Colombia · Men's 96 kg, December 2024
Yeimar Mendoza
Yeimar Mendoza is a weightlifter from Colombia, born in 1996. The results below cover 8 competitions from 2021 to 2024. The latest result came in the men's 96 kg class, at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Best total
- 377 kg
- Best snatch
- 170 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 207 kg
Yeimar Mendoza's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 89 kg in 2021, 102 kg in 2022, 96 kg in 2022, 109 kg from 2023 to 2024, 96 kg in 2024. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025. At 95.94 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 110 kg.
Latest result: 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 December 2024, 96 kg, total 361 kg, place 12.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 109 kg2023 to 2024 | 170 | 207 | 377 |
| 96 kg2022 to 2024 | 166 | 201 | 366 |
| 102 kg2022 | 167 | 201 | 368 |
| 89 kg2021 | 157 | 190 | 347 |
Yeimar Mendoza by the numbers
Yeimar Mendoza'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
- 433.7
- From 368 kg at 96.5 kg bodyweight, 2022 Pan-American Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 68th of 300
- 377 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 109 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, 170 kg of 207 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
- 27
- Turned 27 in 2023, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 8 of 8
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Yeimar Mendoza makes each attempt
Yeimar Mendoza made 65% of snatch attempts and 73% 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
Yeimar Mendoza head to head
The lifters Yeimar Mendoza 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 | Yeimar Mendoza ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Wilmer Contreras |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Yeimar Mendoza'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024 | 12 | 361 | 96 kg | 95.94 | 160 | 190 | 195 | 201 | ||
| 2024 Pan-American Championships 24 Feb 2024 | 1 | 342 | 109 kg | 102.5 | 140 | 150 | 152 | 190 | not taken | not taken |
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 9 | 377 | 109 kg | 102.48 | 166 | 170 | 202 | 207 | ||
| 2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 | 7 | 366 | 96 kg | 95.7 | 166 | 200 | ||||
| 2022 Pan-American Championships 24 Jul 2022 | 2 | 368 | 102 kg | 96.5 | 162 | 167 | 195 | 198 | 201 | |
| 2022 Bolivarian Games 29 Jun 2022 | 1 | 359 | 102 kg | 96.2 | 155 | 162 | 190 | 195 | 197 | |
| 2021 Ibero-American Championships 10 May 2021 | 1 | 338 | 89 kg | 88.9 | 152 | 156 | not taken | 182 | ||
| 2020 Pan-American Championships 18 Apr 2021 | 3 | 347 | 89 kg | 88.53 | 152 | 157 | 184 | 190 |
Compare Yeimar Mendoza
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Yeimar Mendoza.