Jaber Saeed Salem vs Lasha Talakhadze

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	Jaber Saeed Salem	Lasha Talakhadze
Nation	Qatar	Georgia
Born	1975	1993
Competitions	7, 1999 to 2007	29, 2010 to 2024
Olympic medals	None	3 gold
World Championships medals	1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze	7 gold
Best snatch	210 kg	225 kg
Best clean and jerk	255 kg	267 kg
Best total	460 kg (men's +105 kg, 2000)	492 kg (men's +109 kg, 2021)
Best Sinclair score	495.0	493.4
Best total, place in its class	8th of 704 in the men's +105 kg	1st of 268 in the men's +109 kg
Snatch attempts made	78% (14 of 18)	91% (69 of 76)
Clean and jerk attempts made	71% (10 of 14)	88% (60 of 68)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	80%	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.

Jaber Saeed Salem and Lasha Talakhadze never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 1999 to 2007 for Jaber Saeed Salem and 2010 to 2024 for Lasha Talakhadze, 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 Jaber Saeed Salem vs Hossein Rezazadeh
• Nearby class Jaber Saeed Salem vs Akbar Djuraev
• Nearby class Jaber Saeed Salem vs Behdad Salimi
• Nearby class Lasha Talakhadze vs Hossein Rezazadeh
• Nearby class Lasha Talakhadze vs Akbar Djuraev
• Nearby class Lasha Talakhadze vs Behdad Salimi