Canada · Men's 73 kg, March 2024
Nicolas Vachon
Nicolas Vachon is a weightlifter from Canada, born in 1996. The results below cover 19 competitions from 2014 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 73 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- Best total
- 327 kg
- Best snatch
- 145 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 184 kg
Nicolas Vachon's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 69 kg from 2014 to 2015, 77 kg from 2017 to 2018, 81 kg from 2019 to 2023, 73 kg from 2023 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (77 kg to 81 kg) and again in June 2025. At 73 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 75 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 73 kg, total 305 kg, place 22.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73 kg2023 to 2024 | 135 | 171 | 305 |
| 81 kg2019 to 2023 | 145 | 184 | 327 |
| 77 kg2017 to 2018 | 133 | 172 | 300 |
| 69 kg2014 to 2015 | 113 | 147 | 260 |
Nicolas Vachon by the numbers
Nicolas Vachon'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
- 422.5
- From 327 kg at 80.35 kg bodyweight, 2020 Pan-American Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 128th of 512
- 327 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
- 78%
- At the best total, 143 kg of 184 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
- 25
- Turned 25 in 2021, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 16 of 19
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Nicolas Vachon makes each attempt
Nicolas Vachon made 47% of snatch attempts and 54% 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
Nicolas Vachon head to head
The lifters Nicolas Vachon 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 | Nicolas Vachon ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Brayan Rodallegas |
5 | 0 | 5 |
| Alex Bellemarre |
5 | 1 | 4 |
 Zacarías Bonnat |
4 | 1 | 3 |
 Chinthana Vidanage |
4 | 3 | 1 |
| Alexander Hernandez Martinez | 3 | 1 | 2 |
 Cameron McTaggart |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Nicolas Vachon'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 | 22 | 305 | 73 kg | 73 | 135 | 170 | ||||
| 2023 Pan-American Games 21 Oct 2023 | - | - | 73 kg | 73 | 134 | |||||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | - | - | 73 kg | 72.95 | 133 | |||||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | 10 | 304 | 73 kg | 72.85 | 133 | 171 | ||||
| 2023 Pan-American Championships 25 Mar 2023 | 5 | 304 | 81 kg | 75.15 | 130 | 165 | 174 | |||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | - | - | 81 kg | 80.8 | 171 | 179 | ||||
| 2022 Commonwealth Games 30 Jul 2022 | 3 | 320 | 81 kg | 80.82 | 136 | 140 | 175 | 180 | ||
| 2022 Canadian Invitational 26 Feb 2022 | 1 | 317 | 81 kg | 81 | 137 | 176 | 180 | |||
| 2021 Pan-American Championships 1 Nov 2021 | 5 | 325 | 81 kg | 80.75 | 145 | 180 | ||||
| 2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 | 4 | 327 | 81 kg | 80.35 | 138 | 143 | 179 | 184 | ||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 26 | 318 | 81 kg | 80.65 | 137 | 170 | 181 | |||
| 2019 Open Senior Championships 8 May 2019 | 8 | 305 | 81 kg | 79.3 | 133 | 167 | 172 | |||
| 2019 Pan-American Championships 21 Apr 2019 | 8 | 317 | 81 kg | 79.95 | 134 | 138 | 174 | 179 | ||
| 2018 FISU World University Championships 20 Sep 2018 | 3 | 300 | 77 kg | 76.6 | 129 | 133 | 167 | |||
| 2018 Commonwealth Games 4 Apr 2018 | 4 | 299 | 77 kg | 76.38 | 127 | 131 | 168 | |||
| 2017 Commonwealth Championships 3 Sep 2017 | 6 | 300 | 77 kg | 76.52 | 121 | 125 | 128 | 162 | 167 | 172 |
| 2015 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 6 Jun 2015 | 19 | 243 | 69 kg | 68.86 | 100 | 105 | 108 | 124 | 130 | 135 |
| 2014 Commonwealth Games 23 Jul 2014 | 13 | 250 | 69 kg | 68.91 | 110 | 135 | 140 | |||
| 2014 Pan American Championships 26 May 2014 | 12 | 260 | 69 kg | 68.86 | 113 | 142 | 147 |
Compare Nicolas Vachon
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Nicolas Vachon met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.