Simon Martirosyan vs Valentin Ponomarev

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	Simon Martirosyan	Valentin Ponomarev
Nation	Armenia	Not listed
Born	1997	Not listed
Competitions	36, 2012 to 2026	3, 2009 to 2011
Olympic medals	2 silver	None
World Championships medals	2 gold, 1 bronze	None
Best snatch	200 kg	161 kg
Best clean and jerk	250 kg	196 kg
Best total	450 kg (men's +109 kg, 2023)	357 kg (men's +105 kg, 2011)
Best Sinclair score	487.7	381.1
Best total, place in its class	7th of 268 in the men's +109 kg	293rd of 704 in the men's +105 kg
Snatch attempts made	59% (63 of 107)	Too few recorded
Clean and jerk attempts made	60% (59 of 99)	Too few recorded
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	80%	82%
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.

Simon Martirosyan and Valentin Ponomarev never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2012 to 2026 for Simon Martirosyan and 2009 to 2011 for Valentin Ponomarev, 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 Simon Martirosyan vs Lasha Talakhadze
• Nearby class Simon Martirosyan vs Hossein Rezazadeh
• Nearby class Simon Martirosyan vs Akbar Djuraev
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