Cameroon · Men's 62 kg, October 2010
Simon Ngamba
Simon Ngamba is a weightlifter from Cameroon, born in 1982. The results below cover 4 competitions from 2008 to 2010. The latest result came in the men's 62 kg class, at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
- Best total
- 252 kg
- Best snatch
- 117 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 135 kg
Simon Ngamba's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Latest result: 2010 Commonwealth Games, 3 October 2010, 62 kg, total 245 kg, place 13.
Simon Ngamba by the numbers
Simon Ngamba'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
- 385.4
- From 252 kg at 61.72 kg bodyweight, 2008 African Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 473rd of 981
- 252 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 62 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 87%
- At the best total, 117 kg of 135 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
- 26
- Turned 26 in 2008, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 3 of 4
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Simon Ngamba'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Commonwealth Games 3 Oct 2010 | 13 | 245 | 62 kg | 61.66 | 110 | 115 | 130 | |||
| 2010 African Championships 2 Aug 2010 | - | - | 62 kg | 61.4 | 130 | |||||
| 2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 | 27 | 250 | 62 kg | 61.85 | 115 | 135 | ||||
| 2008 African Championships 10 May 2008 | 4 | 252 | 62 kg | 61.72 | 110 | 117 | 130 | 135 |
Compare Simon Ngamba
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. These lifters lifted in nearby classes, in any year.