Canada · Men's 79 kg, May 2026
Samuel Guertin
Samuel Guertin is a weightlifter from Canada. The results below cover 12 competitions from 2018 to 2026. The latest result came in the men's 79 kg class, at the 2026 Pan-American Championships.
- Best total
- 323 kg
- Best snatch
- 145 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 178 kg
Samuel Guertin's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 77 kg in 2018, 81 kg from 2022 to 2024, 79 kg from 2025 to 2026. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (77 kg to 81 kg), June 2025 (81 kg to 79 kg) and August 2026. At 78.29 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 309 kg, place 7.
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 to 2026 | 139 | 174 | 309 |
| 81 kg2022 to 2024 | 145 | 178 | 323 |
| 77 kg2018 | 125 | - | - |
Samuel Guertin by the numbers
Samuel Guertin'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
- 417.8
- From 323 kg at 80.2 kg bodyweight, 2024 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 151st of 512
- 323 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
- 81%
- At the best total, 145 kg of 178 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
- 9 of 12
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Samuel Guertin makes each attempt
Samuel Guertin made 42% of snatch attempts and 60% 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
Samuel Guertin head to head
The lifters Samuel Guertin 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 | Samuel Guertin ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rahmat Erwin Abdullah |
4 | 0 | 4 |
| Omarie Akiel Mears | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 Darvin Castro |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Gaýgysyz Töräýew |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Ri Chong-song |
3 | 0 | 3 |
Samuel Guertin'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Pan-American Championships 5 May 2026 | 7 | 309 | 79 kg | 78.29 | 135 | 167 | 174 | |||
| 2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 | 18 | 305 | 79 kg | 78.69 | 136 | 139 | 166 | |||
| 2025 Commonwealth Championships 24 Aug 2025 | - | - | 79 kg | 78.11 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 20 | 323 | 81 kg | 80.2 | 140 | 145 | 172 | 178 | ||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 3 | 315 | 81 kg | 80.04 | 140 | 170 | 175 | |||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 17 | 317 | 81 kg | 80.26 | 140 | 170 | 177 | |||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | 3 | 313 | 81 kg | 80.4 | 135 | 140 | 168 | 173 | ||
| 2023 Pan-American Championships 25 Mar 2023 | 3 | 310 | 81 kg | 79.4 | 135 | 140 | 165 | 170 | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 17 | 311 | 81 kg | 80.2 | 135 | 168 | 172 | 176 | ||
| 2022 Pan-American Championships 24 Jul 2022 | - | - | 81 kg | 79.7 | 168 | |||||
| 2022 Canadian Invitational 26 Feb 2022 | 2 | 312 | 81 kg | 80 | 140 | 172 | ||||
| 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 7 Jul 2018 | - | - | 77 kg | 75.4 | 120 | 125 | not taken | not taken | not taken |
Compare Samuel Guertin
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Samuel Guertin met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.