Germany · Men's 73 kg, March 2024
Max Lang
Max Lang is a weightlifter from Germany, born in 1992. The results below cover 22 competitions from 2011 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 73 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- Best total
- 344 kg
- Best snatch
- 156 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 189 kg
Max Lang's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 69 kg from 2011 to 2012, 77 kg from 2014 to 2017, 81 kg from 2018 to 2019, 73 kg from 2019 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (77 kg to 81 kg) and again in June 2025. At 72.9 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 75 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 73 kg, total 327 kg, place 13.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73 kg2019 to 2024 | 150 | 185 | 330 |
| 81 kg2018 to 2019 | 154 | 187 | 341 |
| 77 kg2014 to 2017 | 156 | 189 | 344 |
| 69 kg2011 to 2012 | 131 | 165 | 296 |
Max Lang by the numbers
Max Lang'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
- 458.3
- From 344 kg at 76.2 kg bodyweight, 2017 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 102nd of 1,242
- 344 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 77 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 83%
- At the best total, 156 kg of 188 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
- 25
- Turned 25 in 2017, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 21 of 22
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Max Lang makes each attempt
Max Lang made 64% of snatch attempts and 63% 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
Max Lang head to head
The lifters Max Lang 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 | Max Lang ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ritvars Suharevs |
10 | 4 | 6 |
 Bozhidar Andreev |
7 | 0 | 7 |
 Andrés Mata |
7 | 2 | 5 |
| Nico Müller |
7 | 3 | 4 |
 Erkand Qerimaj |
6 | 2 | 4 |
 Muhammed Furkan Özbek |
6 | 2 | 4 |
Max Lang'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 13 | 327 | 73 kg | 72.9 | 143 | 147 | 180 | |||
| 2024 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 | 7 | 327 | 73 kg | 73 | 140 | 144 | 147 | 175 | 180 | |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | - | - | 73 kg | 72.98 | 176 | not taken | ||||
| 2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 | 6 | 328 | 73 kg | 72.76 | 143 | 175 | 180 | 185 | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 11 | 326 | 73 kg | 73 | 140 | 143 | 146 | 175 | 180 | |
| 2022 European Championships 28 May 2022 | 5 | 318 | 73 kg | 72.65 | 143 | 175 | ||||
| 2021 Open Championships 10 May 2021 | 2 | 328 | 73 kg | 73 | 146 | 150 | 178 | |||
| 2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 | 6 | 330 | 73 kg | 72.62 | 145 | 175 | 180 | 185 | ||
| 2020 Malta International Open 23 Feb 2020 | 2 | 320 | 73 kg | 72.94 | 145 | 175 | ||||
| 2019 Qatar International Cup 19 Dec 2019 | 2 | 330 | 73 kg | 72.6 | 145 | 150 | 180 | |||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 14 | 327 | 73 kg | 72.5 | 143 | 147 | 175 | 180 | ||
| 2019 Cup of the Blue Swords 28 Aug 2019 | 1 | 329 | 81 kg | 74.55 | 140 | 145 | 147 | 170 | 177 | 182 |
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 9 | 341 | 81 kg | 80.28 | 150 | 154 | 180 | 187 | ||
| 2019 International Fajr Cup 1 Mar 2019 | 4 | 338 | 81 kg | 80.4 | 148 | 153 | 180 | 185 | ||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 12 | 339 | 81 kg | 80.74 | 150 | 154 | 180 | 185 | ||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 11 | 334 | 77 kg | 76.57 | 145 | 149 | 178 | 183 | 185 | |
| 2017 European Championships 1 Apr 2017 | 5 | 344 | 77 kg | 76.2 | 150 | 154 | 156 | 178 | 184 | 188 |
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 8 | 336 | 77 kg | 76.56 | 150 | 180 | 186 | |||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 11 | 339 | 77 kg | 76.77 | 147 | 150 | 180 | 186 | 189 | |
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 14 | 330 | 77 kg | 75.94 | 145 | 150 | 180 | |||
| 2012 European Junior Championships 29 Nov 2012 | 6 | 296 | 69 kg | 68.5 | 127 | 131 | 165 | |||
| 2011 European Junior Championships 10 Sep 2011 | 9 | 280 | 69 kg | 68.6 | 118 | 122 | 125 | 155 |
Compare Max Lang
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