Iran · Men's 109 kg, December 2024
Mehdi Karami
Mehdi Karami is a weightlifter from Iran, born in 1998, with one World Championships medal (1 bronze). The results below cover 7 competitions from 2022 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 109 kg class, at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships.
- World medal
- 1
- Best total
- 400 kg
- Best snatch
- 183 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 217 kg
Mehdi Karami's career: classes, totals and best lifts
World Championships: 1 bronze in the total.
Latest result: 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 December 2024, 109 kg, total 400 kg, place 3.
Mehdi Karami by the numbers
Mehdi Karami'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
- 448.8
- From 400 kg at 108.74 kg bodyweight, 2024 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 19th of 300
- 400 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, 183 kg of 217 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
- 26
- Turned 26 in 2024, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 6 of 7
- The other was an entry without an attempt.
How often Mehdi Karami makes each attempt
Mehdi Karami made 67% of snatch attempts and 50% 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
Mehdi Karami head to head
The lifters Mehdi Karami 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 | Mehdi Karami ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ruslan Nurudinov |
6 | 0 | 6 |
| Dong Bing-Cheng | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Ali Ahmed A Alkhazal | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Arnas Šidiškis |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Zaza Lomtadze |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Mehdi Karami'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 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 3 | 400 | 109 kg | 108.74 | 175 | 183 | 210 | 217 | ||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | - | No lifts | 109 kg | 107.06 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 Asian Games 30 Sep 2023 | 5 | 380 | 109 kg | 109 | 170 | 210 | ||||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 5 | 389 | 109 kg | 109 | 173 | 216 | ||||
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 5 | 384 | 109 kg | 108.71 | 166 | 173 | 203 | 211 | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 4 | 386 | 109 kg | 108.5 | 170 | 174 | 176 | 210 | ||
| 2022 Islamic Solidarity Games 11 Aug 2022 | 3 | 380 | 109 kg | 108.92 | 163 | 167 | 173 | 201 | 207 |
Compare Mehdi Karami
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Mehdi Karami met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.