021 to 2022. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (56 kg to 61 kg) and again in June 2025. At 61 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 65 kg.
Latest result: 2022 South American Games, 2 October 2022, 61 kg, total 268 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 kg2021 to 2022 | 124 | 155 | 278 |
| 56 kg2007 to 2017 | 119 | 152 | 269 |
Habib de las Salas by the numbers
Habib de las Salas'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
- 443.1
- From 269 kg at 55.9 kg bodyweight, 2015 Pan American Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 59th of 342
- 278 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
- 79%
- At the best total, 123 kg of 155 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
- 34
- Turned 34 in 2021, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 15 of 17
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Habib de las Salas makes each attempt
Habib de las Salas made 60% of snatch attempts and 57% 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
Habib de las Salas head to head
The lifters Habib de las Salas 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 | Habib de las Salas ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Javier Barrera Sandoval | 5 | 5 | 0 |
 Marcos Rojas |
5 | 5 | 0 |
| Carlos Berna |
4 | 2 | 2 |
 José Montes |
3 | 2 | 1 |
| Diego Soto Montecino | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Enmanuel Enrique Rocafuerte Buenaire | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Habib de las Salas'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.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 South American Games 2 Oct 2022 | 2 | 268 | 61 kg | 61 | 117 | 121 | 123 | 145 | ||
| 2022 Pan-American Championships 24 Jul 2022 | 3 | 273 | 61 kg | 60.8 | 119 | 121 | 148 | 152 | ||
| 2022 Bolivarian Games 29 Jun 2022 | 1 | 274 | 61 kg | 60.8 | 118 | 121 | 147 | 153 | ||
| 2022 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam 13 Mar 2022 | 1 | 272 | 61 kg | 61 | 118 | 120 | 146 | 149 | 152 | |
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 4 | 274 | 61 kg | 60.9 | 119 | 124 | 150 | |||
| 2021 Ibero-American Championships 10 May 2021 | 1 | 278 | 61 kg | 60.8 | 120 | 123 | 147 | 155 | ||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | - | - | 56 kg | 55.38 | not taken | not taken | ||||
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 6 | 266 | 56 kg | 55.84 | 113 | 116 | 119 | 143 | 147 | |
| 2016 Pan-American Championships 6 Jun 2016 | 1 | 268 | 56 kg | 55.85 | 115 | 118 | 145 | 150 | ||
| 2016 South-American Championships 7 Apr 2016 Also the Test Event for Rio 2016 Olympic Games, place 1 | 1 | 259 | 56 kg | 55.94 | 112 | 117 | 142 | |||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 8 | 262 | 56 kg | 55.87 | 113 | 117 | 145 | |||
| 2015 Pan American Games 11 Jul 2015 | 1 | 269 | 56 kg | 55.9 | 114 | 117 | 143 | 147 | 152 | |
| 2014 Pan American Championships 26 May 2014 | 1 | 258 | 56 kg | 55.82 | 111 | 140 | 147 | |||
| 2012 Pan-American Championships 10 May 2012 | - | - | 56 kg | 55.67 | 118 | |||||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 10 | 257 | 56 kg | 55.89 | 110 | 138 | 142 | 147 | ||
| 2010 Pan American Championships 25 May 2010 | 4 | 255 | 56 kg | 55.7 | Snatch 113, clean and jerk 142; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2007 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 10 Jun 2007 | 8 | 234 | 56 kg | 55.67 | 102 | 107 | 127 | |||
Compare Habib de las Salas
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Habib de las Salas.