Iraq · Men's 89 kg, February 2024
Safaa Rashed
Safaa Rashed is a weightlifter from Iraq, born in 1990. The results below cover 22 competitions from 2009 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 89 kg class, at the 2024 Asian Championships.
- Best total
- 365 kg
- Best snatch
- 161 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 204 kg
Safaa Rashed's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 77 kg from 2009 to 2010, 85 kg from 2011 to 2018, 81 kg from 2018 to 2019, 89 kg in 2019, 81 kg in 2020, 89 kg from 2023 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (85 kg to 81 kg) and again in June 2025. At 89 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.
Latest result: 2024 Asian Championships, 3 February 2024, 89 kg, no total.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89 kg2019 to 2024 | 161 | 200 | 361 |
| 81 kg2018 to 2020 | 155 | 191 | 346 |
| 85 kg2011 to 2018 | 161 | 204 | 365 |
| 77 kg2009 to 2010 | 142 | 190 | 332 |
Safaa Rashed by the numbers
Safaa Rashed'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
- 458.6
- From 365 kg at 84.6 kg bodyweight, 2017 Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 72nd of 1,263
- 365 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 85 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 79%
- At the best total, 161 kg of 204 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
- 27
- Turned 27 in 2017, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 14 of 22
- Of the other eight: three with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk, one entered without taking an attempt and four with a good lift in each but no total in the published results.
How often Safaa Rashed makes each attempt
Safaa Rashed made 66% 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
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Safaa Rashed head to head
The lifters Safaa Rashed 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 | Safaa Rashed ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kianoush Rostami |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Tarek Yehia |
3 | 0 | 3 |
| Lim Hee Chang | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Dayanch Ashyrov | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Khalil Ibrahim J Al Hamqan | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Saif Adil Jumaah Kaabi | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Safaa Rashed'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Asian Championships 3 Feb 2024 | - | - | 89 kg | 89 | 150 | not taken | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | - | No lifts | 89 kg | 88.23 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | - | - | 89 kg | 88.95 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | 3 | 361 | 89 kg | 88.8 | 161 | 196 | 200 | |||
| 2020 West Asian Championships 25 Feb 2020 | - | - | 81 kg | 80.9 | 140 | 145 | 185 | |||
| 2020 International Fajr Cup 1 Feb 2020 | - | - | 81 kg | 81 | 151 | 156 | 159 | 192 | 196 | 201 |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | - | - | 89 kg | 88.55 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2019 International Fajr Cup 1 Mar 2019 | 3 | 342 | 81 kg | 80.7 | 147 | 152 | 190 | |||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 8 | 346 | 81 kg | 80.99 | 150 | 155 | 191 | |||
| 2018 Asian Games 20 Aug 2018 | 1 | 361 | 85 kg | 84.81 | 155 | 159 | 196 | 202 | ||
| 2017 Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games 17 Sep 2017 | 1 | 365 | 85 kg | 84.6 | 155 | 159 | 161 | 199 | 204 | |
| 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games 12 May 2017 | 1 | 346 | 85 kg | 83.9 | 146 | 150 | 152 | 186 | 194 | |
| 2015 Asian Championships 6 Sep 2015 | 6 | 351 | 85 kg | 83.64 | 145 | 150 | 155 | 196 | ||
| 2013 Asian Championships 20 Jun 2013 | - | - | 85 kg | 83.5 | 156 | 195 | ||||
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 10 | 345 | 85 kg | 83.01 | 145 | 150 | 195 | |||
| 2012 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2012 | 4 | 358 | 85 kg | 83.03 | 150 | 155 | 195 | 203 | ||
| 2011 Pan Arab Games 9 Dec 2011 | 3 | 343 | 85 kg | 81.7 | 141 | 148 | 187 | 195 | ||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | - | - | 77 kg | 76.78 | 141 | 177 | 181 | |||
| 2010 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 11 Jun 2010 | 10 | 310 | 77 kg | 76.02 | 134 | 176 | ||||
| 2010 Asian Junior Championships 12 Apr 2010 | 1 | 332 | 77 kg | 76.65 | 135 | 140 | 142 | 178 | 187 | 190 |
| 2009 Asian Junior Championships 16 Dec 2009 | 1 | 321 | 77 kg | 74.95 | 134 | 137 | 141 | 172 | 180 | |
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | 19 | 315 | 77 kg | 75.5 | 130 | 137 | 140 | 175 |
Compare Safaa Rashed
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