Lasha Talakhadze vs Velichko Cholakov

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	Lasha Talakhadze	Velichko Cholakov
Nation	Georgia	Bulgaria
Born	1993	1982
Competitions	29, 2010 to 2024	6, 2002 to 2008
Olympic medals	3 gold	1 bronze
World Championships medals	7 gold	1 silver
Best snatch	225 kg	207.5 kg
Best clean and jerk	267 kg	242.5 kg
Best total	492 kg (men's +109 kg, 2021)	447.5 kg (men's +105 kg, 2003)
Best Sinclair score	493.4	455.7
Best total, place in its class	1st of 268 in the men's +109 kg	20th of 704 in the men's +105 kg
Snatch attempts made	91% (69 of 76)	60% (9 of 15)
Clean and jerk attempts made	88% (60 of 68)	67% (8 of 12)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	84%	85%
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.

Lasha Talakhadze and Velichko Cholakov never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2010 to 2024 for Lasha Talakhadze and 2002 to 2008 for Velichko Cholakov, 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 Lasha Talakhadze vs Hossein Rezazadeh
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• Nearby class Lasha Talakhadze vs Behdad Salimi
• Nearby class Lasha Talakhadze vs Matthias Steiner
• Nearby class Velichko Cholakov vs Hossein Rezazadeh
• Nearby class Velichko Cholakov vs Akbar Djuraev