Ruben Katoatau

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 50 kg in 2012, 56 kg from 2012 to 2014, 69 kg from 2014 to 2018, 67 kg from 2019 to 2021, 73 kg in 2021, 67 kg in 2022, 81 kg in 2023, 79 kg from 2025 to 2026. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 67 kg), June 2025 (81 kg to 79 kg) and August 2026. At 78.85 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.

Latest result: 2026 Commonwealth Games, 23 July 2026, 79 kg, no total.

Best lifts in each class

The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.

Ruben Katoatau'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

412.3

From 285 kg at 66.85 kg bodyweight, 2019 Arafura Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).

Best total, place in its class

226th of 512

308 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, 136 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%.

Age at best total

26

Turned 26 in 2023, the year of the best total.

Competitions with a total

27 of 29

The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.

Ruben Katoatau made 73% of snatch attempts and 67% 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.

The lifters Ruben Katoatau 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	Ruben Katoatau ahead	Rival ahead
Vaipava Ioane	9	1	8
Fred Karoho Oala	6	0	6
Larko Doguape	6	6	0
Vester Louie Villalon	5	0	5
Brandon Wakeling	4	2	2
Daniel Zackariah Anthony Shaw	4	4	0

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.

Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.

Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Ruben Katoatau.