Men's 89 kg, April 2025
Wayne Smith
Wayne Smith is a weightlifter. The results below cover 2 competitions from 2022 to 2025. The latest result came in the men's 89 kg class, at the 2025 African Championships.
- Best total
- 282 kg
- Best snatch
- 127 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 155 kg
Wayne Smith's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 81 kg in 2022, 89 kg in 2025. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025. At 81.54 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 85 kg.
Latest result: 2025 African Championships, 20 April 2025, 89 kg, total 282 kg, place 4.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89 kg2025 | 127 | 155 | 282 |
| 81 kg2022 | - | 145 | - |
Wayne Smith by the numbers
Wayne Smith'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
- 361.4
- From 282 kg at 81.54 kg bodyweight, 2025 African Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 354th of 459
- 282 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 89 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, 127 kg of 155 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%.
Wayne Smith'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 African Championships 20 Apr 2025 | 4 | 282 | 89 kg | 81.54 | 121 | 127 | 151 | 155 | ||
| 2022 African Junior Championships 1 Sep 2022 | - | - | 81 kg | 80.3 | 145 |
Compare Wayne Smith
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. These lifters lifted in nearby classes, in any year.