2015 in weightlifting
This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2015.
IWF Grand Prix
[edit]- September 21 – 23: 2015 IWF Grand Prix (Rio 2016 Olympic Qualifying Event) in
Fuzhou[1]
- China won both the gold and overall medal tallies in both men's and women's events.
- December 12 & 13: 2015 IWF Grand Prix (5th Russian Federation President's Cup) in
Grozny[2]
- Men:
Kazakhstan and Russia won 4 gold and 9 overall medals each. - Women: Russia and the
United States won 3 gold medals each. Kazakhstan won all six silver medals in the event.
- Men:
World weightlifting championships
[edit]- April 7 – 12: 2015 IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championships in
Lima[3]
- China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- June 6 – 14: 2015 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships in
Wrocław[4]
- China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- November 20 – 29: 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in
Houston
- China won both the gold and overall medal tallies in Big and Small categories.
Continental weightlifting championships
[edit]- January 1 – 7: 2015 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in
Doha[5][6]
- Junior: China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- Youth:
Chinese Taipei won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- Junior:
- April 9 – 18: 2015 European Weightlifting Championships in
Tbilisi[7]
- May 5 – 10: 2015 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships in
Cartagena[8][9]
- Junior Men: Host nation, Colombia, won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- Junior Women: The
Dominican Republic won the gold medal tally. Colombia won the overall medal tally.
- Junior Men: Host nation,
- August 1 – 9: 2015 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in
Landskrona[10]
- September 3 – 12: 2015 Asian Weightlifting Championships in
Phuket
- Note: This event was scheduled to be held in Kathmandu in July. However, it was moved from there following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.
- China won the big and small rankings (gold and overall medal tallies).
- September 15 – 20: 2015 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships in
San Luis Potosí[11]
- October 2 – 11: 2015 European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships in
Klaipėda
- October 11 – 16: 2015 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in
Pune
IPC Powerlifting Regional Championships
[edit]- April 25 – 29: 2015 IPC Powerlifting Americas Open Championships in Mexico City[12]
- July 26 – 30: 2015 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships in Almaty[14]
- China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- November 24 – 28: 2015 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships in
Eger[15]
- China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
References
[edit]- ^ 2015 IWF Grand Prix in Fuzhou Results Book
- ^ "IWF Grand Prix 5th Russian Federation President's Cup, Grozny, RUS - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net.
- ^ "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net.
- ^ "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- ^ "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net.
- ^ "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net.
- ^ "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- ^ "2015 Pan American Junior Men's Weightlifting Championships Results Page" (PDF).
- ^ "2015 Pan American Junior Women's Weightlifting Championships Results Page" (PDF).
- ^ 2015 European Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Book
- ^ "2015 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF).
- ^ "Mexico City 2015 - Homepage". www.paralympic.org.
- ^ Mexico City 2015 Powerlifting Americas Open Championships Medal Table Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Almaty 2015 IPC Powerlifting Open Asian Championships". www.paralympic.org.
- ^ "Eger 2015 - Homepage". www.paralympic.org.