Qatar · Men's +105 kg, September 2007

Jaber Saeed Salem

Jaber Saeed Salem is a weightlifter from Qatar, born in 1975, with four World Championships medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze). The results below cover 7 competitions from 1999 to 2007. The latest result came in the men's +105 kg class, at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships.

World medals
4
Best total
460 kg
Best snatch
210 kg
Best clean and jerk
255 kg
Career

Jaber Saeed Salem's career: classes, totals and best lifts

World Championships: 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze in the total.

Latest result: 2007 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 September 2007, +105 kg, total 435 kg, place 3.

Jaber Saeed Salem: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 1999 to 2007, best 460 kg in 2000.390430470199920012003200520071999 World Weightlifting Championships, 21 Nov 1999: 455 kg2000 Olympic Games, 16 Sep 2000: 460 kg2001 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2001: 460 kg2005 World Weightlifting Championships, 8 Nov 2005: 446 kg2005 West Asian Games, 2 Dec 2005: 401 kg2007 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Sep 2007: 435 kg
Jaber Saeed Salem: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 1999 to 2007, best 460 kg in 2000.390430470199920012003200520071999 World Weightlifting Championships, 21 Nov 1999: 455 kg2000 Olympic Games, 16 Sep 2000: 460 kg2001 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2001: 460 kg2005 World Weightlifting Championships, 8 Nov 2005: 446 kg2005 West Asian Games, 2 Dec 2005: 401 kg2007 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Sep 2007: 435 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms. Larger red points are senior Olympic or World Championships wins.
Numbers

Jaber Saeed Salem by the numbers

Jaber Saeed Salem'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
495.0
From 455 kg at 118.86 kg bodyweight, 1999 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
8th of 704
460 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
80%
At the best total, 205 kg of 255 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
25
Turned 25 in 2000, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
6 of 7
The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Jaber Saeed Salem makes each attempt

Jaber Saeed Salem made 78% of snatch attempts and 71% 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%
Jaber Saeed Salem: 83%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Jaber Saeed Salem: 100%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Jaber Saeed Salem: 50%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Jaber Saeed Salem: 100%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Jaber Saeed Salem: 80%
Rivals

Jaber Saeed Salem head to head

The lifters Jaber Saeed Salem 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 Jaber Saeed Salem ahead Rival ahead
Latvia Viktors Ščerbatihs 4 3 1
Poland Paweł Najdek 4 4 0
Czechia Petr Sobotka 4 4 0
Russia Andrei Chemerkin 3 1 2
Iran Hossein Rezazadeh 3 1 2
Ukraine Artem Udachyn 3 3 0
Results

Jaber Saeed Salem'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
2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 3 435 +105 kg 124.6 195 kg missed195200 kg missed231240243 kg missed
2005 West Asian Games 2 Dec 2005 1 401 +105 kg 124.46 Snatch 185, clean and jerk 216; attempts not recorded
2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 3 446 +105 kg 125.3 195201203 kg missed240245not taken
2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 - - +105 kg 127.44 200205210not takennot takennot taken
2001 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2001 1 460 +105 kg 125.74 200205210245250263 kg missed
2000 Olympic Games 16 Sep 2000 4 460 +105 kg 123.64 200205210 kg missed250255260 kg missed
1999 World Weightlifting Championships 21 Nov 1999 2 455 +105 kg 118.86 190200205240250 kg missed250
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Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Jaber Saeed Salem met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

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