Men's 79 kg, April 2026

Martin Poghosyan

Martin Poghosyan is a weightlifter. The results below cover 7 competitions from 2022 to 2026. The latest result came in the men's 79 kg class, at the 2026 European Championships.

Best total
338 kg
Best snatch
152 kg
Best clean and jerk
186 kg
Career

Martin Poghosyan's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 67 kg in 2022, 73 kg from 2023 to 2024, 79 kg from 2025 to 2026. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (73 kg to 79 kg) and again in August 2026. At 78.59 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.

Latest result: 2026 European Championships, 19 April 2026, 79 kg, total 338 kg, place 3.

Martin Poghosyan: totals from the 5 competitions with a total, 2022 to 2026, best 338 kg in 2026.260305350202220232024202520262022 European Youth Championships, 10 Aug 2022: 272 kg2023 European Junior Championships, 24 Jul 2023: 308 kg2023 IWF World Junior Championships, 15 Nov 2023: 306 kg2024 European Junior Championships, 26 Oct 2024: 298 kg2026 European Championships, 19 Apr 2026: 338 kg
Martin Poghosyan: totals from the 5 competitions with a total, 2022 to 2026, best 338 kg in 2026.260305350202220232024202520262022 European Youth Championships, 10 Aug 2022: 272 kg2023 European Junior Championships, 24 Jul 2023: 308 kg2023 IWF World Junior Championships, 15 Nov 2023: 306 kg2024 European Junior Championships, 26 Oct 2024: 298 kg2026 European Championships, 19 Apr 2026: 338 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
79 kg2025 to 2026 2025 to 2026 152 186 338
73 kg2023 to 2024 2023 to 2024 136 172 308
67 kg2022 2022 120 152 272
Numbers

Martin Poghosyan by the numbers

Martin Poghosyan'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
442.3
From 338 kg at 78.59 kg bodyweight, 2026 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
21st of 138
338 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
82%
At the best total, 152 kg of 186 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
5 of 7
The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Martin Poghosyan makes each attempt

Martin Poghosyan made 38% of snatch attempts and 48% 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%
Martin Poghosyan: 57%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Martin Poghosyan: 14%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Martin Poghosyan: 43%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Martin Poghosyan: 86%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Martin Poghosyan: 43%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Martin Poghosyan: 14%
Rivals

Martin Poghosyan head to head

The lifters Martin Poghosyan 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 Martin Poghosyan ahead Rival ahead
Tiberiu Ionut Donose 5 1 4
Kilian Gallart Lechon 3 3 0
Lajos Ujvari 3 3 0
Results

Martin Poghosyan'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
2026 European Championships 19 Apr 2026 3 338 79 kg 78.59 148152 kg missed152186190 kg missed190 kg missed
2025 European Junior Championships 28 Oct 2025 - - 79 kg 78.69 143 kg missed143 kg missed145 kg missed175182187 kg missed
2024 European Junior Championships 26 Oct 2024 3 298 73 kg 72.95 130 kg missed130135 kg missed168175 kg missed175 kg missed
2024 IWF World Junior Championships 19 Sep 2024 - - 73 kg 73 140 kg missed140 kg missed142 kg missed170175 kg missed175 kg missed
2023 IWF World Junior Championships 15 Nov 2023 5 306 73 kg 73 135140 kg missed140 kg missed171177 kg missed182 kg missed
2023 European Junior Championships 24 Jul 2023 3 308 73 kg 72.6 130135 kg missed136165170172
2022 European Youth Championships 10 Aug 2022 4 272 67 kg 66.7 115119 kg missed120150 kg missed152158 kg missed
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Compare Martin Poghosyan

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