United States · Men's 89 kg, March 2024
Nathan Damron
Nathan Damron is a weightlifter from United States. The results below cover 22 competitions from 2012 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 89 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- Best total
- 374 kg
- Best snatch
- 167 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 208 kg
Nathan Damron's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 77 kg from 2012 to 2015, 94 kg in 2016, 85 kg in 2016, 94 kg from 2017 to 2018, 96 kg in 2018, 102 kg in 2019, 96 kg from 2019 to 2021, 89 kg in 2022, 96 kg in 2023, 89 kg in 2023, 96 kg in 2023, 89 kg from 2023 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (94 kg to 96 kg) and again in June 2025. At 89 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 89 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89 kg2022 to 2024 | 167 | 203 | 370 |
| 96 kg2018 to 2023 | 167 | 208 | 374 |
| 102 kg2019 | 150 | 200 | 350 |
| 94 kg2016 to 2018 | 159 | 201 | 358 |
| 85 kg2016 | 150 | 180 | 330 |
| 77 kg2012 to 2015 | 130 | 160 | 290 |
Nathan Damron by the numbers
Nathan Damron'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
- 453.0
- From 370 kg at 89 kg bodyweight, 2022 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 45th of 455
- 374 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 96 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 81%
- At the best total, 167 kg of 207 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
- 19 of 22
- Of the other three: two with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.
How often Nathan Damron makes each attempt
Nathan Damron made 52% of snatch attempts and 51% 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
Nathan Damron head to head
The lifters Nathan Damron 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 | Nathan Damron ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Boady Santavy |
6 | 0 | 6 |
| Jhonatan Rivas | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 Marco Machado |
5 | 2 | 3 |
 Anton Pliesnoi |
4 | 0 | 4 |
| Bastian Andres Lopez Farias | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Andranik Karapetyan |
4 | 1 | 3 |
Nathan Damron'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 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | - | - | 89 kg | 89 | 196 | |||||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 11 | 356 | 89 kg | 89 | 160 | 196 | ||||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | - | No lifts | 96 kg | 93.54 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | 2 | 365 | 89 kg | 88.9 | 165 | 200 | ||||
| 2023 Pan-American Championships 25 Mar 2023 | 1 | 340 | 96 kg | 93.7 | 145 | 150 | 180 | 185 | 190 | |
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 5 | 370 | 89 kg | 89 | 157 | 162 | 167 | 196 | 203 | |
| 2021 Pan-American Championships 1 Nov 2021 | 2 | 371 | 96 kg | 96 | 158 | 163 | 196 | 203 | 208 | |
| 2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 | 3 | 374 | 96 kg | 95.57 | 156 | 162 | 167 | 193 | 200 | 207 |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 20 | 352 | 96 kg | 95.95 | 155 | 190 | 197 | |||
| 2019 Pan American Games 26 Jul 2019 | 8 | 355 | 96 kg | 95.65 | 155 | 160 | 195 | |||
| 2019 Las Vegas International Open 7 Mar 2019 | 1 | 350 | 102 kg | 98.3 | 150 | 191 | 200 | |||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 24 | 343 | 96 kg | 94.62 | 155 | 188 | ||||
| 2018 Pan-American Championships 12 May 2018 | - | - | 94 kg | 92.84 | 154 | 159 | ||||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 7 | 358 | 94 kg | 93.14 | 152 | 157 | 192 | 201 | ||
| 2017 Pan-American Championships 20 Jul 2017 | 6 | 343 | 94 kg | 93.21 | 150 | 184 | 193 | |||
| 2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 23 Jun 2016 | 9 | 330 | 85 kg | 84.52 | 146 | 150 | 180 | |||
| 2016 Pan-American Junior Championships 23 Apr 2016 | 2 | 342 | 94 kg | 91.45 | 146 | 152 | 185 | 190 | ||
| 2015 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 6 Jun 2015 | 10 | 290 | 77 kg | 76.9 | 130 | 160 | ||||
| 2015 Pan-American Junior Championships 5 May 2015 | 5 | 287 | 77 kg | 76.95 | 129 | 158 | ||||
| 2014 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 20 Jun 2014 | 8 | 285 | 77 kg | 76.81 | 125 | 130 | 155 | |||
| 2014 Pan American Junior Championships 31 Mar 2014 | 5 | 276 | 77 kg | 76.79 | 123 | 153 | ||||
| 2012 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2012 | 18 | 226 | 77 kg | 74.19 | 100 | 105 | 121 |
Compare Nathan Damron
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