Men's +105 kg, March 2015

Melih Akin

Melih Akin is a weightlifter. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2009 to 2015. The latest result came in the men's +105 kg class, at the 2015 ISSF Championships.

Best total
355 kg
Best snatch
154 kg
Best clean and jerk
204 kg
Career

Melih Akin's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 94 kg from 2009 to 2010, +85 kg in 2010, 105 kg from 2011 to 2012, +105 kg in 2015. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 107.26 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 110 kg.

Latest result: 2015 ISSF Championships, 10 March 2015, +105 kg, no total.

Melih Akin: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 2009 to 2012, best 355 kg in 2012.26031036020092010201120122009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 19 May 2009: 269 kg2009 European Youth Championships, 6 Sep 2009: 292 kg2010 Youth Olympic Games, 14 Aug 2010: 309 kg2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 29 Jun 2011: 334 kg2012 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 10 May 2012: 348 kg2012 European Junior Championships, 29 Nov 2012: 355 kg
Melih Akin: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 2009 to 2012, best 355 kg in 2012.26031036020092010201120122009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 19 May 2009: 269 kg2009 European Youth Championships, 6 Sep 2009: 292 kg2010 Youth Olympic Games, 14 Aug 2010: 309 kg2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 29 Jun 2011: 334 kg2012 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 10 May 2012: 348 kg2012 European Junior Championships, 29 Nov 2012: 355 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
+105 kg2015 2015 - - -
105 kg2011 to 2012 2011 to 2012 154 204 355
+85 kg2010 2010 132 177 309
94 kg2009 to 2010 2009 to 2010 130 180 292
Numbers

Melih Akin by the numbers

Melih Akin'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
406.7
From 355 kg at 103.1 kg bodyweight, 2012 European Junior Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
282nd of 888
355 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 105 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
74%
At the best total, 151 kg of 204 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
6 of 8
Of the other two: one with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.
Attempts

How often Melih Akin makes each attempt

Melih Akin made 57% of snatch attempts and 76% 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%
Melih Akin: 71%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Melih Akin: 57%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Melih Akin: 43%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Melih Akin: 100%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Melih Akin: 71%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Melih Akin: 57%
Rivals

Melih Akin head to head

The lifters Melih Akin 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 Melih Akin ahead Rival ahead
Russia Timur Naniev 3 0 3
Results

Melih Akin'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
2015 ISSF Championships 10 Mar 2015 - No lifts +105 kg 107.26 not takennot takennot takennot takennot takennot taken
2012 European Junior Championships 29 Nov 2012 6 355 105 kg 103.1 151156 kg missed157 kg missed197202204
2012 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 10 May 2012 7 348 105 kg 104.75 147153 kg missed153190195200 kg missed
2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 29 Jun 2011 11 334 105 kg 100.83 146150154180190 kg missed190 kg missed
2010 Youth Olympic Games 14 Aug 2010 4 309 +85 kg 94.46 132 kg missed132135 kg missed167172177
2010 IWF Youth Olympic Qualification Event for Europe 18 May 2010 - - 94 kg 93 136 kg missed136 kg missed136 kg missed171177180
2009 European Youth Championships 6 Sep 2009 5 292 94 kg 92.08 113126130152161 kg missed162
2009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 May 2009 9 269 94 kg 88.61 113118122 kg missed146151155 kg missed
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Compare Melih Akin

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