Georgia · Men's +102 kg, August 2024
Lasha Talakhadze
Lasha Talakhadze is a weightlifter from Georgia, born in 1993, with three Olympic gold medals and seven World Championships gold medals. The results below cover 29 competitions from 2010 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's +102 kg class, at the 2024 Olympic Games.
- Olympic golds
- 3
- World golds
- 7
- Best total
- 492 kg
- Best snatch
- 225 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 267 kg
Lasha Talakhadze's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Weight classes: +94 kg in 2010, +105 kg from 2010 to 2018, +109 kg from 2018 to 2024, +102 kg in 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (+105 kg to +109 kg) and again in June 2025. At 178.45 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be +110 kg. The 2024 Olympic Games used a shorter list of classes, with +102 kg the heaviest for men.
Latest result: 2024 Olympic Games, 7 August 2024, +102 kg, total 470 kg, place 1.
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 kg2024 | 215 | 255 | 470 |
| +109 kg2018 to 2024 | 225 | 267 | 492 |
| +105 kg2010 to 2018 | 220 | 258 | 477 |
| +94 kg2010 | 158 | 187 | 345 |
Lasha Talakhadze by the numbers
Lasha Talakhadze'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
- 493.4
- From 492 kg at 182.9 kg bodyweight, 2021 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 1st of 268
- 492 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's +109 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 84%
- At the best total, 225 kg of 267 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
- 28
- Turned 28 in 2021, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 24 of 29
- Of the other five: one with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk, three entered without taking an attempt and one with a good lift in each but no total in the published results.
How often Lasha Talakhadze makes each attempt
Lasha Talakhadze made 91% of snatch attempts and 88% 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
Lasha Talakhadze head to head
The lifters Lasha Talakhadze 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 | Lasha Talakhadze ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gor Minasyan |
16 | 15 | 1 |
 Péter Nagy |
16 | 15 | 1 |
 David Litvinov |
14 | 14 | 0 |
 Kamil Kučera |
12 | 12 | 0 |
 Mart Seim |
12 | 12 | 0 |
| Jiří Orság |
10 | 10 | 0 |
Lasha Talakhadze'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 Olympic Games 7 Aug 2024 | 1 | 470 | +102 kg | 178.45 | 210 | 215 | 247 | 255 | not taken | |
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | - | No lifts | +109 kg | 176.4 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2024 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 | - | No lifts | +109 kg | 176 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 1 | 473 | +109 kg | 177.37 | 208 | 215 | 220 | 245 | 253 | |
| 2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 | 1 | 474 | +109 kg | 175.78 | 210 | 217 | 222 | 246 | 252 | not taken |
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 1 | 466 | +109 kg | 166.5 | 208 | 215 | 245 | 251 | ||
| 2022 European Championships 28 May 2022 | 1 | 462 | +109 kg | 176.3 | 208 | 212 | 217 | 245 | not taken | |
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 1 | 492 | +109 kg | 182.9 | 210 | 218 | 225 | 247 | 257 | 267 |
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 1 | 488 | +109 kg | 177 | 208 | 215 | 223 | 245 | 255 | 265 |
| 2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 | 1 | 485 | +109 kg | 176.3 | 211 | 217 | 222 | 245 | 253 | 263 |
| Roma 2020 World Cup 27 Jan 2020 | 1 | 470 | +109 kg | 171 | 200 | 210 | 215 | 235 | 245 | 255 |
| 2019 International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament 11 Nov 2019 | 1 | 450 | +109 kg | 163.3 | 193 | 200 | 208 | 227 | 242 | not taken |
| 2019 Alexander Cup 1 Nov 2019 | - | No lifts | +109 kg | 163.65 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 1 | 484 | +109 kg | 168.65 | 208 | 215 | 220 | 247 | 255 | 264 |
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 1 | 478 | +109 kg | 170.1 | 208 | 218 | not taken | 245 | 260 | not taken |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 1 | 474 | +109 kg | 169.31 | 207 | 212 | 217 | 245 | 252 | 257 |
| 2018 European Championships 26 Mar 2018 | 1 | 457 | +105 kg | 165.56 | 200 | 210 | 235 | 247 | not taken | |
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 1 | 477 | +105 kg | 166 | 210 | 215 | 220 | 243 | 250 | 257 |
| 2017 European Championships 1 Apr 2017 | 1 | 467 | +105 kg | 158.1 | 203 | 210 | 217 | 238 | 245 | 250 |
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 1 | 473 | +105 kg | 157.34 | 205 | 210 | 215 | 242 | 247 | 258 |
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 1 | 463 | +105 kg | 156.76 | 200 | 207 | 212 | 235 | 241 | 251 |
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 1 | 454 | +105 kg | 155.12 | 200 | 207 | 238 | 247 | ||
| 2013 European Junior Championships 23 Sep 2013 | - | - | +105 kg | 154.5 | 182 | 190 | not taken | 210 | 225 | not taken |
| 2013 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 3 May 2013 | 1 | 411 | +105 kg | 156.15 | 185 | 190 | 217 | 221 | not taken | |
| 2012 European Junior Championships 29 Nov 2012 | 2 | 412 | +105 kg | 148.2 | 175 | 183 | 190 | 205 | 222 | |
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 19 | 387 | +105 kg | 143.11 | 175 | 180 | 207 | not taken | ||
| 2011 European Junior Championships 10 Sep 2011 | 1 | 402 | +105 kg | 141.4 | 175 | 180 | 185 | 205 | 212 | 217 |
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | - | - | +105 kg | 130.34 | 157 | 162 | not taken | |||
| 2010 IWF Youth Olympic Qualification Event for Europe 18 May 2010 | 1 | 345 | +94 kg | 124.3 | 150 | 155 | 158 | 175 | 182 | 187 |
Compare Lasha Talakhadze
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Lasha Talakhadze met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.