India · Men's 89 kg, July 2019

Venkat Rahul Ragala

Venkat Rahul Ragala is a weightlifter from India, born in 1997. The results below cover 21 competitions from 2011 to 2019. The latest result came in the men's 89 kg class, at the 2019 Commonwealth Senior Championships.

Best total
351 kg
Best snatch
156 kg
Best clean and jerk
195 kg
Career

Venkat Rahul Ragala's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 77 kg from 2011 to 2014, 85 kg from 2015 to 2018, 96 kg in 2019, 89 kg in 2019. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (85 kg to 96 kg) and again in June 2025. At 88.4 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.

Latest result: 2019 Commonwealth Senior Championships, 9 July 2019, 89 kg, total 325 kg, place 2.

Venkat Rahul Ragala: totals from the 21 competitions with a total, 2011 to 2019, best 351 kg in 2017.250305360201120132015201720192011 Asian Youth Championships, 5 Sep 2011: 263 kg2012 Commonwealth Youth Championships, 4 Jun 2012: 282 kg2012 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Sep 2012: 296 kg2012 Asian Youth Championships, 8 Nov 2012: 280 kg2012 Asian Junior Championships, 10 Nov 2012: 288 kg2013 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Apr 2013: 296 kg2013 Asian Youth Championships, 26 May 2013: 289 kg2013 Asian Youth Games, 17 Aug 2013: 310 kg2013 Asian Junior Cup, 10 Sep 2013: 301 kg2013 Commonwealth Junior Championships, 24 Nov 2013: 301 kg2014 Asian Youth Championships, 4 Mar 2014: 296 kg2014 Youth Olympic Games, 16 Aug 2014: 316 kg2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 297 kg2015 Asian Junior Championships, 1 Jan 2015: 324 kg2015 Commonwealth Championships, 11 Oct 2015: 327 kg2016 Asian Championships, 22 Apr 2016: 316 kg2017 Commonwealth Championships, 3 Sep 2017: 351 kg2017 World Weightlifting Championships, 27 Nov 2017: 341 kg2018 Commonwealth Games, 4 Apr 2018: 338 kg2019 EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships, 7 Jan 2019: 332 kg2019 Commonwealth Senior Championships, 9 Jul 2019: 325 kg
Venkat Rahul Ragala: totals from the 21 competitions with a total, 2011 to 2019, best 351 kg in 2017.250305360201120132015201720192011 Asian Youth Championships, 5 Sep 2011: 263 kg2012 Commonwealth Youth Championships, 4 Jun 2012: 282 kg2012 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 18 Sep 2012: 296 kg2012 Asian Youth Championships, 8 Nov 2012: 280 kg2012 Asian Junior Championships, 10 Nov 2012: 288 kg2013 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Apr 2013: 296 kg2013 Asian Youth Championships, 26 May 2013: 289 kg2013 Asian Youth Games, 17 Aug 2013: 310 kg2013 Asian Junior Cup, 10 Sep 2013: 301 kg2013 Commonwealth Junior Championships, 24 Nov 2013: 301 kg2014 Asian Youth Championships, 4 Mar 2014: 296 kg2014 Youth Olympic Games, 16 Aug 2014: 316 kg2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 297 kg2015 Asian Junior Championships, 1 Jan 2015: 324 kg2015 Commonwealth Championships, 11 Oct 2015: 327 kg2016 Asian Championships, 22 Apr 2016: 316 kg2017 Commonwealth Championships, 3 Sep 2017: 351 kg2017 World Weightlifting Championships, 27 Nov 2017: 341 kg2018 Commonwealth Games, 4 Apr 2018: 338 kg2019 EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships, 7 Jan 2019: 332 kg2019 Commonwealth Senior Championships, 9 Jul 2019: 325 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
89 kg2019 2019 145 180 325
96 kg2019 2019 149 183 332
85 kg2015 to 2018 2015 to 2018 156 195 351
77 kg2011 to 2014 2011 to 2014 142 175 316
Numbers

