Men's 73 kg, January 2020

Salvatore Esposito

Salvatore Esposito is a weightlifter. The results below cover 6 competitions from 2017 to 2020. The latest result came in the men's 73 kg class, at the Roma 2020 World Cup.

Best total
314 kg
Best snatch
140 kg
Best clean and jerk
175 kg
Career

Salvatore Esposito's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 77 kg from 2017 to 2018, 73 kg from 2019 to 2020. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (77 kg to 73 kg) and again in June 2025. At 72.9 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 75 kg.

Latest result: Roma 2020 World Cup, 27 January 2020, 73 kg, total 306 kg, place 4.

Salvatore Esposito: totals from the 5 competitions with a total, 2017 to 2020, best 314 kg in 2019.28030032020172018201920202017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 15 Jun 2017: 300 kg2017 European Junior Championships, 15 Oct 2017: 295 kg2018 Mediterranean Games, 22 Jun 2018: 292 kg2019 European U23 Championships, 17 Oct 2019: 314 kgRoma 2020 World Cup, 27 Jan 2020: 306 kg
Salvatore Esposito: totals from the 5 competitions with a total, 2017 to 2020, best 314 kg in 2019.28030032020172018201920202017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 15 Jun 2017: 300 kg2017 European Junior Championships, 15 Oct 2017: 295 kg2018 Mediterranean Games, 22 Jun 2018: 292 kg2019 European U23 Championships, 17 Oct 2019: 314 kgRoma 2020 World Cup, 27 Jan 2020: 306 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
73 kg2019 to 2020 2019 to 2020 139 175 314
77 kg2017 to 2018 2017 to 2018 140 160 300
Numbers

Salvatore Esposito by the numbers

Salvatore Esposito'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
429.6
From 314 kg at 72.9 kg bodyweight, 2019 European U23 Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
93rd of 434
314 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 73 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, 139 kg of 175 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 6
The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Salvatore Esposito makes each attempt

Salvatore Esposito made 39% of snatch attempts and 57% 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%
Salvatore Esposito: 67%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Salvatore Esposito: 17%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Salvatore Esposito: 33%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Salvatore Esposito: 80%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Salvatore Esposito: 60%
Rivals

Salvatore Esposito head to head

The lifters Salvatore Esposito 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 Salvatore Esposito ahead Rival ahead
Celil Erdogdu 3 0 3
Results

Salvatore Esposito'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
Roma 2020 World Cup 27 Jan 2020 4 306 73 kg 72.9 136 kg missed136 kg missed136160166170
2019 European U23 Championships 17 Oct 2019 1 314 73 kg 72.9 135139143 kg missed165175not taken
2019 Mediterranean Cup 4 Oct 2019 - - 73 kg 72.8 135 kg missed135 kg missed135 kg missednot takennot takennot taken
2018 Mediterranean Games 22 Jun 2018 4 292 77 kg 75.64 132140 kg missed143 kg missed160170 kg missed173 kg missed
2017 European Junior Championships 15 Oct 2017 9 295 77 kg 76.4 135140 kg missed144 kg missed160 kg missed160167 kg missed
2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 15 Jun 2017 13 300 77 kg 76.6 135140 kg missed140160165 kg missed168 kg missed
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Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Salvatore Esposito met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.

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