Cuba · Men's 102 kg, March 2024
Juan Zaldívar
Juan Zaldívar is a weightlifter from Cuba, born in 1999. The results below cover 10 competitions from 2018 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 102 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- Best total
- 375 kg
- Best snatch
- 166 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 209 kg
Juan Zaldívar's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 94 kg in 2018, 96 kg from 2019 to 2020, 102 kg from 2021 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (94 kg to 96 kg) and again in June 2025. At 102 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 110 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 102 kg, total 358 kg, place 19.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102 kg2021 to 2024 | 166 | 209 | 375 |
| 96 kg2019 to 2020 | 155 | 195 | 345 |
| 94 kg2018 | 146 | 190 | 336 |
Juan Zaldívar by the numbers
Juan Zaldívar'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
- 431.5
- From 375 kg at 102 kg bodyweight, 2023 Pan-American Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 50th of 335
- 375 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 102 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, 166 kg of 209 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
- 24
- Turned 24 in 2023, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 10 of 10
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Juan Zaldívar makes each attempt
Juan Zaldívar made 77% of snatch attempts and 77% 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
Juan Zaldívar head to head
The lifters Juan Zaldívar 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 | Juan Zaldívar ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Armando Lamenza Lopez | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Jhonatan Rivas | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Yauheni Tsikhantsou |
3 | 0 | 3 |
| Confesor Santana Frias | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Irmantas Kacinskas | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Juan Zaldívar'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.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 19 | 358 | 102 kg | 102 | 158 | 200 | ||||
| 2023 Pan-American Games 21 Oct 2023 | 2 | 375 | 102 kg | 102 | 161 | 166 | 201 | 206 | 209 | |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 19 | 372 | 102 kg | 101.63 | 158 | 163 | 166 | 200 | 206 | |
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | 5 | 360 | 102 kg | 98 | 150 | 155 | 160 | 190 | 195 | 200 |
| 2022 Pan-American Championships 24 Jul 2022 | 4 | 351 | 102 kg | 96.3 | 155 | 161 | 190 | |||
| 2022 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam 13 Mar 2022 | 2 | 356 | 102 kg | 98.35 | 150 | 155 | 190 | 197 | 201 | |
| 2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 | 2 | 357 | 102 kg | 99.82 | 150 | 155 | 159 | 190 | 195 | 198 |
| 2020 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam 3 Mar 2020 | 3 | 343 | 96 kg | 94.9 | 145 | 150 | 155 | 188 | ||
| 2019 Pan-American Junior Championships 23 Jun 2019 | 2 | 345 | 96 kg | 95 | 143 | 150 | 181 | 188 | 195 | |
| 2018 Pan-American Junior Championships 5 Sep 2018 | 2 | 336 | 94 kg | 91.5 | 140 | 146 | 180 | 186 | 190 |
Compare Juan Zaldívar
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Juan Zaldívar met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.