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The World Weightlifting Championships is an international weightlifting competition, currently held annually (except for years of the Summer Olympic Games) by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The predecessor organization of the IWF was founded in 1905, [1] but World Championship events began before its foundation.
The 2024 World Weightlifting Championships was an weightlifting competition held in Manama, Bahrain, from 6 to 15 December 2024. [1] [2] Schedule
The winner of the 'one hand' competition in 1896 was Launceston Elliot of Scotland, while the winner of the 'two hands' event was Viggo Jensen of Denmark. [9] Further World Weightlifting Championships followed in 1898 in Austria, [10] 1899 in Milan, and 1903 in Paris, [11] with the International Weightlifting Federation being founded in 1905. [7]
The 2023 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 4 to 17 September 2023. [1] [3] The event served as a mandatory event to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [4] The competition was previously expected to be held using two platforms instead of one. [5] [6]
There is a tradition in Scotland of weight lifting competitions in Scottish Highland Gatherings, which have been annual events since the 1820s; [6] and these contests are forerunners of modern strength athletics.
The weightlifting competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place from 7 to 11 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. [1] [2] Several significant changes were instituted in the weightlifting program for Paris 2024, as the number of categories was trimmed from fourteen in Tokyo to ten. Furthermore, a total of 120 ...
The 2024 European Weightlifting Championships was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 12 to 20 February 2024. [1] Medal table. Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
International weightlifting competitions by host (48 C) Weightlifting at multi-sport events (17 C, 18 P) A. African Weightlifting Championships (1 C, 15 P)