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Deniz Danev vs Garnik Cholakyan

Deniz Danev and Garnik Cholakyan, compared on every result on this site. Deniz Danev's best total is 266 kg (men's 60 kg, 2026); Garnik Cholakyan's is 280 kg (men's 61 kg, 2024). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Garnik Cholakyan is ahead by 13.2 points. They met six times in the same class; in the five where both posted a total, Garnik Cholakyan finished ahead every time.

Side by side

Deniz Danev and Garnik Cholakyan 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 Bulgaria Deniz Danev Armenia Garnik Cholakyan
Nation Bulgaria Armenia
Born 2003 2002
Competitions 10, 2019 to 2026 8, 2019 to 2026
Olympic medals None None
World Championships medals None None
Best snatch 115 kg 130 kg
Best clean and jerk 151 kg 152 kg
Best total 266 kg (men's 60 kg, 2026) 280 kg (men's 61 kg, 2024)
Best Sinclair score 418.6 431.9
Best total, place in its class 28th of 104 in the men's 60 kg 54th of 342 in the men's 61 kg
Snatch attempts made 53% (16 of 30) 67% (16 of 24)
Clean and jerk attempts made 60% (18 of 30) 50% (11 of 22)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk 76% 87%
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

Deniz Danev vs Garnik Cholakyan 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 Deniz Danev Garnik Cholakyan Ahead
2026 European Championships 19 Apr 202660 kgAhead: Garnik Cholakyan 60 kg 266place 6 274place 2 Garnik Cholakyan
2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 202560 kgAhead: Garnik Cholakyan 60 kg 253place 14 275place 8 Garnik Cholakyan
2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 202461 kgAhead: Garnik Cholakyan 61 kg 245place 10 280place 7 Garnik Cholakyan
2022 European Junior Championships 15 Oct 202255 kgNot counted 55 kg 217place 7 No total Not counted
2021 European Junior Championships 24 Sep 202155 kgAhead: Garnik Cholakyan 55 kg 205place 5 230place 1 Garnik Cholakyan
2019 European Youth Championships 7 Dec 201949 kgAhead: Garnik Cholakyan 49 kg 159place 7 192place 1 Garnik Cholakyan
Careers

Deniz Danev and Garnik Cholakyan, 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.

Deniz Danev and Garnik Cholakyan: Sinclair score at each competition, 10 and 7 competitions.28036044020192020202120222023202420252026Deniz Danev, 2019 European Youth Championships, 7 Dec 2019: 292.27 pointsDeniz Danev, 2021 European Junior Championships, 24 Sep 2021: 343.03 pointsDeniz Danev, 2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022: 367.02 pointsDeniz Danev, 2022 European Junior Championships, 15 Oct 2022: 363.32 pointsDeniz Danev, 2023 European Championships, 15 Apr 2023: 371.85 pointsDeniz Danev, 2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Sep 2023: 385.75 pointsDeniz Danev, 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 Dec 2024: 380.89 pointsDeniz Danev, 2025 European Championships, 13 Apr 2025: 396.52 pointsDeniz Danev, 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 Oct 2025: 401.19 pointsDeniz Danev, 2026 European Championships, 19 Apr 2026: 418.62 pointsGarnik Cholakyan, 2019 European Youth Championships, 7 Dec 2019: 353.86 pointsGarnik Cholakyan, 2021 European Junior Championships, 24 Sep 2021: 384.64 pointsGarnik Cholakyan, 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 2 May 2022: 400.38 pointsGarnik Cholakyan, 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 Dec 2024: 431.86 pointsGarnik Cholakyan, 2025 European Championships, 13 Apr 2025: 424.15 pointsGarnik Cholakyan, 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 Oct 2025: 430.52 pointsGarnik Cholakyan, 2026 European Championships, 19 Apr 2026: 429.33 points
Deniz Danev and Garnik Cholakyan: Sinclair score at each competition, 10 and 7 competitions.280360440201920222025Deniz Danev, 2019 European Youth Championships, 7 Dec 2019: 292.27 pointsDeniz Danev, 2021 European Junior Championships, 24 Sep 2021: 343.03 pointsDeniz Danev, 2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022: 367.02 pointsDeniz Danev, 2022 European Junior Championships, 15 Oct 2022: 363.32 pointsDeniz Danev, 2023 European Championships, 15 Apr 2023: 371.85 pointsDeniz Danev, 2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Sep 2023: 385.75 pointsDeniz Danev, 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 Dec 2024: 380.89 pointsDeniz Danev, 2025 European Championships, 13 Apr 2025: 396.52 pointsDeniz Danev, 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 Oct 2025: 401.19 pointsDeniz Danev, 2026 European Championships, 19 Apr 2026: 418.62 pointsGarnik Cholakyan, 2019 European Youth Championships, 7 Dec 2019: 353.86 pointsGarnik Cholakyan, 2021 European Junior Championships, 24 Sep 2021: 384.64 pointsGarnik Cholakyan, 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 2 May 2022: 400.38 pointsGarnik Cholakyan, 2024 World Weightlifting Championships, 6 Dec 2024: 431.86 pointsGarnik Cholakyan, 2025 European Championships, 13 Apr 2025: 424.15 pointsGarnik Cholakyan, 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 Oct 2025: 430.52 pointsGarnik Cholakyan, 2026 European Championships, 19 Apr 2026: 429.33 points
Deniz Danev: round points Garnik Cholakyan: square points