Venkat Rahul Ragala by the numbers

Venkat Rahul Ragala'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
440.6
From 351 kg at 84.77 kg bodyweight, 2017 Commonwealth Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
179th of 1,263
351 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 85 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
80%
At the best total, 156 kg of 195 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
20
Turned 20 in 2017, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
21 of 21
A total at every competition listed.
Attempts

How often Venkat Rahul Ragala makes each attempt

Venkat Rahul Ragala made 79% of snatch attempts and 71% 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%
Venkat Rahul Ragala: 95%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Venkat Rahul Ragala: 68%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Venkat Rahul Ragala: 74%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Venkat Rahul Ragala: 80%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Venkat Rahul Ragala: 79%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Venkat Rahul Ragala: 53%
Rivals

Venkat Rahul Ragala head to head

The lifters Venkat Rahul Ragala 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 Venkat Rahul Ragala ahead Rival ahead
Kursant Tolonov 5 5 0
Abdur Rehman 4 4 0
Afifi Haikal Bin Nordin Muhamad 4 4 0
Boris Elesin 3 3 0
Ghana Christian Amoah 3 3 0
Daniel Chertkov 3 3 0
Results

Venkat Rahul Ragala'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. A row that names two events was one competition scored for both; its places can differ because each ranks its own field.

Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.

Competition Place Total Class Bodyweight Snatch 1 2 3 Clean and jerk 1 2 3
2019 Commonwealth Senior Championships 9 Jul 2019 2 325 89 kg 88.4 140145148 kg missed175180186 kg missed
2019 EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships 7 Jan 2019 4 332 96 kg 90.3 143147 kg missed149177181 kg missed183
2018 Commonwealth Games 4 Apr 2018 1 338 85 kg 84.64 147151 kg missed151182187191 kg missed
2017 World Weightlifting Championships 27 Nov 2017 9 341 85 kg 84.93 150154 kg missed157 kg missed187 kg missed191not taken
2017 Commonwealth Championships 3 Sep 2017 Also the 2017 Commonwealth Junior Championships, place 1 1 351 85 kg 84.77 147152156181189195
2016 Asian Championships 22 Apr 2016 12 316 85 kg 84.6 141145 kg missed145 kg missed175 kg missed175180 kg missed
2015 Commonwealth Championships 11 Oct 2015 Also the 2015 Commonwealth Junior Championships, place 1 2 327 85 kg 83.89 137142146170177181
2015 Asian Junior Championships 1 Jan 2015 1 324 85 kg 83.85 135140143170175181
2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 30 297 77 kg 76.76 132136 kg missed136161 kg missed161166 kg missed
2014 Youth Olympic Games 16 Aug 2014 2 316 77 kg 76.47 135139141170175179 kg missed
2014 Asian Youth Championships 4 Mar 2014 1 296 77 kg 76.79 125129133152158163
2013 Commonwealth Junior Championships 24 Nov 2013 Also the 2013 Commonwealth Youth Championships, place 1 1 301 77 kg 76.78 Snatch 140, clean and jerk 161; attempts not recorded
2013 Asian Junior Cup 10 Sep 2013 2 301 77 kg 77 135 kg missed135140161 kg missed161166 kg missed
2013 Asian Youth Games 17 Aug 2013 1 310 77 kg 76.95 132137142158164168
2013 Asian Youth Championships 26 May 2013 1 289 77 kg 77 125128132151157not taken
2013 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 7 Apr 2013 2 296 77 kg 76.56 128132136157160166 kg missed
2012 Asian Junior Championships 10 Nov 2012 4 288 77 kg 76.65 125130133155160 kg missed160 kg missed
2012 Asian Youth Championships 8 Nov 2012 1 280 77 kg 76.05 125not takennot taken155not takennot taken
2012 Youth World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2012 4 296 77 kg 75.99 126131135 kg missed157163 kg missed165
2012 Commonwealth Youth Championships 4 Jun 2012 1 282 77 kg 75.4 116122125145151157
2011 Asian Youth Championships 5 Sep 2011 5 263 77 kg 74.75 118122 kg missed122 kg missed140145 kg missed145
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