Turkey · Men's 77 kg, August 2008
Taner Sağır
Taner Sağır is a weightlifter from Turkey, born in 1985, with one Olympic gold medal and one World Championships gold medal. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2001 to 2008. The latest result came in the men's 77 kg class, at the 2008 Olympic Games.
- Olympic gold
- 1
- World gold
- 1
- Best total
- 375 kg
- Best snatch
- 172.5 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 202.5 kg
Taner Sağır's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Weight classes: 69 kg from 2001 to 2002, 77 kg from 2003 to 2008. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 76.73 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.
Latest result: 2008 Olympic Games, 9 August 2008, 77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77 kg2003 to 2008 | 172.5 | 202.5 | 375 |
| 69 kg2001 to 2002 | 147.5 | 175 | 322.5 |
Taner Sağır by the numbers
Taner Sağır'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
- 499.9
- From 375 kg at 76.1 kg bodyweight, 2004 Olympic Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 2nd of 1,242
- 375 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 77 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 85%
- At the best total, 172.5 kg of 202.5 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
- 19
- Turned 19 in 2004, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 6 of 8
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Taner Sağır makes each attempt
Taner Sağır made 62% of snatch attempts and 53% 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
Taner Sağır head to head
The lifters Taner Sağır 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 | Taner Sağır ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Carlos Andica |
3 | 3 | 0 |
| Edinson Angulo Rivera | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Pavol Svrcek | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Taner Sağır'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Olympic Games 9 Aug 2008 | - | - | 77 kg | 76.73 | not taken | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2008 European Championships 11 Apr 2008 | - | - | 77 kg | 76.77 | ||||||
| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 | 1 | 361 | 77 kg | 76.82 | 161 | 164 | 166 | 195 | not taken | |
| 2005 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 17 May 2005 | 1 | 351 | 77 kg | 76.55 | 156 | 160 | 161 | 190 | not taken | not taken |
| 2004 Olympic Games 14 Aug 2004 | 1 | 375 | 77 kg | 76.1 | Snatch 172.5, clean and jerk 202.5; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2003 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jun 2003 | 1 | 355 | 77 kg | 75.95 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 160 | 187.5 | 192.5 | 195.5 |
| 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002 | 1 | 322.5 | 69 kg | 68.38 | 140 | 145 | 147.5 | 170 | 175 | |
| 2001 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1 Jul 2001 | 11 | 285 | 69 kg | 67.25 | 130 | 155 | ||||
Compare Taner Sağır
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Taner Sağır met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.