Cuba · Men's 105 kg, March 2008
Joel Sotolongo
Joel Sotolongo is a weightlifter from Cuba, born in 1982. The results below cover 4 competitions from 2006 to 2008. The latest result came in the men's 105 kg class, at the 2008 Pan-American Championships.
- Best total
- 385 kg
- Best snatch
- 168 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 217 kg
Joel Sotolongo's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 94 kg from 2006 to 2007, 105 kg in 2008. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 97.16 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 110 kg.
Latest result: 2008 Pan-American Championships, 18 March 2008, 105 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 105 kg2008 | - | - | - |
| 94 kg2006 to 2007 | 168 | 217 | 385 |
Joel Sotolongo by the numbers
Joel Sotolongo'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
- 460.2
- From 385 kg at 93.54 kg bodyweight, 2007 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 61st of 1,113
- 385 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 94 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch attempts made
- 83%
- 10 of 12 attempts. Every lifter at the senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998: 58%.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 77%
- At the best total, 168 kg of 217 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 2007, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 3 of 4
- The other shows a good lift in each but no total in the published results.
Joel Sotolongo'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Pan-American Championships 18 Mar 2008 | - | - | 105 kg | 97.16 | 152 | 157 | 160 | 193 | 200 | not taken |
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | 7 | 385 | 94 kg | 93.54 | 161 | 166 | 168 | 203 | 210 | 217 |
| 2007 University World Cup 9 Aug 2007 | 1 | 367 | 94 kg | 94 | 155 | 160 | 197 | 202 | 207 | |
| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 | 13 | 366 | 94 kg | 93.94 | 160 | 165 | 201 |
Compare Joel Sotolongo
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. These lifters lifted in nearby classes, in any year.