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Behdad Salimi vs Riho Kago

Behdad Salimi and Riho Kago, compared on every result on this site. Behdad Salimi's best total is 465 kg (men's +105 kg, 2014); Riho Kago's is 340 kg (men's +105 kg, 2014). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Behdad Salimi is ahead by 98.3 points. They met once in the same class: Behdad Salimi finished ahead every time.

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Behdad Salimi and Riho Kago side by side

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 Iran Behdad Salimi Riho Kago
Nation Iran Not listed
Born 1989 Not listed
Competitions 15, 2008 to 2018 2, 2014 to 2015
Olympic medals 1 gold None
World Championships medals 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze None
Best snatch 216 kg 155 kg
Best clean and jerk 255 kg 185 kg
Best total 465 kg (men's +105 kg, 2014) 340 kg (men's +105 kg, 2014)
Best Sinclair score 468.8 370.4
Best total, place in its class 4th of 704 in the men's +105 kg 366th of 704 in the men's +105 kg
Snatch attempts made 79% (31 of 39) Too few recorded
Clean and jerk attempts made 54% (21 of 39) Too few recorded
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk 82% 84%
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.
Head to head

Behdad Salimi vs Riho Kago head to head

Every competition where both were entered in the same class, newest first. Each lifter's column gives the total in kilograms and the place in the class. "No lifts" means an entry without an attempt; "No total" means the results record no total, most often after three misses in one lift. Only meets where both posted a total count toward who finished ahead: the higher total, or on equal totals the published places, which went to the lighter lifter until 2017 and to the one who made the total first since.

Competition Class Behdad Salimi Riho Kago Ahead
2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014+105 kgAhead: Behdad Salimi +105 kg 457place 2 340place 28 Behdad Salimi
Careers

Behdad Salimi and Riho Kago, competition by competition

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.

Behdad Salimi and Riho Kago: Sinclair score at each competition, 14 and 2 competitions.360420480200820102012201420162018Behdad Salimi, 2008 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 12 Jun 2008: 416.07 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2009 Asian Championships, 9 May 2009: 432.44 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2009 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Jun 2009: 432.47 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2010 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Sep 2010: 459.51 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2010 Asian Games, 12 Nov 2010: 448.56 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2011 Asian Championships, 9 Apr 2011: 463.51 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2011 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2011: 468.54 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2012 Asian Championships, 22 Apr 2012: 455.04 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2012 Olympic Games, 27 Jul 2012: 459.46 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2014 Asian Games, 19 Sep 2014: 468.78 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 460.67 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2016 International Fajr Cup, 30 May 2016: 434.27 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2017 World Weightlifting Championships, 27 Nov 2017: 455.98 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2018 Asian Games, 20 Aug 2018: 465 pointsRiho Kago, 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 370.44 pointsRiho Kago, 2015 European Championships, 10 Apr 2015: 366.07 points
Behdad Salimi and Riho Kago: Sinclair score at each competition, 14 and 2 competitions.3604204802008201120142017Behdad Salimi, 2008 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 12 Jun 2008: 416.07 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2009 Asian Championships, 9 May 2009: 432.44 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2009 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Jun 2009: 432.47 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2010 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Sep 2010: 459.51 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2010 Asian Games, 12 Nov 2010: 448.56 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2011 Asian Championships, 9 Apr 2011: 463.51 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2011 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2011: 468.54 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2012 Asian Championships, 22 Apr 2012: 455.04 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2012 Olympic Games, 27 Jul 2012: 459.46 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2014 Asian Games, 19 Sep 2014: 468.78 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 460.67 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2016 International Fajr Cup, 30 May 2016: 434.27 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2017 World Weightlifting Championships, 27 Nov 2017: 455.98 pointsBehdad Salimi, 2018 Asian Games, 20 Aug 2018: 465 pointsRiho Kago, 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 370.44 pointsRiho Kago, 2015 European Championships, 10 Apr 2015: 366.07 points
Behdad Salimi: round points Riho Kago: square points
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