List of British records in Olympic weightlifting explained

The following are the national records in Olympic weightlifting in Great Britain. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts by British Weight Lifting (BWL).

Current records

Key to tables:

Men

width=9%	Event	width=6%	Record	width=16%	Athlete	width=13%	Date	width=20%	Meet	width=20%	Place	width=3%	Ref
55 kg
Snatch	93 kg	Benjamin Hickling	30 July 2022	Commonwealth Games	Marston Green, United Kingdom	^[1]
Clean & Jerk	119 kg	Benjamin Hickling	30 July 2022	Commonwealth Games	Marston Green, United Kingdom
Total	212 kg	Benjamin Hickling	30 July 2022	Commonwealth Games	Marston Green, United Kingdom
61 kg
Snatch	105 kg	Standard
Clean & Jerk	131 kg	Jaswant Shergill	19 January 2019	England Championships	Milton Keynes, United Kingdom	^[2]
Total	235 kg	Standard
67 kg
Snatch	125 kg	Gareth Evans	8 April 2019	European Championships	Batumi, Georgia	^[3]
Clean & Jerk	161 kg	Gareth Evans	11 July 2019	Commonwealth Championships	Apia, Samoa	^[4]
Total	286 kg	Gareth Evans	11 July 2019	Commonwealth Championships	Apia, Samoa
73 kg
Snatch	147 kg	Chris Murray	15 February 2024	European Championships	Sofia, Bulgaria	^[5]
Clean & Jerk	170 kg	Jonathan Chin	8 December 2023	England Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[6]
Total	300 kg	Jonathan Chin	8 December 2023	England Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
81 kg
Snatch	148 kg	Chris Murray	9 December 2023	England Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Clean & Jerk	181 kg	Chris Murray	1 August 2022	Commonwealth Games	Marston Green, United Kingdom	^[7]
Total	325 kg	Chris Murray	1 August 2022	Commonwealth Games	Marston Green, United Kingdom
89 kg
Snatch	155 kg	Ramiro Mora Romero	29 October 2022	England Championships	Derby, United Kingdom	^[8]
Clean & Jerk	191 kg	Ramiro Mora Romero	29 October 2022	England Championships	Derby, United Kingdom
Total	346 kg	Ramiro Mora Romero	29 October 2022	England Championships	Derby, United Kingdom
96 kg
Snatch	160 kg	Ramiro Mora Romero	6 August 2023	British Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom
Clean & Jerk	201 kg	Ramiro Mora Romero	10 December 2023	England Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Total	357 kg	Ramiro Mora Romero	10 December 2023	England Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
102 kg
Snatch	161 kg	Cyrille Tchatchet	8 June 2019	British International Open	Coventry, United Kingdom	^[9]
	162 kg	Ramiro Mora Romero	8 April 2024	World Cup	Phuket, Thailand	^[10]
Clean & Jerk	205 kg	Ramiro Mora Romero	7 July 2024	British Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Total	365 kg	Ramiro Mora Romero	7 July 2024	British Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
109 kg
Snatch	162 kg	Andrew Griffiths	10 December 2023	England Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Clean & Jerk	202 kg	Owen Boxall	3 November 2019	England Grand Prix	Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Total	362 kg	Owen Boxall	3 November 2019	England Grand Prix	Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
+109 kg
Snatch	168 kg	Gordon Shaw	23 April 2023	European Championships	Yerevan, Armenia	^[11]
	169 kg	Gordon Shaw	5 June 2022	European Championships	Tirana, Albania	^[12]
Clean & Jerk	203 kg	Raza Rouhi	7 July 2024	British Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Total	365 kg	Raza Rouhi	7 July 2024	British Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
	365 kg	Gordon Shaw	5 June 2022	European Championships	Tirana, Albania

