Alphonse Hercule Matam vs Fares El-Bakh

Career figures from every result on this site. Where one figure is better, it is in bold. The figures are explained under the table.

Figure	Alphonse Hercule Matam	Fares El-Bakh
Nation	Not listed	Qatar
Born	1973	1998
Competitions	2, 1999 to 2003	32, 2016 to 2024
Olympic medals	None	1 gold
World Championships medals	None	1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze
Best snatch	160 kg	178 kg
Best clean and jerk	195 kg	228 kg
Best total	355 kg (men's 94 kg, 1999)	404 kg (men's 96 kg, 2019)
Best Sinclair score	425.3	477.2
Best total, place in its class	241st of 1,113 in the men's 94 kg	4th of 455 in the men's 96 kg
Snatch attempts made	Too few recorded	54% (46 of 85)
Clean and jerk attempts made	Too few recorded	62% (48 of 77)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	82%	77%
World records held now	None	None

How to read these figures

• Sinclair score. The total scaled for bodyweight with the IWF's 2025 to 2028 coefficients, so lifters from different classes sit on one scale. Women and men have separate formulas.
• Place in its class. Where the best total stands among every lifter with a total in that class on this site, on the IWF class list in force at the time.
• Attempts made. The share of all snatch or clean and jerk attempts the lifter made. At senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998, lifters make 58% of snatches and 56% of clean and jerks.
• Snatch as a share of clean and jerk. The snatch divided by the clean and jerk at the best total. It describes the shape of a lifter, not strength, so it is not in bold; eight in ten men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
• World records held now. Records on the IWF class list in force since 1 August 2026. A record set in a class that list retired does not carry over, so a past record holder can show none.

Alphonse Hercule Matam and Fares El-Bakh never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 1999 to 2003 for Alphonse Hercule Matam and 2016 to 2024 for Fares El-Bakh, so the side by side figures and the chart are the comparison.

The Sinclair score at each competition: the total scaled for bodyweight, so lifters from different classes sit on one scale. Competitions that ended without a total or a bodyweight have no point.

Lifters whose best totals came in nearby classes, from any year.

• Nearby class Fares El-Bakh vs Kianoush Rostami
• Nearby class Fares El-Bakh vs Szymon Kołecki
• Nearby class Fares El-Bakh vs Karlos Nasar
• Nearby class Fares El-Bakh vs Sohrab Moradi