Dominican Republic · Men's 79 kg, July 2025
Julio Cedeño
Julio Cedeño is a weightlifter from Dominican Republic, born in 1992. The results below cover 12 competitions from 2017 to 2025. The latest result came in the men's 79 kg class, at the 2025 Pan-American Championships.
- Best total
- 333 kg
- Best snatch
- 148 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 185 kg
Julio Cedeño's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 69 kg in 2017, 73 kg from 2019 to 2023, 79 kg in 2025. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 73 kg), June 2025 (73 kg to 79 kg) and August 2026. At 78.2 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.
Latest result: 2025 Pan-American Championships, 12 July 2025, 79 kg, total 333 kg, place 4.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79 kg2025 | 148 | 185 | 333 |
| 73 kg2019 to 2023 | 145 | 174 | 318 |
| 69 kg2017 | 131 | 164 | 295 |
Julio Cedeño by the numbers
Julio Cedeño'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
- 437.7
- From 318 kg at 72.2 kg bodyweight, 2019 Pan American Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 36th of 138
- 333 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
- 80%
- At the best total, 148 kg of 185 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
- 33
- Turned 33 in 2025, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 10 of 12
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Julio Cedeño makes each attempt
Julio Cedeño made 72% of snatch attempts and 60% 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
Julio Cedeño head to head
The lifters Julio Cedeño 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 | Julio Cedeño ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Geovany Mendez Ye | 8 | 8 | 0 |
 Jorge Hernández |
8 | 8 | 0 |
| Jorge Cárdenas |
7 | 5 | 2 |
 Julio Mayora |
6 | 0 | 6 |
| Jorge Jesus Sanchez Velez | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Armando Justiniano Britton Romero | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Julio Cedeño'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Pan-American Championships 12 Jul 2025 | 4 | 333 | 79 kg | 78.2 | 143 | 148 | 175 | 181 | 185 | |
| 2023 Pan-American Games 21 Oct 2023 | 5 | 306 | 73 kg | 73 | 137 | 141 | 165 | |||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | - | - | 73 kg | 72.99 | 136 | 140 | ||||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | 7 | 309 | 73 kg | 73 | 137 | 141 | 165 | 168 | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | - | - | 73 kg | 72.8 | 140 | 145 | ||||
| 2022 Pan-American Championships 24 Jul 2022 | 1 | 318 | 73 kg | 72.7 | 136 | 141 | 144 | 167 | 171 | 174 |
| 2022 Torneo Internacional Manuel Suárez In Memoriam 13 Mar 2022 | 4 | 303 | 73 kg | 71.9 | 138 | 165 | ||||
| 2021 Pan-American Championships 1 Nov 2021 | 1 | 315 | 73 kg | 72.7 | 135 | 138 | 141 | 165 | 170 | 174 |
| 2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 | 4 | 309 | 73 kg | 72.53 | 133 | 141 | 160 | 168 | ||
| 2019 Pan American Games 26 Jul 2019 | 3 | 318 | 73 kg | 72.2 | 137 | 141 | 144 | 170 | 174 | not taken |
| 2019 Pan-American Championships 21 Apr 2019 | 4 | 310 | 73 kg | 72.1 | 132 | 136 | 140 | 165 | 170 | |
| 2017 Central American and Caribbean Championships 17 Sep 2017 | 3 | 295 | 69 kg | 68.5 | 131 | 155 | 164 |
Compare Julio Cedeño
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Julio Cedeño met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.