Men's 79 kg, May 2026

Narek Mkrtchyan

Narek Mkrtchyan is a weightlifter. The results below cover 6 competitions from 2023 to 2026. The latest result came in the men's 79 kg class, at the 2026 IWF World Junior Championships.

Best total
341 kg
Best snatch
153 kg
Best clean and jerk
191 kg
Career

Narek Mkrtchyan's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 73 kg in 2023, 81 kg from 2024 to 2025, 79 kg from 2025 to 2026. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (81 kg to 79 kg) and again in August 2026. At 77.8 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.

Latest result: 2026 IWF World Junior Championships, 2 May 2026, 79 kg, total 336 kg, place 2.

Narek Mkrtchyan: totals from the 5 competitions with a total, 2023 to 2026, best 341 kg in 2024.27031035020232024202520262023 IWF World Youth Championships, 25 Mar 2023: 281 kg2024 IWF World Junior Championships, 19 Sep 2024: 337 kg2024 European Junior Championships, 26 Oct 2024: 341 kg2025 European Junior Championships, 28 Oct 2025: 338 kg2026 IWF World Junior Championships, 2 May 2026: 336 kg
Narek Mkrtchyan: totals from the 5 competitions with a total, 2023 to 2026, best 341 kg in 2024.27031035020232024202520262023 IWF World Youth Championships, 25 Mar 2023: 281 kg2024 IWF World Junior Championships, 19 Sep 2024: 337 kg2024 European Junior Championships, 26 Oct 2024: 341 kg2025 European Junior Championships, 28 Oct 2025: 338 kg2026 IWF World Junior Championships, 2 May 2026: 336 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
79 kg2025 to 2026 2025 to 2026 150 188 338
81 kg2024 to 2025 2024 to 2025 153 191 341
73 kg2023 2023 123 158 281
Numbers

Narek Mkrtchyan by the numbers

Narek Mkrtchyan'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
442.2
From 336 kg at 77.8 kg bodyweight, 2026 IWF World Junior Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
60th of 512
341 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 81 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
79%
At the best total, 150 kg of 191 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
5 of 6
The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Narek Mkrtchyan makes each attempt

Narek Mkrtchyan made 78% of snatch attempts and 61% 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%
Narek Mkrtchyan: 67%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Narek Mkrtchyan: 100%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Narek Mkrtchyan: 67%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Narek Mkrtchyan: 83%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Narek Mkrtchyan: 67%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Narek Mkrtchyan: 33%
Rivals

Narek Mkrtchyan head to head

The lifters Narek Mkrtchyan 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 Narek Mkrtchyan ahead Rival ahead
Ravin Almammadov 4 2 2
Jonas Klinger 3 3 0
Results

Narek Mkrtchyan'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
2026 IWF World Junior Championships 2 May 2026 2 336 79 kg 77.8 145 kg missed145150182186 kg missed186
2025 European Junior Championships 28 Oct 2025 2 338 79 kg 78.79 145150155 kg missed185188191 kg missed
2025 IWF World Junior Championships 30 Apr 2025 - - 81 kg 79.35 145149153185 kg missed185 kg missed188 kg missed
2024 European Junior Championships 26 Oct 2024 1 341 81 kg 80.2 140146150183189191
2024 IWF World Junior Championships 19 Sep 2024 5 337 81 kg 80.68 140146149184188191 kg missed
2023 IWF World Youth Championships 25 Mar 2023 5 281 73 kg 72.65 123 kg missed123127 kg missed150158167 kg missed
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Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Narek Mkrtchyan met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

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