Men's 89 kg, May 2022

Peter Polacek

Peter Polacek is a weightlifter. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2011 to 2022. The latest result came in the men's 89 kg class, at the 2022 European Championships.

Best total
316 kg
Best snatch
140 kg
Best clean and jerk
180 kg
Career

Peter Polacek's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 69 kg in 2011, 85 kg from 2013 to 2017, 77 kg in 2018, 89 kg from 2019 to 2022. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (77 kg to 89 kg) and again in June 2025. At 88.3 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.

Latest result: 2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022, 89 kg, total 314 kg, place 15.

Peter Polacek: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 2011 to 2022, best 316 kg in 2021.2002653302011201320152017201920212011 European Youth Championships, 21 Aug 2011: 209 kg2013 European Junior Championships, 23 Sep 2013: 268 kg2014 European Junior Championships, 21 Nov 2014: 297 kg2019 European Championships, 6 Apr 2019: 315 kg2021 European Championships, 3 Apr 2021: 316 kg2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022: 314 kg
Peter Polacek: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 2011 to 2022, best 316 kg in 2021.2002653302011201520192011 European Youth Championships, 21 Aug 2011: 209 kg2013 European Junior Championships, 23 Sep 2013: 268 kg2014 European Junior Championships, 21 Nov 2014: 297 kg2019 European Championships, 6 Apr 2019: 315 kg2021 European Championships, 3 Apr 2021: 316 kg2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022: 314 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
89 kg2019 to 2022 2019 to 2022 140 180 316
77 kg2018 2018 131 - -
85 kg2013 to 2017 2013 to 2017 132 165 297
69 kg2011 2011 94 115 209
Numbers

Peter Polacek by the numbers

Peter Polacek'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
388.0
From 316 kg at 88.48 kg bodyweight, 2021 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
237th of 459
316 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 89 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, 139 kg of 177 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
6 of 8
The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Peter Polacek makes each attempt

Peter Polacek made 54% of snatch attempts and 62% 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%
Peter Polacek: 50%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Peter Polacek: 75%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Peter Polacek: 38%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Peter Polacek: 86%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Peter Polacek: 57%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Peter Polacek: 43%
Rivals

Peter Polacek head to head

The lifters Peter Polacek 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 Peter Polacek ahead Rival ahead
Armenia Andranik Karapetyan 3 0 3
Italy Antonino Pizzolato 3 0 3
Georgia Revaz Davitadze 3 0 3
Michal Bodorik 3 1 2
Results

Peter Polacek'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 15 314 89 kg 88.3 135140142 kg missed169174177 kg missed
2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 13 316 89 kg 88.48 134 kg missed135139168173177
2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 14 315 89 kg 87.96 135 kg missed135140 kg missed170175180
2018 European Championships 26 Mar 2018 - - 77 kg 76.55 128131134 kg missed158 kg missed159 kg missed159 kg missed
2017 Summer Universiade 19 Aug 2017 - - 85 kg 84.54 132 kg missed134 kg missed134 kg missednot takennot takennot taken
2014 European Junior Championships 21 Nov 2014 8 297 85 kg 83.9 125129132158164165
2013 European Junior Championships 23 Sep 2013 9 268 85 kg 83.9 120 kg missed120 kg missed120148156 kg missed156 kg missed
2011 European Youth Championships 21 Aug 2011 17 209 69 kg 67.44 899497 kg missed115120 kg missed120 kg missed
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Compare Peter Polacek

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