Men's 79 kg, May 2026

Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar

Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar is a weightlifter. The results below cover 14 competitions from 2013 to 2026. The latest result came in the men's 79 kg class, at the 2026 Pan-American Championships.

Best total
280 kg
Best snatch
121 kg
Best clean and jerk
160 kg
Career

Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 56 kg from 2013 to 2015, 62 kg from 2016 to 2017, 69 kg from 2017 to 2018, 67 kg in 2019, 81 kg in 2021, 73 kg from 2023 to 2024, 79 kg from 2025 to 2026. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 67 kg), June 2025 (73 kg to 79 kg) and August 2026. At 78.58 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.

Latest result: 2026 Pan-American Championships, 5 May 2026, 79 kg, total 276 kg, place 8.

Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar: totals from the 12 competitions with a total, 2013 to 2026, best 280 kg in 2025.20024529020132017202120252013 Pan American Championships, 22 Jun 2013: 205 kg2013 Bolivar Games, 17 Nov 2013: 225 kg2014 Pan American Championships, 26 May 2014: 215 kg2015 Pan-American Junior Championships, 5 May 2015: 228 kg2017 Pan-American Championships, 20 Jul 2017: 255 kg2017 Central American and Caribbean Championships, 17 Sep 2017: 260 kg2018 Pan-American Championships, 12 May 2018: 265 kg2019 Pan-American Championships, 21 Apr 2019: 250 kg2020 Pan-American Championships, 18 Apr 2021: 263 kg2023 Pan-American Games, 21 Oct 2023: 273 kg2025 Pan-American Championships, 12 Jul 2025: 280 kg2026 Pan-American Championships, 5 May 2026: 276 kg
Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar: totals from the 12 competitions with a total, 2013 to 2026, best 280 kg in 2025.20024529020132017202120252013 Pan American Championships, 22 Jun 2013: 205 kg2013 Bolivar Games, 17 Nov 2013: 225 kg2014 Pan American Championships, 26 May 2014: 215 kg2015 Pan-American Junior Championships, 5 May 2015: 228 kg2017 Pan-American Championships, 20 Jul 2017: 255 kg2017 Central American and Caribbean Championships, 17 Sep 2017: 260 kg2018 Pan-American Championships, 12 May 2018: 265 kg2019 Pan-American Championships, 21 Apr 2019: 250 kg2020 Pan-American Championships, 18 Apr 2021: 263 kg2023 Pan-American Games, 21 Oct 2023: 273 kg2025 Pan-American Championships, 12 Jul 2025: 280 kg2026 Pan-American Championships, 5 May 2026: 276 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
79 kg2025 to 2026 2025 to 2026 121 160 280
73 kg2023 to 2024 2023 to 2024 120 153 273
81 kg2021 2021 117 146 263
67 kg2019 2019 110 140 250
69 kg2017 to 2018 2017 to 2018 115 150 265
62 kg2016 to 2017 2016 to 2017 115 142 255
56 kg2013 to 2015 2013 to 2015 103 128 228
Numbers

Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar by the numbers

Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar'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
390.1
From 255 kg at 61.7 kg bodyweight, 2017 Pan-American Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
100th of 138
280 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 79 kg class (the class list of 2025 to 2026) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
75%
At the best total, 120 kg of 160 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
12 of 14
The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar makes each attempt

Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar made 50% of snatch attempts and 56% 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%
Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar: 79%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar: 36%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar: 36%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar: 69%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar: 62%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar: 38%
Rivals

Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar head to head

The lifters Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar 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 Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar ahead Rival ahead
Venezuela Julio Mayora 5 0 5
Francisco Javier Barrera Sandoval 3 0 3
Jonathan Muñoz 3 0 3
Mexico Jorge Cárdenas 3 0 3
Mexico Jorge Hernández 3 0 3
Diego Soto Montecino 3 1 2
Results

Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar'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
2026 Pan-American Championships 5 May 2026 8 276 79 kg 78.58 117121 kg missed121150155 kg missed155
2025 Pan-American Championships 12 Jul 2025 12 280 79 kg 78.15 120125 kg missed125 kg missed150155160
2024 Bolivarian Games / Bicentennial 29 Nov 2024 - - 73 kg 72.9 115 kg missed115 kg missed115 kg missednot takennot takennot taken
2023 Pan-American Games 21 Oct 2023 12 273 73 kg 73 120125 kg missed126 kg missed153 kg missed153158 kg missed
2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 11 263 81 kg 77.3 110115117146 kg missed146151 kg missed
2019 Pan-American Championships 21 Apr 2019 11 250 67 kg 66.75 110115 kg missed115 kg missed140 kg missed140145 kg missed
2018 Pan-American Championships 12 May 2018 11 265 69 kg 68.32 110115 kg missed115146150155 kg missed
2017 Central American and Caribbean Championships 17 Sep 2017 8 260 69 kg 66 110115120 kg missed140145 kg missed145
2017 Pan-American Championships 20 Jul 2017 10 255 62 kg 61.7 110115117 kg missed140146 kg missed147 kg missed
2016 Pan-American Championships 6 Jun 2016 - - 62 kg 61.78 110 kg missed110 kg missed110 kg missed138 kg missed138142
2015 Pan-American Junior Championships 5 May 2015 3 228 56 kg 55.6 100103 kg missed103 kg missed125128 kg missed128
2014 Pan American Championships 26 May 2014 8 215 56 kg 55.8 9095100 kg missed115120125 kg missed
2013 Bolivar Games 17 Nov 2013 4 225 56 kg 55.71 95100103115122125 kg missed
2013 Pan American Championships 22 Jun 2013 13 205 56 kg 55.94 95 kg missed95 kg missed95110115 kg missed115 kg missed
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