Men's 71 kg, October 2025
Kotaro Sato
Kotaro Sato is a weightlifter. The results below cover 4 competitions from 2016 to 2025. The latest result came in the men's 71 kg class, at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 312 kg
- Best snatch
- 136 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 176 kg
Kotaro Sato's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 69 kg from 2016 to 2017, 73 kg in 2019, 71 kg in 2025. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 73 kg), June 2025 (73 kg to 71 kg) and August 2026. At 70.49 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 75 kg.
Latest result: 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 October 2025, 71 kg, total 312 kg, place 10.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71 kg2025 | 136 | 176 | 312 |
| 73 kg2019 | 130 | 168 | 298 |
| 69 kg2016 to 2017 | 115 | 146 | 261 |
Kotaro Sato by the numbers
Kotaro Sato'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
- 436.0
- From 312 kg at 70.49 kg bodyweight, 2025 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 23rd of 120
- 312 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 71 kg class (the class list of 2025 to 2026) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 77%
- At the best total, 136 kg of 176 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
- 4 of 4
- A total at every competition listed.
Kotaro Sato head to head
The lifters Kotaro Sato 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 | Kotaro Sato ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Cummings | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Kotaro Sato'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 | 10 | 312 | 71 kg | 70.49 | 136 | 176 | ||||
| 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2019 | 8 | 298 | 73 kg | 72.65 | 125 | 130 | 160 | 165 | 168 | |
| 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 3 Apr 2017 | 19 | 261 | 69 kg | 67.52 | 110 | 115 | 138 | 146 | ||
| 2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 Oct 2016 | 19 | 230 | 69 kg | 68.2 | 95 | 100 | 120 | 125 | 130 |
Compare Kotaro Sato
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Kotaro Sato met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.