Men's 94 kg, May 2026
Vuyani Mashego
Vuyani Mashego is a weightlifter. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2019 to 2026. The latest result came in the men's 94 kg class, at the 2026 African Championships.
- Best total
- 298 kg
- Best snatch
- 134 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 164 kg
Vuyani Mashego's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 89 kg in 2019, 96 kg in 2022, 89 kg in 2023, 96 kg from 2024 to 2025, 94 kg from 2025 to 2026. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (96 kg to 94 kg) and again in August 2026. At 92.2 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 95 kg.
Latest result: 2026 African Championships, 10 May 2026, 94 kg, total 287 kg, place 7.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 kg2025 to 2026 | 130 | 160 | 290 |
| 96 kg2022 to 2025 | 134 | 164 | 298 |
| 89 kg2019 to 2023 | 126 | 153 | 278 |
Vuyani Mashego by the numbers
Vuyani Mashego'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
- 362.7
- From 298 kg at 90.06 kg bodyweight, 2025 African Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 339th of 455
- 298 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 96 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 82%
- At the best total, 134 kg of 164 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%.
- Competitions with a total
- 8 of 8
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Vuyani Mashego makes each attempt
Vuyani Mashego made 52% of snatch attempts and 43% 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
Vuyani Mashego head to head
The lifters Vuyani Mashego 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 | Vuyani Mashego ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Karim Abokahla |
3 | 0 | 3 |
Vuyani Mashego'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 African Championships 10 May 2026 | 7 | 287 | 94 kg | 92.2 | 130 | 157 | ||||
| 2025 Commonwealth Championships 24 Aug 2025 | 9 | 290 | 94 kg | 93.01 | 130 | 160 | ||||
| 2025 African Championships 20 Apr 2025 | 2 | 298 | 96 kg | 90.06 | 131 | 134 | 160 | 164 | ||
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 7 | 284 | 96 kg | 89.52 | 122 | 127 | 157 | |||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 18 | 278 | 89 kg | 87.93 | 120 | 125 | 153 | |||
| 2023 African Championships 11 May 2023 | 8 | 274 | 89 kg | 85.4 | 121 | 126 | 148 | |||
| 2022 Mauritius International Open 26 Feb 2022 | 5 | 260 | 96 kg | 89.5 | not taken | not taken | 115 | not taken | not taken | 145 |
| 2019 Zone 3 African Championships 6 Nov 2019 | 2 | 255 | 89 kg | 83.05 | 110 | 140 | 145 |
Compare Vuyani Mashego
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Vuyani Mashego met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.