Men's 102 kg, May 2022

Pawel Szmeja

Pawel Szmeja is a weightlifter. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2016 to 2022. The latest result came in the men's 102 kg class, at the 2022 European Championships.

Best total
355 kg
Best snatch
165 kg
Best clean and jerk
190 kg
Career

Pawel Szmeja's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 94 kg from 2016 to 2018, 96 kg in 2019, 102 kg in 2022. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (94 kg to 96 kg) and again in June 2025. At 101.8 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 110 kg.

Latest result: 2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022, 102 kg, total 351 kg, place 10.

Pawel Szmeja: totals from the 7 competitions with a total, 2016 to 2022, best 355 kg in 2019.31033536020162017201820192020202120222016 European Youth Championships, 10 Sep 2016: 319 kg2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Oct 2016: 329 kg2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Jul 2018: 325 kg2018 European Junior Championships, 20 Oct 2018: 340 kg2019 European Championships, 6 Apr 2019: 355 kg2019 European Junior Championships, 17 Oct 2019: 348 kg2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022: 351 kg
Pawel Szmeja: totals from the 7 competitions with a total, 2016 to 2022, best 355 kg in 2019.31033536020162018202020222016 European Youth Championships, 10 Sep 2016: 319 kg2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Oct 2016: 329 kg2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Jul 2018: 325 kg2018 European Junior Championships, 20 Oct 2018: 340 kg2019 European Championships, 6 Apr 2019: 355 kg2019 European Junior Championships, 17 Oct 2019: 348 kg2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022: 351 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 kg2022 2022 161 190 351
96 kg2019 2019 165 190 355
94 kg2016 to 2018 2016 to 2018 159 181 340
Numbers

Pawel Szmeja by the numbers

Pawel Szmeja'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
420.0
From 355 kg at 95.68 kg bodyweight, 2019 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
109th of 455
355 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
87%
At the best total, 165 kg of 190 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
7 of 8
The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Pawel Szmeja makes each attempt

Pawel Szmeja made 67% 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

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Pawel Szmeja: 75%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Pawel Szmeja: 75%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Pawel Szmeja: 50%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Pawel Szmeja: 63%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Pawel Szmeja: 88%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Pawel Szmeja: 50%
Rivals

Pawel Szmeja head to head

The lifters Pawel Szmeja 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 Pawel Szmeja ahead Rival ahead
Irakli Chkheidze 3 0 3
Yevhenii Yantsevych 3 2 1
Jan Marek Trebichavsky 3 3 0
Results

Pawel Szmeja'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 European Championships 28 May 2022 10 351 102 kg 101.8 161 kg missed161166 kg missed190195 kg missed197 kg missed
2019 European Junior Championships 17 Oct 2019 5 348 96 kg 95.7 155160162180 kg missed181186
2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2019 - - 96 kg 95.6 161 kg missed161 kg missed161 kg missed175180183 kg missed
2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 11 355 96 kg 95.68 162165168 kg missed182 kg missed185190
2018 European Junior Championships 20 Oct 2018 5 340 94 kg 93.65 152156159176181186 kg missed
2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 7 Jul 2018 11 325 94 kg 93.05 150155 kg missed155 kg missed170175181 kg missed
2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 19 Oct 2016 3 329 94 kg 92.38 148153155165172174
2016 European Youth Championships 10 Sep 2016 3 319 94 kg 92.64 140147150165 kg missed166169
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Compare Pawel Szmeja

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