Men's 94 kg, October 2025

Jesse Juhani Nykanen

Jesse Juhani Nykanen is a weightlifter. The results below cover 12 competitions from 2012 to 2025. The latest result came in the men's 94 kg class, at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships.

Best total
333 kg
Best snatch
152 kg
Best clean and jerk
181 kg
Career

Jesse Juhani Nykanen's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 69 kg in 2012, 77 kg from 2013 to 2014, 85 kg in 2015, 77 kg in 2016, 85 kg from 2016 to 2017, 89 kg in 2019, 96 kg in 2021, 94 kg in 2025. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (85 kg to 89 kg), June 2025 (96 kg to 94 kg) and August 2026. At 93.75 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.

Latest result: 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 October 2025, 94 kg, total 310 kg, place 23.

Jesse Juhani Nykanen: totals from the 10 competitions with a total, 2012 to 2025, best 333 kg in 2021.20027034020122016202020242012 European Youth Championships, 25 Aug 2012: 210 kg2013 European Under 17 Championships, 1 Sep 2013: 240 kg2014 European Junior Championships, 21 Nov 2014: 276 kg2016 European Championships, 8 Apr 2016: 280 kg2016 European Junior Championships, 2 Dec 2016: 302 kg2017 European Championships, 1 Apr 2017: 305 kg2019 Nordic Senior Championships, 12 Oct 2019: 314 kg2019 European U23 Championships, 17 Oct 2019: 312 kg2021 European Championships, 3 Apr 2021: 333 kg2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 Oct 2025: 310 kg
Jesse Juhani Nykanen: totals from the 10 competitions with a total, 2012 to 2025, best 333 kg in 2021.20027034020122016202020242012 European Youth Championships, 25 Aug 2012: 210 kg2013 European Under 17 Championships, 1 Sep 2013: 240 kg2014 European Junior Championships, 21 Nov 2014: 276 kg2016 European Championships, 8 Apr 2016: 280 kg2016 European Junior Championships, 2 Dec 2016: 302 kg2017 European Championships, 1 Apr 2017: 305 kg2019 Nordic Senior Championships, 12 Oct 2019: 314 kg2019 European U23 Championships, 17 Oct 2019: 312 kg2021 European Championships, 3 Apr 2021: 333 kg2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 Oct 2025: 310 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
94 kg2025 2025 140 170 310
96 kg2021 2021 152 181 333
89 kg2019 2019 143 173 314
85 kg2015 to 2017 2015 to 2017 136 170 305
77 kg2013 to 2016 2013 to 2016 126 154 280
69 kg2012 2012 95 115 210
Numbers

Jesse Juhani Nykanen by the numbers

Jesse Juhani Nykanen'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
393.5
From 333 kg at 95.92 kg bodyweight, 2021 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
204th of 455
333 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
84%
At the best total, 152 kg of 181 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%.
Competitions with a total
10 of 12
The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Jesse Juhani Nykanen makes each attempt

Jesse Juhani Nykanen made 58% of snatch attempts and 66% 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%
Jesse Juhani Nykanen: 83%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Jesse Juhani Nykanen: 50%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Jesse Juhani Nykanen: 42%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Jesse Juhani Nykanen: 83%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Jesse Juhani Nykanen: 58%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Jesse Juhani Nykanen: 55%
Rivals

Jesse Juhani Nykanen head to head

The lifters Jesse Juhani Nykanen 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 Jesse Juhani Nykanen ahead Rival ahead
France Brandon Vautard 5 0 5
Armenia Hakob Mkrtchyan 4 0 4
France Romain Imadouchene 3 0 3
Results

Jesse Juhani Nykanen'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
2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 23 310 94 kg 93.75 140144 kg missed144 kg missed165169 kg missed170
2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 9 333 96 kg 95.92 148152 kg missed152177181185 kg missed
2019 European U23 Championships 17 Oct 2019 8 312 89 kg 88.9 139142 kg missed142 kg missed166171173
2019 Nordic Senior Championships 12 Oct 2019 1 314 89 kg 88.23 138143145 kg missed162171not taken
2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 - - 89 kg 88.92 139143 kg missed143 kg missed170 kg missed170 kg missed171 kg missed
2017 European Championships 1 Apr 2017 18 305 85 kg 84.6 135138 kg missed138 kg missed163169 kg missed170
2016 European Junior Championships 2 Dec 2016 13 302 85 kg 83.88 130133136160164166
2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 18 280 77 kg 76.57 122126128 kg missed150154157 kg missed
2015 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 6 Jun 2015 - - 85 kg 81.72 125 kg missed125130 kg missed150 kg missed150 kg missed150 kg missed
2014 European Junior Championships 21 Nov 2014 12 276 77 kg 76.85 120125 kg missed126143150155 kg missed
2013 European Under 17 Championships 1 Sep 2013 9 240 77 kg 73.75 106110112122128 kg missed128
2012 European Youth Championships 25 Aug 2012 16 210 69 kg 67.65 91 kg missed9195106110115
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