Germany · Men's 61 kg, March 2024
Simon Brandhuber
Simon Brandhuber is a weightlifter from Germany, born in 1991. The results below cover 24 competitions from 2010 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 61 kg class, at the 2024 IWF World Cup.
- Best total
- 311 kg
- Best snatch
- 146 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 165 kg
Simon Brandhuber's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 69 kg from 2010 to 2017, 67 kg from 2018 to 2019, 73 kg in 2019, 67 kg in 2019, 73 kg in 2019, 67 kg in 2020, 61 kg from 2020 to 2022, 67 kg in 2023, 61 kg in 2023, 67 kg in 2024, 61 kg in 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 67 kg) and again in June 2025. At 61 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 65 kg.
Latest result: 2024 IWF World Cup, 31 March 2024, 61 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 kg2020 to 2024 | 134 | 154 | 287 |
| 67 kg2018 to 2024 | 146 | 165 | 311 |
| 73 kg2019 | 140 | 164 | 304 |
| 69 kg2010 to 2017 | 142 | 165 | 306 |
Simon Brandhuber by the numbers
Simon Brandhuber'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
- 450.3
- From 311 kg at 66.78 kg bodyweight, 2019 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 39th of 408
- 311 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 67 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 88%
- At the best total, 146 kg of 165 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
- 28
- Turned 28 in 2019, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 19 of 24
- Of the other five: three with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and two entered without taking an attempt.
How often Simon Brandhuber makes each attempt
Simon Brandhuber made 67% 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
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Simon Brandhuber head to head
The lifters Simon Brandhuber 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 | Simon Brandhuber ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Petr Petrov | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Victor Castro Marino | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 |
Simon Brandhuber'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 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | - | - | 61 kg | 61 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2024 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 | - | No lifts | 67 kg | 65.49 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 13 | 287 | 61 kg | 61 | 130 | 133 | 149 | 154 | ||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 | - | No lifts | 67 kg | 66.45 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 | 7 | 287 | 67 kg | 66.02 | 128 | 132 | 147 | 152 | 155 | |
| 2022 European Championships 28 May 2022 | 2 | 286 | 61 kg | 60.85 | 128 | 132 | 134 | 148 | 152 | |
| 2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 | 9 | 268 | 61 kg | 61 | 123 | 142 | 145 | |||
| 2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 | 10 | 272 | 61 kg | 60.8 | 120 | 124 | 127 | 145 | ||
| 2020 Malta International Open 23 Feb 2020 | 2 | 279 | 61 kg | 60.7 | 125 | 129 | 145 | 150 | ||
| Roma 2020 World Cup 27 Jan 2020 | 2 | 298 | 67 kg | 66.9 | 138 | 160 | ||||
| 2019 Qatar International Cup 19 Dec 2019 | 8 | 304 | 73 kg | 70.35 | 135 | 140 | 158 | 164 | ||
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | 17 | 301 | 67 kg | 67 | 138 | 158 | 163 | |||
| 2019 Cup of the Blue Swords 28 Aug 2019 | 2 | 299 | 73 kg | 69.25 | 135 | 139 | 155 | 160 | ||
| 2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 | 2 | 311 | 67 kg | 66.78 | 140 | 143 | 146 | 160 | 165 | |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 11 | 306 | 67 kg | 66.81 | 138 | 142 | 146 | 155 | 160 | |
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | - | - | 69 kg | 68.94 | 138 | 142 | ||||
| 2017 Summer Universiade 19 Aug 2017 | - | - | 69 kg | 68.71 | 132 | 136 | ||||
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 8 | 301 | 69 kg | 68.75 | 137 | 140 | 161 | |||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | 20 | 306 | 69 kg | 68.99 | 134 | 138 | 141 | 161 | 165 | |
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 21 | 297 | 69 kg | 68.4 | 137 | 160 | ||||
| 2013 European Championships 8 Apr 2013 | 7 | 300 | 69 kg | 68.58 | 134 | 138 | 158 | 162 | ||
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 33 | 296 | 69 kg | 68.94 | 127 | 131 | 134 | 154 | 158 | 162 |
| 2011 European Junior Championships 10 Sep 2011 | 5 | 293 | 69 kg | 69 | 128 | 132 | 150 | 157 | 161 | |
| 2010 European Junior Championships 20 Nov 2010 | 8 | 283 | 69 kg | 68.55 | 125 | 130 | 153 |
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