Czechia · Men's +105 kg, November 2009

Petr Sobotka

Petr Sobotka is a weightlifter from Czechia, born in 1975. The results below cover 10 competitions from 2000 to 2009. The latest result came in the men's +105 kg class, at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships.

Best total
400 kg
Best snatch
180 kg
Best clean and jerk
220 kg
Career

Petr Sobotka's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Latest result: 2009 World Weightlifting Championships, 19 November 2009, +105 kg, total 381 kg, place 11.

Petr Sobotka: totals from the 10 competitions with a total, 2000 to 2009, best 400 kg in 2002.350380410200020022004200620082000 Olympic Games, 16 Sep 2000: 392.5 kg2001 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2001: 355 kg2002 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Nov 2002: 400 kg2003 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Nov 2003: 395 kg2005 World Weightlifting Championships, 8 Nov 2005: 392 kg2006 World Weightlifting Championships, 30 Sep 2006: 380 kg2007 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Sep 2007: 374 kg2008 European Championships, 11 Apr 2008: 363 kg2009 European Championships, 4 Apr 2009: 373 kg2009 World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Nov 2009: 381 kg
Petr Sobotka: totals from the 10 competitions with a total, 2000 to 2009, best 400 kg in 2002.3503804102000200420082000 Olympic Games, 16 Sep 2000: 392.5 kg2001 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2001: 355 kg2002 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Nov 2002: 400 kg2003 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Nov 2003: 395 kg2005 World Weightlifting Championships, 8 Nov 2005: 392 kg2006 World Weightlifting Championships, 30 Sep 2006: 380 kg2007 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Sep 2007: 374 kg2008 European Championships, 11 Apr 2008: 363 kg2009 European Championships, 4 Apr 2009: 373 kg2009 World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Nov 2009: 381 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.
Numbers

Petr Sobotka by the numbers

Petr Sobotka'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
410.9
From 400 kg at 149.4 kg bodyweight, 2002 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
105th of 704
400 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's +105 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
82%
At the best total, 180 kg of 220 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
27
Turned 27 in 2002, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
10 of 10
A total at every competition listed.
Attempts

How often Petr Sobotka makes each attempt

Petr Sobotka made 57% of snatch attempts and 59% 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%
Petr Sobotka: 90%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Petr Sobotka: 50%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Petr Sobotka: 30%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Petr Sobotka: 90%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Petr Sobotka: 60%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Petr Sobotka: 22%
Rivals

Petr Sobotka head to head

The lifters Petr Sobotka 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 Petr Sobotka ahead Rival ahead
Germany Almir Velagić 6 0 6
Poland Grzegorz Kleszcz 6 0 6
Latvia Viktors Ščerbatihs 6 0 6
Ukraine Artem Udachyn 5 0 5
Iran Hossein Rezazadeh 5 0 5
Ukraine Ihor Shymechko 5 0 5
Results

Petr Sobotka'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
2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 11 381 +105 kg 151.79 170175 kg missed175 kg missed205211213 kg missed
2009 European Championships 4 Apr 2009 7 373 +105 kg 155.06 163168172 kg missed195205214 kg missed
2008 European Championships 11 Apr 2008 12 363 +105 kg 155.76 150157162190196201
2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 16 374 +105 kg 152.38 166170 kg missed170204209 kg missed210 kg missed
2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 13 380 +105 kg 159.09 170175 kg missed175 kg missed210220 kg missednot taken
2005 World Weightlifting Championships 8 Nov 2005 13 392 +105 kg 159.54 177 kg missed177181 kg missed215 kg missed215224 kg missed
2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 17 395 +105 kg 150.84 175180185 kg missed215220 kg missed220 kg missed
2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002 8 400 +105 kg 149.4 180185 kg missed185 kg missed212.5220225 kg missed
2001 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2001 11 355 +105 kg 145.58 160165 kg missed165190202.5 kg missed202.5 kg missed
2000 Olympic Games 16 Sep 2000 14 392.5 +105 kg 155.06 170175180 kg missed210215217.5
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Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Petr Sobotka met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

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