Men's 102 kg, July 2022

Mike Taatgen

Mike Taatgen is a weightlifter. The results below cover 4 competitions from 2018 to 2022. The latest result came in the men's 102 kg class, at the 2022 Pan-American Championships.

Best total
241 kg
Best snatch
100 kg
Best clean and jerk
141 kg
Career

Mike Taatgen's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 94 kg in 2018, 102 kg from 2019 to 2022. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (94 kg to 102 kg) and again in June 2025. At 100 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 110 kg.

Latest result: 2022 Pan-American Championships, 24 July 2022, 102 kg, total 241 kg, place 12.

Mike Taatgen: totals from the 4 competitions with a total, 2018 to 2022, best 241 kg in 2022.210230250201820192020202120222018 Pan-American Championships, 12 May 2018: 229 kg2019 San Diego International Open, 2 Oct 2019: 231 kg2020 Rogue Weightlifting Challenge at the Arnold Sports Festival, 5 Mar 2020: 215 kg2022 Pan-American Championships, 24 Jul 2022: 241 kg
Mike Taatgen: totals from the 4 competitions with a total, 2018 to 2022, best 241 kg in 2022.210230250201820192020202120222018 Pan-American Championships, 12 May 2018: 229 kg2019 San Diego International Open, 2 Oct 2019: 231 kg2020 Rogue Weightlifting Challenge at the Arnold Sports Festival, 5 Mar 2020: 215 kg2022 Pan-American Championships, 24 Jul 2022: 241 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
102 kg2019 to 2022 2019 to 2022 100 141 241
94 kg2018 2018 92 137 229
Numbers

Mike Taatgen by the numbers

Mike Taatgen'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
279.6
From 241 kg at 100 kg bodyweight, 2022 Pan-American Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
317th of 335
241 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 102 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
71%
At the best total, 100 kg of 141 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
4 of 4
A total at every competition listed.
Results

Mike Taatgen'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
2022 Pan-American Championships 24 Jul 2022 12 241 102 kg 100 9296100130137141
2020 Rogue Weightlifting Challenge at the Arnold Sports Festival 5 Mar 2020 1 215 102 kg 100.32 85 kg missed85 kg missed85125130143 kg missed
2019 San Diego International Open 2 Oct 2019 3 231 102 kg 99.81 9398 kg missed98128133140 kg missed
2018 Pan-American Championships 12 May 2018 16 229 94 kg 92.15 899295 kg missed131134137
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