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
Career

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.

Simon Brandhuber: totals from the 19 competitions with a total, 2010 to 2023, best 311 kg in 2019.26029032020102014201820222010 European Junior Championships, 20 Nov 2010: 283 kg2011 European Junior Championships, 10 Sep 2011: 293 kg2011 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2011: 296 kg2013 European Championships, 8 Apr 2013: 300 kg2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 297 kg2015 World Weightlifting Championships, 20 Nov 2015: 306 kg2016 European Championships, 8 Apr 2016: 301 kg2018 World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Nov 2018: 306 kg2019 European Championships, 6 Apr 2019: 311 kg2019 Cup of the Blue Swords, 28 Aug 2019: 299 kg2019 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Sep 2019: 301 kg2019 Qatar International Cup, 19 Dec 2019: 304 kgRoma 2020 World Cup, 27 Jan 2020: 298 kg2020 Malta International Open, 23 Feb 2020: 279 kg2021 European Championships, 3 Apr 2021: 272 kg2021 Olympic Games, 23 Jul 2021: 268 kg2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022: 286 kg2023 European Championships, 15 Apr 2023: 287 kg2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Sep 2023: 287 kg
Simon Brandhuber: totals from the 19 competitions with a total, 2010 to 2023, best 311 kg in 2019.26029032020102014201820222010 European Junior Championships, 20 Nov 2010: 283 kg2011 European Junior Championships, 10 Sep 2011: 293 kg2011 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2011: 296 kg2013 European Championships, 8 Apr 2013: 300 kg2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 297 kg2015 World Weightlifting Championships, 20 Nov 2015: 306 kg2016 European Championships, 8 Apr 2016: 301 kg2018 World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Nov 2018: 306 kg2019 European Championships, 6 Apr 2019: 311 kg2019 Cup of the Blue Swords, 28 Aug 2019: 299 kg2019 World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Sep 2019: 301 kg2019 Qatar International Cup, 19 Dec 2019: 304 kgRoma 2020 World Cup, 27 Jan 2020: 298 kg2020 Malta International Open, 23 Feb 2020: 279 kg2021 European Championships, 3 Apr 2021: 272 kg2021 Olympic Games, 23 Jul 2021: 268 kg2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022: 286 kg2023 European Championships, 15 Apr 2023: 287 kg2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Sep 2023: 287 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
61 kg2020 to 2024 2020 to 2024 134 154 287
67 kg2018 to 2024 2018 to 2024 146 165 311
73 kg2019 2019 140 164 304
69 kg2010 to 2017 2010 to 2017 142 165 306
Numbers

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.
Attempts

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

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Simon Brandhuber: 91%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Simon Brandhuber: 59%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Simon Brandhuber: 50%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Simon Brandhuber: 76%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Simon Brandhuber: 57%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Simon Brandhuber: 38%
Rivals

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
France Bernardin Matam 8 0 8
Petr Petrov 6 5 1
Indonesia Deni 5 0 5
Victor Castro Marino 5 4 1
Albania Briken Calja 4 0 4
Spain Acorán Hernández 4 2 2
Results

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 61 128 kg missed130 kg missed130 kg missednot takennot takennot taken
2024 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 - No lifts 67 kg 65.49 not takennot takennot takennot takennot takennot taken
2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 13 287 61 kg 61 130133135 kg missed149154157 kg missed
2023 IWF Grand Prix I 8 Jun 2023 - No lifts 67 kg 66.45 not takennot takennot takennot takennot takennot taken
2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 7 287 67 kg 66.02 128132136 kg missed147152155
2022 European Championships 28 May 2022 2 286 61 kg 60.85 128132134148152155 kg missed
2021 Olympic Games 23 Jul 2021 9 268 61 kg 61 123127 kg missed127 kg missed142 kg missed142145
2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 10 272 61 kg 60.8 120124127145 kg missed145 kg missed145
2020 Malta International Open 23 Feb 2020 2 279 61 kg 60.7 125129132 kg missed145150155 kg missed
Roma 2020 World Cup 27 Jan 2020 2 298 67 kg 66.9 138142 kg missed142 kg missed160165 kg missed165 kg missed
2019 Qatar International Cup 19 Dec 2019 8 304 73 kg 70.35 135 kg missed135140158164170 kg missed
2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 17 301 67 kg 67 138142 kg missed142 kg missed158163 kg missed163
2019 Cup of the Blue Swords 28 Aug 2019 2 299 73 kg 69.25 135139142 kg missed155160165 kg missed
2019 European Championships 6 Apr 2019 2 311 67 kg 66.78 140143146160165168 kg missed
2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 11 306 67 kg 66.81 138142146155160164 kg missed
2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 - - 69 kg 68.94 138142145 kg missed160 kg missed160 kg missed160 kg missed
2017 Summer Universiade 19 Aug 2017 - - 69 kg 68.71 132136 kg missed136155 kg missed155 kg missed155 kg missed
2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 8 301 69 kg 68.75 137140 kg missed140161 kg missed161 kg missed161
2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 20 306 69 kg 68.99 134138141161165 kg missed165
2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 21 297 69 kg 68.4 137140 kg missed140 kg missed160164 kg missed164 kg missed
2013 European Championships 8 Apr 2013 7 300 69 kg 68.58 134138 kg missed138158162165 kg missed
2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 33 296 69 kg 68.94 127131134154158162
2011 European Junior Championships 10 Sep 2011 5 293 69 kg 69 128132135 kg missed150157161
2010 European Junior Championships 20 Nov 2010 8 283 69 kg 68.55 125130 kg missed130153158 kg missed158 kg missed
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