Joseph Njovu

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 73 kg in 2023, 79 kg in 2026. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (73 kg to 79 kg) and again in August 2026. At 78.5 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.

Latest result: 2026 African Championships, 10 May 2026, 79 kg, total 251 kg, place 8.

Best lifts in each class

The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.

Joseph Njovu'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

328.6

From 251 kg at 78.5 kg bodyweight, 2026 African Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).

Best total, place in its class

120th of 138

251 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 79 kg class (the class list of 2025 to 2026) on this site.

Snatch as a share of clean and jerk

85%

At the best total, 115 kg of 136 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%.

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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Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Joseph Njovu.