Women

width=9%	Event	width=6%	Record	width=16%	Athlete	width=13%	Date	width=20%	Meet	width=20%	Place	width=3%	Ref
45 kg
Snatch	64 kg	Hannah Powell	2 March 2019	Welsh Championships	Bangor, United Kingdom
Clean & Jerk	84 kg	Hannah Powell	9 July 2019	Commonwealth Championships	Apia, Samoa
Total	148 kg	Hannah Powell	9 July 2019	Commonwealth Championships	Apia, Samoa
49 kg
Snatch	77 kg	Fraer Morrow	5 September 2023	World Championships	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	^[13]
Clean & Jerk	97 kg	Fraer Morrow	9 June 2023	IWF Grand Prix	Havana, Cuba	^[14]
Total	174 kg	Fraer Morrow	5 September 2023	World Championships	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
55 kg
Snatch	89 kg	Fraer Morrow	30 July 2022	Commonwealth Games	Marston Green, United Kingdom	^[15]
Clean & Jerk	109 kg	Fraer Morrow	26 June 2021	British Championships	Twickenham, United Kingdom
Total	198 kg	Fraer Morrow	30 July 2022	Commonwealth Games	Marston Green, United Kingdom
59 kg
Snatch	93 kg	Zoe Smith	21 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya, Thailand
Clean & Jerk	123 kg	Zoe Smith	21 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya, Thailand
Total	216 kg	Zoe Smith	21 September 2019	World Championships	Pattaya, Thailand
64 kg
Snatch	101 kg	Sarah Davies	8 June 2019	British International Open	Coventry, United Kingdom
Clean & Jerk	129 kg	Sarah Davies	6 April 2021	European Championships	Moscow, Russia	^[16]
Total	230 kg	Sarah Davies	6 April 2021	European Championships	Moscow, Russia
71 kg
Snatch	103 kg	Sarah Davies	1 August 2022	Commonwealth Games	Marston Green, United Kingdom	^[17]
Clean & Jerk	132 kg	Sarah Davies	13 December 2021	World Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	^[18]
Total	234 kg	Sarah Davies	13 December 2021	World Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
76 kg
Snatch	102 kg	Sarah Davies	29 October 2022	England Championships	Derby, United Kingdom
Clean & Jerk	127 kg	Emily Godley	11 July 2019	Commonwealth Championships	Apia, Samoa
Total	226 kg	Sarah Davies	29 October 2022	England Championships	Derby, United Kingdom
81 kg
Snatch	102 kg	Katrina Feklistova	9 April 2024	World Cup	Phuket, Thailand	^[19]
Clean & Jerk	127 kg	Katrina Feklistova	9 April 2024	World Cup	Phuket, Thailand	^[20]
Total	229 kg	Katrina Feklistova	9 April 2024	World Cup	Phuket, Thailand	^[21]
87 kg
Snatch	113 kg	Madias Dodo Nzesso-Ngake	10 December 2023	England Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[22]
Clean & Jerk	131 kg	Madias Dodo Nzesso-Ngake	10 December 2023	England Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Total	246 kg	Madias Dodo Nzesso-Ngake	7 July 2024	British Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
+87 kg
Snatch	124 kg	Emily Campbell	3 August 2022	Commonwealth Games	Marston Green, United Kingdom	^[23]
	126 kg	Emily Campbell	11 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	^[24]
Clean & Jerk	165 kg	Emily Campbell	15 December 2022	World Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	^[25]
Total	287 kg	Emily Campbell	15 December 2022	World Championships	Bogotá, Colombia
	288 kg	Emily Campbell	11 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France

Historical records (1998–2018)

Men

width=9%	Event	width=6%	Record	width=16%	Athlete	width=13%	Date	width=20%	Meet	width=20%	Place	width=3%	Ref
colspan="7"	-56 kg
Snatch	100 kg	Alan Ogilvie	10 July 1999	British Championships		^[26]
Clean & Jerk	124 kg	Mubarak Musoke	22 October 2011	British U23 Championships	Oldbury, Great Britain	^[27]
Total	220 kg	Alan Ogilvie	10 July 1999	British Championships
colspan="7"	-62 kg
Snatch	124 kg	Gareth Evans	27 June 2015	British Championships	Coventry, Great Britain	^[28]
Clean & Jerk	150 kg	Gareth Evans	25 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Great Britain	^[29]
Total	269 kg	Gareth Evans	27 June 2015	British Championships	Coventry, Great Britain
colspan="7"	-69 kg
Snatch	136 kg	Gareth Evans	6 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	^[30]
Clean & Jerk	165 kg	Stewart Cruickshank	31 July 2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, Great Britain	^[31]
Total	299 kg	Gareth Evans	6 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	^[32]
colspan="7"	-77 kg
Snatch	147 kg	Jack Oliver	28 June 2015	British Championships	Coventry, Great Britain	^[33]
Clean & Jerk	176 kg	Jack Oliver	23 November 2015	World Championships	Houston, United States	^[34]
Total	320 kg	Jack Oliver	14 April 2015	European Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	^[35]
colspan="7"	-85 kg
Snatch	158 kg	Bradley Burrowes	22 July 2007	South West Championships	Bristol, Great Britain	^[36]
Clean & Jerk	192,5 kg	Leon Griffin	18 September 1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	^[37]
Total	347,5 kg	Leon Griffin	18 September 1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	^[38]
colspan="7"	-94 kg
Snatch	165,5 kg	Peter May
Clean & Jerk	195 kg	David Guest	28 January 2001	UK Invitational Championships	Birmingham, Great Britain	^[39]
Total	355 kg	David Guest	28 January 2001	UK Invitational Championships	Birmingham, Great Britain
colspan="7"	-105 kg
Snatch	165 kg	Thomas Yule	27 April 2000	European Championships	Sofia, Bulgaria	^[40]
Clean & Jerk	210 kg	Delroy McQueen	2 August 2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, Great Britain	^[41]
Total	375 kg	Delroy McQueen	2 August 2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, Great Britain	^[42]
+105 kg
Snatch	180 kg	Giles Greenwood	3 August 2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, Great Britain
Clean & Jerk	215 kg	Darius Jokarzadeh	10 May 2013	World Junior Championships	Lima, Peru	^[43]
Total	387,5 kg	Giles Greenwood	3 August 2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, Great Britain	^[44]

