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Fares El-Bakh vs Vasily Kolotov
Fares El-Bakh and Vasily Kolotov, compared on the results on record here: medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships before 1998, and every result since. Fares El-Bakh's best total is 404 kg (men's 96 kg, 2019); Vasily Kolotov's is 360 kg (men's 90 kg, 1973). No meeting in the same class is on record; before 1998 only medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships are.
Fares El-Bakh and Vasily Kolotov side by side
Figures from the results on record here: medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships before 1998, and every result since. Where one figure is better, it is in bold. Their best totals came in different classes, so kilograms alone do not say who was stronger. The figures are explained under the table.
| Figure |  Fares El-Bakh |
Vasily Kolotov |
|---|---|---|
| Nation | Qatar | Soviet Union |
| Born | 1998 | 1944 |
| Competitions on record | 32, 2016 to 2024 | 3, 1970 to 1973 |
| Olympic medals | 1 gold | None |
| World Championships medals | 1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze | 1 gold, 2 silver |
| Best snatch | 178 kg | - |
| Best clean and jerk | 228 kg | - |
| Best total | 404 kg (men's 96 kg, 2019) | 360 kg (men's 90 kg, 1973) |
| Best Sinclair score | 477.2 | No bodyweight on record before 1998 |
| Best total, place in its class | 4th of 455 in the men's 96 kg | Not ranked: the class lists before 1998 are not on record here |
| Snatch attempts made | 54% (46 of 85) | Too few recorded |
| Clean and jerk attempts made | 62% (48 of 77) | Too few recorded |
| Snatch as a share of clean and jerk | 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.
Fares El-Bakh vs Vasily Kolotov head to head
No competition on record has Fares El-Bakh and Vasily Kolotov in the same class; before 1998 only medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships are on record. The results here run from 2016 to 2024 for Fares El-Bakh and 1970 to 1973 for Vasily Kolotov, so the side by side figures are the comparison.
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