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2018 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 1 to 10 November 2018. This was the first World Championship after the International Weightlifting Federation, IWF changed their weight classes and nullified all world records. As a result, this World Championship saw a total of 31 senior World record progression men's weightlifting, men's world records and 41 senior World record progression women's weightlifting, women's world records set. To celebrate the event, then-President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow lifted a golden weight bar, albeit without any actual weights, during a cabinet meeting while his subordinates applauded him. The bizarre scene, broadcast on state media, was met with ridicule by worldwide press. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk) Team ranking Men Women Participating nations A total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashgabat
Ashgabat (Turkmen language, Turkmen: ''AÅŸgabat'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag, Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 mi) away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063 (2022 census). The city was founded in 1881 on the basis of an Ahal Teke (Turkmen tribe), Teke tribal village, and made the capital of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic in 1924 when it was known as Poltoratsk. Much of the city was destroyed by the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake, but has since been extensively rebuilt under the rule of Saparmurat Niyazov's "White City" urban renewal project, resulting in monumental projects sheathed in costly white marble. The Soviet-era Karakum Canal runs through the city, carrying waters from the Amu Darya from east to west. Today, as the capital of an independent Turkmenistan, Ashgabat retains a multiethnic population, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qin Fulin
Qin Fulin (born 12 January 1994) is a Chinese weightlifter. He participated at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ..., winning the bronze medal. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Qin, Fulin 1994 births Living people Chinese male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Chinese sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lü Xiaojun
Lü Xiaojun (; pinyin: lǚxiǎojūn, born 27 July 1984) is a Chinese weightlifter. He is a three-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. He is widely considered as one of the greatest weightlifters of all time. Early life Lü was born in a village administered by Qianjiang City, Hubei Province. His father, Lü Yuan, and the rest of his family were impoverished peasants. Contrary to popular belief, Lu's athletic career started out as a short-distance track and field sprinter and he didn't begin specific weightlifting training until he was 14. After winning a local elementary school track and field meet at the age of 12, he was scouted by the county-level track and field coaches and asked to join the team. But Lu led a rather short career as a young sprinter. At a 200 metre meet where he was placed 6th in 1998, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Ehab
Mohamed Ehab Youssef Ahmed Mahmoud (; born 21 November 1989), known as Mohamed Mahmoud or Mohamed Ehab, is an Egyptian weightlifter, and World Champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Early life Ehab was born in Faiyum, Egypt a city located 100 kilometers southwest from Cairo. He was introduced to weightlifting by his father. Ehab started training with a coach at the age of 8 after his brother took him to a weightlifting gym. He went on to join the Egyptian national team at the age of 15 at a body weight of 56 kg. Ehab's biggest influence in weightlifting was his father, after his passing Mohamed decided to dedicate his life to the sport. Career Olympics At the 2016 Summer Olympics he competed in the men's 77 kg weight class, getting third place for the snatch and second place for clean & jerk, giving him a third place which was upgraded to silver in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ri Chong-song
Ri Chong-song (; born 31 May 1997) is a North Korean male weightlifter competing in the men's 81 kg category. He won the gold medal in the men's 81kg event at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships held in Manama, Bahrain, and a gold medal in the men's 81kg event at the 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after .... Achievements References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ri, Chong-song 1997 births Living people North Korean male weightlifters Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Won Jeong-sik
Won Jeong-sik (, born 9 December 1990) is a South Korean weightlifter, Olympian,Jeongsik Won nbcolympics.com and World Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the reorganized the categories. Won took up weightlifting aged 14 and has a degree from the Korea National Sport University. He is married to the fellow Olympic weightlifter Yoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feng Lüdong
Feng Lüdong (born 23 October 1991) is a Chinese weightlifter, competing in the 69 kg division until 2018 and 73 kg and 67 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Career In 2018 he competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 1 to 10 November 2018. This was the first World Championship after the International Weightlifting Federation, IWF changed their weight classes and nullified all w ... in the 73 kg division, and won a bronze medal in the snatch portion. He competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships winning a silver medal in the 67 kg division. Major results References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Feng, Ludong Living people 1991 births Chinese male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Chinese sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadzim Likharad
Vadzim Likharad (born 6 September 1993) is a Belarusian weightlifter. He participated at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, winning a medal. In 2020 he tested positive for a Dehydrochoromethyl-testosterone metabolite and is banned until 2024 by the International Weightlifting Federation The International Weightlifting Federation, aka IWF, is the international governing body for the sport of Weightlifting. Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, it has 193 affiliated national federations. Mohammed Hasan Jalood has been its presid .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Likharad, Vadzim 1993 births Living people Belarusian male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists European Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Belarusian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shi Zhiyong (weightlifter, Born 1993)
Shi Zhiyong (; born 10 October 1993) is a Chinese weightlifter, two time Olympic Champion, three time World Champion and four time Asian Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Shi was born Shi Lei (Chinese: 石磊), but his coach Zhan Xugang gave him the new name after former Olympic Champion Shi Zhiyong. He holds the current world record in the -73 kg class for the snatch, and has set 13 world records. Career Olympics In 2016 he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 69 kg category. After the snatch portion of the competition he was in second place, trailing Daniyar İsmayilov by a single kg. Shi was able to beat Daniyar İsmayilov by two kg in the clean & jerk portion of the competition, lifting 190 kg over Daniyar's 188 kg, this gave him a total of 352 kg and an Olympic gold medal. In 2021 he competed at the 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Óscar Figueroa (weightlifter)
Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera (born 27 April 1983) is a retired Colombian weightlifter, and a gold medallist competing in the 62 kg category until 2018 and 67 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. He was born in the rural township of Zaragoza, located in Cartago, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. He initially retired from the sport after the 2016 Summer Olympics, but has returned to international competition and has competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships. He formally announced his retirement again in November 2019. Career Olympics At the 2004 Summer Olympics he ranked 5th in the snatch as well as the clean & jerk in the 56 kg category, lifting a total of 280 kg, and finished 5th overall. In the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, Figueroa failed to make a lift in the snatch category, he was unable to lift the bar from the floor in all three attempts. After the competition, it was discovered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doston Yokubov
Doston Yokubov (born 5 April 1995) is an Uzbek Olympic weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Yokubov also won the gold in the 73 kg division in the 2022 Asian Championships. He also represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ... held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Major results References 1995 births Living people Uzbekistani male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Uzbekistan Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan Medalists at the 2018 Asian Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Mayora
Julio Rubén Mayora Pernia (born 2 September 1996) is a Venezuelan weightlifter, Olympian, Pan American Champion and Pan American Games Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and the 67 kg and 73 kg categories starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Career He participated at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, winning a bronze medal with a 322 kg total. At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo he won a silver medal in the 73 kg category, and dedicated it to Hugo Chávez. In August 2024, Mayora competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ... held in Paris, France. He lifted 152 kg in the Snatch and placed fifth provisionally, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
