Iran · Men's 102 kg, May 2023
Sohrab Moradi
Sohrab Moradi is a weightlifter from Iran, born in 1988, with one Olympic gold medal and two World Championships gold medals. The results below cover 23 competitions from 2007 to 2023. The latest result came in the men's 102 kg class, at the 2023 Asian Championships.
- Olympic gold
- 1
- World golds
- 2
- Best total
- 417 kg
- Best snatch
- 189 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 233 kg
Sohrab Moradi's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Weight classes: 77 kg from 2007 to 2008, 85 kg from 2009 to 2013, 94 kg from 2016 to 2018, 96 kg from 2018 to 2019, 102 kg in 2019, 109 kg in 2019, 96 kg from 2020 to 2021, 102 kg in 2023. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (94 kg to 96 kg) and again in June 2025. At 100.93 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 110 kg.
Latest result: 2023 Asian Championships, 5 May 2023, 102 kg, total 362 kg, place 8.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102 kg2019 to 2023 | 162 | 200 | 362 |
| 96 kg2018 to 2021 | 186 | 230 | 416 |
| 109 kg2019 | - | - | - |
| 94 kg2016 to 2018 | 189 | 233 | 417 |
| 85 kg2009 to 2013 | 176 | 216 | 388 |
| 77 kg2007 to 2008 | 153 | 179 | 328 |
Sohrab Moradi by the numbers
Sohrab Moradi'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
- 497.3
- From 417 kg at 94 kg bodyweight, 2017 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 1st of 1,113
- 417 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 94 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 79%
- At the best total, 184 kg of 233 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
- 29
- Turned 29 in 2017, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 18 of 23
- Of the other five: three with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk, one entered without taking an attempt and one with a good lift in each but no total in the published results.
How often Sohrab Moradi makes each attempt
Sohrab Moradi made 61% of snatch attempts and 65% 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
Sohrab Moradi head to head
The lifters Sohrab Moradi 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 | Sohrab Moradi ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chen Po-jen | 4 | 3 | 1 |
 Fares El-Bakh |
4 | 4 | 0 |
| Inoyat Jumayev | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Mirwais Raziqi | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Sherzodjon Yusupov | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 Bekdoolot Rasulbekov |
3 | 2 | 1 |
Sohrab Moradi'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Asian Championships 5 May 2023 | 8 | 362 | 102 kg | 100.93 | 157 | 162 | 200 | |||
| 2021 Open Championships 10 May 2021 | - | - | 96 kg | 96 | 170 | not taken | not taken | not taken | ||
| 2020 Asian Championships 17 Apr 2021 | 2 | 384 | 96 kg | 95.6 | 170 | 174 | 210 | |||
| 2020 West Asian Championships 25 Feb 2020 | 1 | 370 | 96 kg | 96 | 157 | 163 | 190 | 200 | 207 | |
| 2019 International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament 11 Nov 2019 | - | No lifts | 109 kg | 98.3 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken |
| 2019 Challenge 210 24 Oct 2019 | 2 | 200 | 102 kg | 97.43 | 80 | not taken | not taken | 110 | 120 | not taken |
| 2019 International Fajr Cup 1 Mar 2019 | - | - | 96 kg | 95.9 | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | not taken | |
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 1 | 416 | 96 kg | 95.94 | 181 | 186 | 223 | 230 | ||
| 2018 Asian Games 20 Aug 2018 | 1 | 410 | 94 kg | 93.97 | 182 | 189 | 221 | |||
| 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 | 1 | 417 | 94 kg | 94 | 176 | 182 | 184 | 220 | 233 | not taken |
| 2017 Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games 17 Sep 2017 | 1 | 413 | 94 kg | 93.95 | 176 | 181 | 185 | 220 | 228 | |
| 2016 International Qatar Cup 14 Dec 2016 | 1 | 382 | 94 kg | 94 | 162 | 166 | 203 | 209 | 216 | |
| 2016 Olympic Games 5 Aug 2016 | 1 | 403 | 94 kg | 93.64 | 178 | 182 | 221 | |||
| 2016 International Fajr Cup 30 May 2016 | 1 | 400 | 94 kg | 93.94 | 180 | not taken | not taken | 220 | not taken | not taken |
| 2013 Asian Championships 20 Jun 2013 | - | - | 85 kg | 85 | 158 | 190 | 200 | not taken | ||
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | - | - | 85 kg | 84.19 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2012 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2012 | 1 | 388 | 85 kg | 84.82 | 168 | 172 | 210 | 216 | ||
| 2011 Asian Inter-Club Championships 25 Nov 2011 | 1 | 384 | 85 kg | 85 | Snatch 176, clean and jerk 208; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2011 Asian Championships 9 Apr 2011 | 6 | 337 | 85 kg | 84.56 | 151 | 157 | 180 | |||
| 2009 Asian Championships 9 May 2009 | 1 | 367 | 85 kg | 83.7 | Snatch 168, clean and jerk 199; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2008 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 12 Jun 2008 | 3 | 318 | 77 kg | 76.72 | 141 | 170 | 177 | |||
| 2008 Asian Championships 26 Apr 2008 | 3 | 325 | 77 kg | 76.38 | 142 | 146 | 173 | 176 | 179 | |
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | 22 | 328 | 77 kg | 76.74 | 145 | 153 | 175 | |||
Compare Sohrab Moradi
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Sohrab Moradi met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.