Bulgaria · Men's 67 kg, December 2024
Valentin Genchev
Valentin Genchev is a weightlifter from Bulgaria, born in 2000. The results below cover 10 competitions from 2018 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 67 kg class, at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 315 kg
- Best snatch
- 139 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 177 kg
Valentin Genchev's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 69 kg in 2018, 67 kg from 2019 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (69 kg to 67 kg) and again in June 2025. At 66.7 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 70 kg.
Latest result: 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 December 2024, 67 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67 kg2019 to 2024 | 139 | 177 | 315 |
| 69 kg2018 | 126 | 155 | 281 |
Valentin Genchev by the numbers
Valentin Genchev'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
- 456.3
- From 315 kg at 66.72 kg bodyweight, 2021 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 30th of 408
- 315 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
- 78%
- At the best total, 138 kg of 177 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
- 21
- Turned 21 in 2021, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 9 of 10
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Valentin Genchev makes each attempt
Valentin Genchev made 73% of snatch attempts and 59% 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
Valentin Genchev head to head
The lifters Valentin Genchev 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 | Valentin Genchev ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Acorán Hernández |
6 | 3 | 3 |
 Kaan Kahriman |
4 | 1 | 3 |
| Petr Petrov | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Yusuf Fehmi Genç |
4 | 3 | 1 |
| Victor Castro Marino | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 Doston Yokubov |
3 | 0 | 3 |
Valentin Genchev'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | - | - | 67 kg | 66.7 | 125 | not taken | not taken | |||
| 2024 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 | 8 | 290 | 67 kg | 66.83 | 125 | 128 | 130 | 160 | ||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 7 | 302 | 67 kg | 67 | 130 | 135 | 167 | |||
| 2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 | 6 | 291 | 67 kg | 66.82 | 125 | 160 | 166 | not taken | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 14 | 296 | 67 kg | 66.6 | 130 | 166 | ||||
| 2022 European Championships 28 May 2022 | 1 | 314 | 67 kg | 66.9 | 133 | 136 | 139 | 169 | 175 | |
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 | 5 | 308 | 67 kg | 66.9 | 132 | 135 | 168 | 173 | ||
| 2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 | 3 | 315 | 67 kg | 66.72 | 132 | 136 | 138 | 168 | 173 | 177 |
| 2019 European Junior Championships 17 Oct 2019 | 3 | 299 | 67 kg | 66.7 | 129 | 132 | 134 | 160 | 165 | |
| 2018 European Junior Championships 20 Oct 2018 | 8 | 281 | 69 kg | 69 | 120 | 124 | 126 | 150 | 155 |
Compare Valentin Genchev
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Valentin Genchev met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.