Men's 89 kg, February 2020

Liam Christopher Saxby

Liam Christopher Saxby is a weightlifter. The results below cover 7 competitions from 2016 to 2020. The latest result came in the men's 89 kg class, at the 2020 Australian Open.

Best total
279 kg
Best snatch
125 kg
Best clean and jerk
154 kg
Career

Liam Christopher Saxby's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 94 kg in 2016, 85 kg from 2017 to 2018, 89 kg from 2019 to 2020. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (85 kg to 89 kg) and again in June 2025. At 88.88 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.

Latest result: 2020 Australian Open, 28 February 2020, 89 kg, total 279 kg, place 5.

Liam Christopher Saxby: totals from the 7 competitions with a total, 2016 to 2020, best 279 kg in 2020.250270290201620172018201920202016 FISU World University Championships, 13 Nov 2016: 270 kg2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 15 Jun 2017: 260 kg2017 Summer Universiade, 19 Aug 2017: 268 kg2017 Commonwealth Junior Championships, 3 Sep 2017: 259 kg2018 FISU World University Championships, 20 Sep 2018: 265 kg2019 Arafura Games, 27 Apr 2019: 267 kg2020 Australian Open, 28 Feb 2020: 279 kg
Liam Christopher Saxby: totals from the 7 competitions with a total, 2016 to 2020, best 279 kg in 2020.250270290201620172018201920202016 FISU World University Championships, 13 Nov 2016: 270 kg2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 15 Jun 2017: 260 kg2017 Summer Universiade, 19 Aug 2017: 268 kg2017 Commonwealth Junior Championships, 3 Sep 2017: 259 kg2018 FISU World University Championships, 20 Sep 2018: 265 kg2019 Arafura Games, 27 Apr 2019: 267 kg2020 Australian Open, 28 Feb 2020: 279 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.

Best lifts in each class

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

Class Years Snatch Clean and jerk Total
89 kg2019 to 2020 2019 to 2020 125 154 279
85 kg2017 to 2018 2017 to 2018 122 146 268
94 kg2016 2016 120 150 270
Numbers

Liam Christopher Saxby by the numbers

Liam Christopher Saxby'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
341.8
From 279 kg at 88.88 kg bodyweight, 2020 Australian Open. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
369th of 459
279 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 89 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
81%
At the best total, 125 kg of 154 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
7 of 7
A total at every competition listed.
Attempts

How often Liam Christopher Saxby makes each attempt

Liam Christopher Saxby made 52% of snatch attempts and 57% 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

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Liam Christopher Saxby: 86%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Liam Christopher Saxby: 29%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Liam Christopher Saxby: 43%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Liam Christopher Saxby: 86%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Liam Christopher Saxby: 57%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Liam Christopher Saxby: 29%
Rivals

Liam Christopher Saxby head to head

The lifters Liam Christopher Saxby 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 Liam Christopher Saxby ahead Rival ahead
Marcincy Cook 3 3 0
Results

Liam Christopher Saxby'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
2020 Australian Open 28 Feb 2020 5 279 89 kg 88.88 125129 kg missed131 kg missed148154161 kg missed
2019 Arafura Games 27 Apr 2019 6 267 89 kg 86.45 121125 kg missed125 kg missed141146152 kg missed
2018 FISU World University Championships 20 Sep 2018 6 265 85 kg 84.4 120 kg missed120 kg missed120145149 kg missed149 kg missed
2017 Commonwealth Junior Championships 3 Sep 2017 8 259 85 kg 84.35 117122 kg missed123 kg missed142146 kg missed147 kg missed
2017 Summer Universiade 19 Aug 2017 16 268 85 kg 84.47 116120122142 kg missed142146
2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 15 Jun 2017 24 260 85 kg 83.42 115120123 kg missed140146 kg missed146 kg missed
2016 FISU World University Championships 13 Nov 2016 7 270 94 kg 85.62 115120 kg missed120141145150
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Compare Liam Christopher Saxby

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