Germany · Men's 102 kg, March 2024
Matthäus Hofmann
Matthäus Hofmann is a weightlifter from Germany, born in 1994. The results below cover 15 competitions from 2010 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 102 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- Best total
- 378 kg
- Best snatch
- 172 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 206 kg
Matthäus Hofmann's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 77 kg in 2010, 85 kg in 2011, 94 kg from 2012 to 2013, 105 kg from 2014 to 2018, 109 kg from 2018 to 2019, 102 kg in 2023, 109 kg in 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 102 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 110 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 102 kg, no total.
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 kg2023 to 2024 | 172 | 201 | 373 |
| 109 kg2018 to 2024 | 172 | 206 | 378 |
| 105 kg2014 to 2018 | 172 | 198 | 364 |
| 94 kg2012 to 2013 | 163 | 191 | 354 |
| 85 kg2011 | 141 | 164 | 305 |
| 77 kg2010 | 128 | 148 | 276 |
Matthäus Hofmann by the numbers
Matthäus Hofmann'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
- 429.7
- From 378 kg at 105.09 kg bodyweight, 2024 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 65th of 300
- 378 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
- 83%
- At the best total, 172 kg of 206 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
- 30
- Turned 30 in 2024, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 12 of 15
- Of the other three: two with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.
How often Matthäus Hofmann makes each attempt
Matthäus Hofmann made 78% of snatch attempts and 78% 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
Matthäus Hofmann head to head
The lifters Matthäus Hofmann 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 | Matthäus Hofmann ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Artūrs Plēsnieks |
5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sargis Martirosjan | 5 | 1 | 4 |
 Arkadiusz Michalski |
4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sergej Lichovoj | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Jani Petteri Heikkinen | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Philipp Forster | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Matthäus Hofmann'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 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | - | - | 102 kg | 102 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | |
| 2024 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 | 3 | 378 | 109 kg | 105.09 | 167 | 172 | 197 | 202 | 206 | |
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | - | - | 102 kg | 101.91 | 166 | not taken | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | - | No lifts | 102 kg | 101.86 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 | 5 | 373 | 102 kg | 101.86 | 165 | 169 | 172 | 195 | 201 | |
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 15 | 361 | 109 kg | 107.32 | 163 | 168 | 193 | |||
| 2019 International Fajr Cup 1 Mar 2019 | 6 | 366 | 109 kg | 108 | 160 | 165 | 168 | 188 | 193 | 198 |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 25 | 347 | 109 kg | 108.27 | 157 | 183 | 188 | 190 | ||
| 2018 European Championships 26 Mar 2018 | 5 | 364 | 105 kg | 104.55 | 166 | 172 | 192 | |||
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 21 | 332 | 105 kg | 96.12 | 147 | 152 | 170 | 175 | 180 | |
| 2014 European Junior Championships 21 Nov 2014 | 5 | 364 | 105 kg | 99.5 | 158 | 163 | 166 | 188 | 194 | 198 |
| 2013 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 3 May 2013 | 5 | 354 | 94 kg | 93.38 | 156 | 161 | 163 | 182 | 188 | 191 |
| 2012 European Junior Championships 29 Nov 2012 | 10 | 340 | 94 kg | 93 | 150 | 155 | 158 | 175 | 182 | |
| 2011 European Youth Championships 21 Aug 2011 | 6 | 305 | 85 kg | 84.76 | 133 | 138 | 141 | 157 | 164 | |
| 2010 IWF Youth Olympic Qualification Event for Europe 18 May 2010 | 8 | 276 | 77 kg | 76.44 | 122 | 127 | 128 | 143 | 148 |
Compare Matthäus Hofmann
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Matthäus Hofmann.