Women

width=9%	Event	width=6%	Record	width=16%	Athlete	width=13%	Date	width=20%	Meet	width=20%	Place	width=3%	Ref
colspan="7"	-48 kg
Snatch	67 kg	Hannah Powell	8 March 2015	Welsh National Championships	Cardiff, Great Britain	^[45]
Clean and jerk	88 kg	Joanne Calvino	26 November 2011
Total	153 kg	Joanne Calvino	26 November 2011
colspan="7"	-53 kg
Snatch	78 kg	Jennifer Tong	21 April 2018	British University Championships	Twickenham, Great Britain	^[46]
Clean and jerk	99 kg	Fraer Morrow	6 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	^[47]
Total	172 kg	Fraer Morrow	6 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	^[48]
colspan="7"	-58 kg
Snatch	94 kg	Michaela Breeze	29 May 2014	International Women Grand Prix	Speyer, Germany	^[49]
Clean & Jerk	121 kg	Zoe Smith	30 July 2012	Olympic Games	London, Great Britain	^[50]
Total	212.5 kg	Michaela Breeze	21 April 2004	European Championships	Kyiv, Ukraine	^[51]
colspan="7"	-63 kg
Snatch	100 kg	Michaela Breeze	18 March 2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	^[52]
Clean and jerk	124 kg	Zoe Smith	25 November 2015	World Championships	Houston, United States	^[53]
Total	221 kg	Zoe Smith	25 November 2015	World Championships	Houston, United States	^[54]
colspan="7"	-69 kg
Snatch	102 kg	Rebekah Tiler	11 June 2016	British Championships	Coventry, Great Britain	^[55]
Clean and jerk	126 kg	Rebekah Tiler	24 October 2015	Northern Open	Mytholmroyd, Great Britain	^[56]
Total	227 kg	Rebekah Tiler	11 June 2016	British Championships	Coventry, Great Britain	^[57]
colspan="7"	-75 kg
Snatch	96 kg	Emily Godley	8 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	^[58]
Clean and jerk	126 kg	Emily Godley	8 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	^[59]
Total	222 kg	Emily Godley	8 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	^[60]
colspan="7"	-90 kg
Snatch	97 kg	Mercy Brown	7 July 2018	British Championships	Coventry, Great Britain
Clean and jerk	124 kg	Mercy Brown	7 July 2018	British Championships	Coventry, Great Britain
Total	221 kg	Mercy Brown	7 July 2018	British Championships	Coventry, Great Britain	^[61]
+90 kg
Snatch	107 kg	Emily Campbell	7 July 2018	British Championships	Coventry, Great Britain
Clean and jerk	139 kg	Emily Campbell	9 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	^[62]
Total	242 kg	Emily Campbell	9 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	^[63]

References

General

• British records – Men 7 July 2024 updated
• British records – Women 23 July 2024 updated

