Men's 79 kg, October 2025
Rakuei Azuma
Rakuei Azuma is a weightlifter. The results below cover 5 competitions from 2023 to 2025. The latest result came in the men's 79 kg class, at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 340 kg
- Best snatch
- 155 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 190 kg
Rakuei Azuma's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 73 kg in 2023, 81 kg from 2024 to 2025, 79 kg in 2025. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (81 kg to 79 kg) and again in August 2026. At 78.87 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.
Latest result: 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 October 2025, 79 kg, total 336 kg, place 10.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79 kg2025 | 148 | 188 | 336 |
| 81 kg2024 to 2025 | 155 | 190 | 340 |
| 73 kg2023 | 140 | 176 | 316 |
Rakuei Azuma by the numbers
Rakuei Azuma'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
- 444.8
- From 340 kg at 78.6 kg bodyweight, 2025 IWF World Junior Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 64th of 512
- 340 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 81 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, 150 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
- 5 of 5
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Rakuei Azuma makes each attempt
Rakuei Azuma made 67% of snatch attempts and 53% 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
Rakuei Azuma head to head
The lifters Rakuei Azuma 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 | Rakuei Azuma ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Todorovic | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Rakuei Azuma'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 | 10 | 336 | 79 kg | 78.87 | 143 | 148 | 183 | 188 | ||
| 2025 IWF World Junior Championships 30 Apr 2025 | 2 | 340 | 81 kg | 78.6 | 150 | 155 | 185 | |||
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 10 | 340 | 81 kg | 80.82 | 141 | 146 | 150 | 184 | 190 | |
| 2024 IWF World Junior Championships 19 Sep 2024 | 10 | 326 | 81 kg | 80.86 | 144 | 182 | ||||
| 2023 IWF World Junior Championships 15 Nov 2023 | 2 | 316 | 73 kg | 73 | 135 | 140 | 170 | 176 |
Compare Rakuei Azuma
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Rakuei Azuma.