World Para Powerlifting Championships

The World Para Powerlifting Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Powerlifting World Championships, is an event organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Competitors with a physical disability compete, and in a few events athletes with an intellectual disability compete. First held in 1994, the competition was held every four years.[1] Since 2017, it is held every two years. The competitions are also part of the qualification process to compete at the Summer Paralympics.

World Para Powerlifting Championships
SportPara Powerlifting
Founded1994
ContinentInternational (IPC)
TV partner(s)https://www.paralympic.org/powerlifting

The first IPC Powerlifting World Championships were held in Uppsala, Sweden in 1994.[1] On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international federation for 10 disability sports, including powerlifting, adopted the "World Para" brand for all 10 sports. The world championship events in all of these sports were immediately rebranded as "World Para" championships.[2]

Editions edit

  1. Senior: All Editions
  2. Junior (U20): 2002 or 2006-2021
  3. Team Events: Since 2019
  4. Rookie (14-17): Since 2023
  5. Next Gen (18-20): Since 2023
  6. Legend (+45): Since 2023
  • 1994-2021: Medal awarded in Best Lifts.
  • 2023-Ongoing: Medal awarded in Best and Total Lifts.
Edition Year Host City Host Country Dates Most Golds Events Athletes
1 1994 (details) Uppsala   Sweden 10 137
2 1998 (details) Dubai   United Arab Emirates 20 269
3 2002 (details) Kuala Lumpur   Malaysia 20 234
4 2006 (details) Busan   South Korea 3 – 11 May   China 20 300
5 2010 (details) Kuala Lumpur   Malaysia 25 – 31 July   Egypt 20 292
6 2014 (details) Dubai   United Arab Emirates 5 – 11 April   Nigeria 20 330
7 2017 (details) Mexico City   Mexico 2 – 8 December   China 20 333
8 2019 (details) Nur-Sultan   Kazakhstan 12 – 20 July   China 20 430
9 2021 (details) Tbilisi   Georgia 27 November – 5 December   China 20 437
10 2023 (details) Dubai   United Arab Emirates 22 – 30 August   China 20 471
11 2025 (details) Cairo   Egypt

Medals edit

Seniors Best (2010-2021) edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)23221560
2  Egypt (EGY)19121546
3  Nigeria (NGR)168731
4  Iran (IRI)1317535
5  Russia (RUS)561223
6  Jordan (JOR)43411
7  Ukraine (UKR)33713
8  Mexico (MEX)32611
9  Turkey (TUR)2417
10  Chinese Taipei (TPE)2013
11  France (FRA)2002
  Malaysia (MAS)2002
13  Vietnam (VIE)1405
14  Great Britain (GBR)1214
15  Mongolia (MGL)1203
16  Greece (GRE)1124
17  Algeria (ALG)1113
18  Kazakhstan (KAZ)1001
19  Iraq (IRQ)0268
20  Poland (POL)0213
21  Brazil (BRA)0123
22  Libya (LBA)0112
  Uzbekistan (UZB)0112
24  Australia (AUS)0101
  Cuba (CUB)0101
  El Salvador (ESA)0101
  Thailand (THA)0101
  United Arab Emirates (UAE)0101
  Venezuela (VEN)0101
30  Azerbaijan (AZE)0022
  Chile (CHI)0022
  Colombia (COL)0022
  Indonesia (INA)0022
34  Belarus (BLR)0011
  India (IND)0011
  Netherlands (NED)0011
  Syria (SYR)0011
Totals (37 entries)100100100300

Seniors Total (2023) edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)82313
2  Nigeria (NGR)2204
  Ukraine (UKR)2204
4  Great Britain (GBR)2002
5  Iran (IRI)1113
6  Malaysia (MAS)1102
7  Brazil (BRA)1012
8  India (IND)1001
  Jordan (JOR)1001
  Poland (POL)1001
11  Uzbekistan (UZB)0213
12  Colombia (COL)0123
13  South Korea (KOR)0112
14  Chile (CHI)0101
  El Salvador (ESA)0101
  Italy (ITA)0101
  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0101
  Morocco (MAR)0101
  United Arab Emirates (UAE)0101
  Venezuela (VEN)0101
  Vietnam (VIE)0101
22  Egypt (EGY)0044
23  Algeria (ALG)0011
  Argentina (ARG)0011
  Greece (GRE)0011
  Iraq (IRQ)0011
  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)0011
  Syria (SYR)0011
  Turkey (TUR)0011
Totals (29 entries)20202060

Seniors Overall (2010-2023) edit

Mixed Team (2019-2021) edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Chile (CHI)1001
  Egypt (EGY)1001
3  Ukraine (UKR)0112
4  Brazil (BRA)0101
5  Colombia (COL)0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Juniors (2021) edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain (GBR)3115
2  Russia (RUS)2013
3  Mexico (MEX)2002
  Ukraine (UKR)2002
5  Egypt (EGY)1102
  Iraq (IRQ)1102
7  Brazil (BRA)1023
8  Azerbaijan (AZE)1012
9  Algeria (ALG)1001
  Iran (IRI)1001
11  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0314
12  Jordan (JOR)0101
  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)0101
14  Belarus (BLR)0011
Totals (14 entries)158730

Legend (2023) edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Dubai 2014: History". paralympic.org. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. ^ "The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for" (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

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