Men's 81 kg, April 2019

Rafael Gaspar Machado

Rafael Gaspar Machado is a weightlifter. The results below cover 12 competitions from 2010 to 2019. The latest result came in the men's 81 kg class, at the 2019 Pan-American Championships.

Best total
302 kg
Best snatch
131 kg
Best clean and jerk
172 kg
Career

Rafael Gaspar Machado's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 69 kg in 2010, 77 kg from 2011 to 2017, 81 kg in 2019. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (77 kg to 81 kg) and again in June 2025. At 79.5 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.

Latest result: 2019 Pan-American Championships, 21 April 2019, 81 kg, no total.

Rafael Gaspar Machado: totals from the 9 competitions with a total, 2010 to 2017, best 302 kg in 2014.23027031020102012201420162010 Pan-American Junior Championships, 6 Apr 2010: 240 kg2010 Pan American Championships, 25 May 2010: 252 kg2011 South American Championships, 25 Aug 2011: 255 kg2011 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2011: 263 kg2012 South American Championships, 24 Oct 2012: 275 kg2014 FISU World University Championships, 5 Dec 2014: 302 kg2015 South-American Championships, 9 Dec 2015: 301 kg2016 South-American Championships, 7 Apr 2016: 302 kg2017 Pan-American Championships, 20 Jul 2017: 292 kg
Rafael Gaspar Machado: totals from the 9 competitions with a total, 2010 to 2017, best 302 kg in 2014.23027031020102012201420162010 Pan-American Junior Championships, 6 Apr 2010: 240 kg2010 Pan American Championships, 25 May 2010: 252 kg2011 South American Championships, 25 Aug 2011: 255 kg2011 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2011: 263 kg2012 South American Championships, 24 Oct 2012: 275 kg2014 FISU World University Championships, 5 Dec 2014: 302 kg2015 South-American Championships, 9 Dec 2015: 301 kg2016 South-American Championships, 7 Apr 2016: 302 kg2017 Pan-American Championships, 20 Jul 2017: 292 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
81 kg2019 2019 - - -
77 kg2011 to 2017 2011 to 2017 131 172 302
69 kg2010 2010 112 140 252
Numbers

Rafael Gaspar Machado by the numbers

Rafael Gaspar Machado'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
401.5
From 302 kg at 76.45 kg bodyweight, 2016 South-American Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
482nd of 1,242
302 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 77 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
76%
At the best total, 130 kg of 172 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
9 of 12
Of the other three: two with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.
Attempts

How often Rafael Gaspar Machado makes each attempt

Rafael Gaspar Machado made 43% of snatch attempts and 63% 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%
Rafael Gaspar Machado: 50%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Rafael Gaspar Machado: 50%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Rafael Gaspar Machado: 30%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Rafael Gaspar Machado: 70%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Rafael Gaspar Machado: 60%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Rafael Gaspar Machado: 60%
Rivals

Rafael Gaspar Machado head to head

The lifters Rafael Gaspar Machado 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 Rafael Gaspar Machado ahead Rival ahead
Venezuela Junior Sánchez 3 0 3
Results

Rafael Gaspar Machado'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. A row that names two events was one competition scored for both; its places can differ because each ranks its own field.

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Competition Place Total Class Bodyweight Snatch 1 2 3 Clean and jerk 1 2 3
2019 Pan-American Championships 21 Apr 2019 - No lifts 81 kg 79.5 not takennot takennot takennot takennot takennot taken
2017 Pan-American Championships 20 Jul 2017 12 292 77 kg 76.47 130135 kg missed135 kg missed156 kg missed156162
2016 South-American Championships 7 Apr 2016 Also the Test Event for Rio 2016 Olympic Games, place 6 6 302 77 kg 76.45 130135 kg missed136 kg missed165172176 kg missed
2015 South-American Championships 9 Dec 2015 2 301 77 kg 76.16 124128131160164170
2014 FISU World University Championships 5 Dec 2014 5 302 77 kg 76.91 125 kg missed125130160166172
2013 Pan American Championships 22 Jun 2013 - - 77 kg 76.06 125 kg missed125130 kg missed160 kg missed160 kg missed160 kg missed
2012 South American Championships 24 Oct 2012 3 275 77 kg 73.05 120 kg missed120 kg missed120150155162 kg missed
2012 Pan-American Championships 10 May 2012 - - 77 kg 74.67 122 kg missed122 kg missed123 kg missed153157160
2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 31 263 77 kg 73.43 117122 kg missed122 kg missed145 kg missed146 kg missed146
2011 South American Championships 25 Aug 2011 Also the 2011 Simon Bolivar International Tournament, place 2 2 255 77 kg 70.6 110115120 kg missed130140 kg missed140
2010 Pan American Championships 25 May 2010 14 252 69 kg 67.8 Snatch 112, clean and jerk 140; attempts not recorded
2010 Pan-American Junior Championships 6 Apr 2010 6 240 69 kg 66.85 110 kg missed110114 kg missed130140 kg missed140 kg missed
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