Men's 109 kg, February 2024
Paul Ionita
Paul Ionita is a weightlifter. The results below cover 5 competitions from 2018 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 109 kg class, at the 2024 European Championships.
- Best total
- 355 kg
- Best snatch
- 158 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 197 kg
Paul Ionita's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 94 kg in 2018, 96 kg in 2019, 109 kg from 2022 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (94 kg to 96 kg) and again in June 2025. At 108.74 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 110 kg.
Latest result: 2024 European Championships, 12 February 2024, 109 kg, total 355 kg, place 11.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 109 kg2022 to 2024 | 158 | 197 | 355 |
| 96 kg2019 | - | 160 | - |
| 94 kg2018 | 126 | 153 | 279 |
Paul Ionita by the numbers
Paul Ionita'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
- 398.3
- From 355 kg at 108.74 kg bodyweight, 2024 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 124th of 300
- 355 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 109 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 80%
- At the best total, 158 kg of 197 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 5
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Paul Ionita makes each attempt
Paul Ionita made 47% of snatch attempts and 67% 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
Paul Ionita'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 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 | 11 | 355 | 109 kg | 108.74 | 152 | 158 | 190 | 197 | ||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 8 | 335 | 109 kg | 108.29 | 145 | 185 | 190 | |||
| 2022 European Junior Championships 15 Oct 2022 | 6 | 338 | 109 kg | 107.65 | 148 | 180 | 185 | 190 | ||
| 2019 European Youth Championships 7 Dec 2019 | - | - | 96 kg | 95.2 | 160 | |||||
| 2018 European Youth Championships 22 Jul 2018 | 8 | 279 | 94 kg | 92.7 | 115 | 121 | 126 | 145 | 153 |
Compare Paul Ionita
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. These lifters lifted in nearby classes, in any year.