United States · Men's 79 kg, October 2025
Ryan Grimsland
Ryan Grimsland is a weightlifter from United States, born in 2002. The results below cover 16 competitions from 2018 to 2025. The latest result came in the men's 79 kg class, at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 342 kg
- Best snatch
- 152 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 190 kg
Ryan Grimsland's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 69 kg in 2018, 67 kg from 2019 to 2021, 73 kg from 2022 to 2024, 79 kg in 2025. 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 78.85 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 342 kg, place 8.
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 | 152 | 190 | 342 |
| 73 kg2022 to 2024 | 147 | 182 | 327 |
| 67 kg2019 to 2021 | 130 | 167 | 297 |
| 69 kg2018 | 110 | 141 | 251 |
Ryan Grimsland by the numbers
Ryan Grimsland'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
- 447.8
- From 327 kg at 72.8 kg bodyweight, 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 13th of 138
- 342 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
- 80%
- At the best total, 152 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%.
- Age at best total
- 23
- Turned 23 in 2025, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 14 of 16
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Ryan Grimsland makes each attempt
Ryan Grimsland made 64% of snatch attempts and 62% 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
Ryan Grimsland head to head
The lifters Ryan Grimsland 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 | Ryan Grimsland ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sergio Cares |
7 | 7 | 0 |
| Caden Cahoy |
5 | 4 | 1 |
| Ismail Jamali Boulaayoun | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Jefferson Aldahir Ramirez Martinez | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Jorge Cárdenas |
3 | 3 | 0 |
| Jorge Hernández |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Ryan Grimsland'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.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 | 8 | 342 | 79 kg | 78.85 | 147 | 152 | 185 | 190 | ||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | - | - | 73 kg | 73 | 145 | |||||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 10 | 326 | 73 kg | 73 | 140 | 145 | 181 | |||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | 1 | 327 | 73 kg | 73 | 140 | 145 | 182 | |||
| 2023 Pan-American Championships 25 Mar 2023 | 2 | 323 | 73 kg | 73 | 132 | 137 | 141 | 176 | 182 | |
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | - | - | 73 kg | 72.9 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2022 Pan-American Junior Championships 19 Oct 2022 | 1 | 327 | 73 kg | 72.95 | 137 | 142 | 147 | 180 | ||
| 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 2 May 2022 | 3 | 327 | 73 kg | 72.8 | 136 | 140 | 145 | 176 | 182 | |
| 2021 Junior Pan American Games 25 Nov 2021 | 1 | 288 | 67 kg | 67 | 126 | 129 | 155 | 159 | ||
| 2021 Pan-American Championships 1 Nov 2021 | 5 | 290 | 67 kg | 67 | 129 | 155 | 161 | |||
| 2020 Pan-American Junior Championships 9 Jul 2021 | 1 | 297 | 67 kg | 66.9 | 125 | 130 | 150 | 164 | 167 | |
| 2020 Rogue Weightlifting Challenge at the Arnold Sports Festival 5 Mar 2020 | 1 | 277 | 67 kg | 66.92 | 115 | 121 | 150 | 156 | ||
| 2019 Pan-American Youth Championships 24 Aug 2019 | 1 | 272 | 67 kg | 67 | 114 | 118 | 121 | 146 | 151 | 154 |
| 2019 Pan-American Junior Championships 23 Jun 2019 | 3 | 273 | 67 kg | 66.5 | 115 | 120 | 145 | 150 | 153 | |
| 2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 8 Mar 2019 | 4 | 268 | 67 kg | 66.88 | 121 | 143 | 147 | |||
| 2018 Pan-American Youth Championships 3 Jun 2018 | 6 | 251 | 69 kg | 68.05 | 100 | 105 | 110 | 130 | 136 | 141 |
Compare Ryan Grimsland
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Ryan Grimsland met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.