Specific

External links

• British Weightlifting web site
• British Weightlifting records page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weightlifting – Men's 55 kg – Results. Birmingham 2022. 30 July 2022. 2 August 2022.
2. Web site: English Championships 2019 Results. britishweightlifting.org. 20 January 2019. 9 February 2019.
3. Web site: European Championships. IWF. 2 July 2019. 12 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200912231542/https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=452. dead.
4. Web site: 2019 Commonwealth Senior Championships. IWF. 15 September 2019.
5. Web site: European Championships. 27 March 2024 . IWF.
6. Web site: 2023 England Championships – Senior Men's. British Weight Lifting. 19 December 2023.
7. Web site: Weightlifting – Men's 81 kg – Results. Birmingham 2022. 1 August 2022. 2 August 2022.
8. Web site: English Championships Senior Results. British Weight Lifting. 22 December 2022.
9. Web site: 12 June 2019. British International Open and British Senior Weightlifting Championships 2019 Results. 12 June 2019. britishweightlifting.org.
10. Web site: 2024 IWF World Cup Results. IWF. 20 April 2024.
11. Web site: 2023 European Championships . 27 April 2023 . IWF.
12. Web site: 2022 European Championships – Results book. 5 June 2022. 6 June 2022. EWF.
13. Web site: 2023 IWF World Championships . 14 September 2023. IWF.
14. Web site: 2023 IWF Grand Prix I Results. IWF. 19 June 2023.
15. Web site: Weightlifting – Women's 55 kg – Results. Birmingham 2022. 30 July 2022. 2 August 2022.
16. Web site: Women's 64kg Group A Results. easywl.com. 6 April 2021. 25 April 2021.
17. Web site: Weightlifting – Women's 71 kg – Results. Birmingham 2022. 1 August 2022. 2 August 2022.
18. Web site: 2021 IWF World Championships . 13 December 2021 . IWF.
19. Web site: 2024 IWF World Cup Phuket Results. IWF. 23 July 2024.
20. Web site: 2024 IWF World Cup Phuket Results. IWF. 23 July 2024.
21. Web site: 2024 IWF World Cup Phuket Results. IWF. 23 July 2024.
22. Web site: 2023 England Championships – Senior Women's. British Weight Lifting. 19 December 2023.
23. Web site: Weightlifting – Women's 87+ kg – Results. Birmingham 2022. 3 August 2022. 3 August 2022.
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35. Web site: 2015 European Weightlifting Championships – Men's Results. EWF. 14 April 2015. 19 April 2015. 11 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150511084214/http://ewfed.com/documents/2015/Tbilisi_2015/Tbilisi_Results/Tbilisi_results_men.htm. dead.
36. Web site: 2007 Empire Summer Invitational Competition - Results. BWL. 22 July 2007. 28 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160806101239/http://britishweightlifting.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Empire-Summer-Invitational-2007.pdf. 6 August 2016. dead.
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40. Web site: 2000 European Weightlifting Championships – Results. EWF. 14 April 2015. 26 October 2015. 22 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422123904/http://result.ewfed.com/eventlist/e/69. dead.
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44. Web site: 2002 Commonwealth Games – Weightlifting Results - Men's +105 kg. m2002.thecgf.com. 3 August 2002. 22 October 2015.
45. Web site: Welsh Senior Championships 2015. BWL. 8 March 2015. 18 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134606/http://britishweightlifting.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Welsh-Senior-Championships-2015.pdf. 4 March 2016. dead.
46. Web site: BRITISH UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 Results. BWL. 21 April 2018. 13 June 2018.
47. Web site: Weightlifting Women's 53kg Results. results.gc2018.com. 6 April 2018. 6 April 2018.
48. Web site: Weightlifting Women's 53kg Results. results.gc2018.com. 6 April 2018. 6 April 2018.
49. Web site: The International Women's Weightlifting Grand Prix 2014. 24 June 2014. 14 November 2016.
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54. Web site: Zoe Smith sets new British records on way to best GB finish since 2002. BWL. 26 November 2015. 27 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080913/http://britishweightlifting.org/zoe-smith-sets-new-british-records-on-way-to-best-gb-finish-since-2002/. 8 December 2015. dead.
55. Web site: New British records set as Rebekah Tiler and Sonny Webster win British Senior titles. BWL. 11 June 2016. 13 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624211048/http://britishweightlifting.org/rebekah-tiler-breaks-two-british-records-win-british-senior-title/. 24 June 2016. dead.
56. Web site: Rebakah Tiler breaks multiple records at Northern Open. BWL. 26 October 2015. 27 October 2015.
57. Web site: Cybex British Weightlifting Championships. BWL. 7 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180308104546/http://britishweightlifting.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Cybex-British-Weightlifting-Championships-2016v2.pdf. 8 March 2018. dead.
58. Web site: Women's 75kg Results. gc2018.com. 8 April 2018. 13 April 2018.
59. Web site: Women's 75kg Results. gc2018.com. 8 April 2018. 13 April 2018.
60. Web site: Women's 75kg Results. gc2018.com. 8 April 2018. 13 April 2018.
61. Web site: British Championships 2018. BWL. 12 July 2018.
62. Web site: Women's +90kg Results. gc2018.com. 9 April 2018. 13 April 2018.
63. Web site: Women's +90kg Results. gc2018.com. 9 April 2018. 13 April 2018.