Kianoush Rostami vs Valeriu Calancea

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	Kianoush Rostami	Valeriu Calancea
Nation	Iran	Romania
Born	1991	1980
Competitions	27, 2008 to 2026	13, 2000 to 2011
Olympic medals	1 gold, 1 silver	None
World Championships medals	2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze	1 gold, 1 bronze
Best snatch	179 kg	177 kg
Best clean and jerk	225 kg	220 kg
Best total	403 kg (men's 96 kg, 2019)	397 kg (men's 94 kg, 2010)
Best Sinclair score	498.6	481.1
Best total, place in its class	5th of 455 in the men's 96 kg	27th of 1,113 in the men's 94 kg
Snatch attempts made	55% (42 of 77)	67% (24 of 36)
Clean and jerk attempts made	50% (34 of 68)	51% (18 of 35)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	79%	80%
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.

Kianoush Rostami and Valeriu Calancea never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2008 to 2026 for Kianoush Rostami and 2000 to 2011 for Valeriu Calancea, 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 Kianoush Rostami vs Szymon Kołecki
• Nearby class Kianoush Rostami vs Karlos Nasar
• Nearby class Kianoush Rostami vs Sohrab Moradi
• Nearby class Kianoush Rostami vs Kakhi Kakhiashvili