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Powerlifting At The 2022 Commonwealth Games
Para powerlifting was one of the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. This was the sixth staging of para powerlifting at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 2002, and the second staging within England specifically. The competition took place on 4 August 2022, spread across four weight classes (two per gender). Schedule The competition schedule is as follows: Venue The para powerlifting competition was held at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull. Five other sports - badminton, boxing, netball, table tennis, and weightlifting - also took place there. Qualification A total of 40 powerlifters (20 per gender) qualified to compete at the Games. Nations earned two quotas per weight class, allocated as follows: * Athletes in the World Para Powerlifting (WPPO) Commonwealth Rankings as of 25 April 2022. * Recipients of a CGF/WPPO Bipartite Invitation. Medal summary Medal table Medalists References External links Offici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Exhibition Centre
The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is an exhibition centre located in Marston Green, Solihull, West Midlands, England. It is near junction 6 of the M42 motorway, and is adjacent to Birmingham Airport and Birmingham International railway station. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1976. History The NEC was originally going to be built adjacent to the M1 motorway (junction 21) near Leicester but it was turned down by Leicestershire County Council with claims that "The big shows won't move away from London". The building was designed by Edward Mills. In November 1971, the Secretary of State for the Environment granted outline planning approval for the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. On 16 February 1973, then Prime Minister Edward Heath travelled up from London to cut a white ribbon and initiate its construction. The NEC was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 2 February 1976. Expansion of the complex The seventh hall of the NEC complex, a multi-purpose indoor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weightlifting At The 2022 Commonwealth Games
Weightlifting was one of the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. This was the nineteenth staging of weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 1950, and the second staging within England specifically. The competition took place between 30 July and 3 August 2022, spread across sixteen weight classes (eight per gender). Schedule The competition schedule is as follows: Venue The weightlifting competitions will be held at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull. Five other sports - badminton, boxing, netball, para powerlifting and table tennis - will also take place there. Qualification A total of 180 weightlifters (90 per gender) qualify to compete at the Games. Nations may earn one quota per weight class, allocated as follows: * The host nation. * The 2021 Commonwealth champion. * Athletes on the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List as of 28 February 2022. * Recipient of a CGF/IWF Bipartite Invitation. Medal su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bose Omolayo
Bose Omolayo (born 1 February 1989) is a Nigerian powerlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 79 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. A few months later, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships The 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships was a powerlifting competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in Tbilisi, Georgia (country), Georgia from 27 November to 5 December. It was previously scheduled to be held in Batumi, Geor ... held in Tbilisi, Georgia. At this event, she also set a new world record of 144 kg. She competed in the Powerlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's +61 kg, women's +61 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal. She competed at the games again in Para powerlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, 2022 where she won a silver medal in the Para powerlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's heavyweight, women's heavywei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folashade Oluwafemiayo
Folashade Alice Oluwafemiayo (born 11 March 1985) is a Nigerian Paralympian athlete. Personal life Oluwafemiayo was born in Jos, and she is married to another Paralympic athlete, with whom she has a child. Career In 2012, Oluwafemiayo won silver medal in the women's 75kg category at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, breaking the world record in the process. She also won gold medal at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Mexico. However, she was suspended a year later for breaking anti-doping laws. In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia. At this event, she also set a new world record of 152.5 kg. She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal in the heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellen Wawira
Hellen Wawira Kariuki (born 15 April 1992) is a Kenyan para powerlifter. She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she came 4th in the lightweight event. She won a bronze medal in the lightweight event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet .... References 1992 births Living people Kenyan powerlifters Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Kenya Commonwealth Games medallists in powerlifting Powerlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Powerlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Kenyan women 21st-century Kenyan people {{Kenya-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Broome
Olivia Broome (born 13 June 2001) is a para powerlifter who won a bronze medal in the under-50 kg event at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics. She is the British and world junior record holder in the under-50 kg event, and has won multiple Para Powerlifting World Cup medals. She also won the junior under-50 kg event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships, silver medal in the women's 50 kg event, and a silver medal in the lightweight event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Personal life Broome is from Chorley, Lancashire. She has been a student at Loughborough University. Career Broome started para powerlifting at the age of 15, and trains at the British Weightlifting Centre at Loughborough University. She came 10th in the under-50 kg event at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Mexico City, and second in the junior under-50 kg event. She won a medal at that year's British Championships. She received the 2017 British Weight Lifting Young Lifter of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoe Newson
Zoe Newson (born 24 March 1992) is a British powerlifter. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the Summer Paralympics and she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships. In 2012 Newson posted a European record at the IPC Powerlifting British Championships and took bronze in the under 40 kg class for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Career history Newson was born in Ipswich in 1992 and was educated at East Bergholt High School. Newson, who was born with growth hormone deficiency, tried out powerlifting for the first time in 2006, joining the Suffolk Spartans club in Colchester in 2007. Newson entered a local competition in 2007, lifting near 40 kg, but by January 2008 she had improved this to 47.5 kg, taking second place at a Paralympic competition in Cardiff. In May Newson lifted a personal best of 60 kg and repeated this feat in June at the British Finals to make her British Champion in her clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micky Yule
Michael Yule (born 24 December 1978) is a British Paralympic powerlifter competing in the -80 kg class. In 2021, he won the bronze medal in the men's 72 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. In the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Micky won Bronze in the Men's Heavyweight category. Personal history Yule was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1978. He grew up in Wallyford, East Lothian. Yule joined the British Army at the age of 17 and in 2007 he was working as a diving instructor at the Defence Diving School on Horsea Island, Port Solent, for three years before being posted to Afghanistan. In Afghanistan he was a staff sergeant in the Royal Engineers and was posted to Helmand province. In March 2010, whilst on patrol, Yule stood on an IED. Powerlifting career Yule was a member of the Army Powerlifting team before his injury, and took up powerlifting as part of his rehabilitation. In 2012 he attended his first competitive powerlifting games, representin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikechukwu Obichukwu
Ikechukwu Obichukwu is a Nigerian Paralympic powerlifter. He represented Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London, United Kingdom and he won the silver medal in the men's 52 kg event. He also competed at the Commonwealth Games in 2010, where he won the bronze medal in the men's open bench press event, and in 2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeyp ... where he won a silver medal in the men's heavyweight event. References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Powerlifters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Nigeria Paralympic medalists in powerlifting Paralympic powerlifters for Nigeria Nigerian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudhir (powerlifter)
Sudhir (born 27 October 1994) is an Indian Para powerlifter. He won the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He is a six-time Indian national champion in para powerlifting and was also a bronze medalist at the 2018 Asian Para Games The 2018 Asian Para Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Difabel Asia 2018, ''Asian Para Games 2018''), officially known as the 3rd Asian Para Games and also known as Indonesia 2018, was a pan-Asian multi-sport event that held from 6 to 13 October 2018 .... References 1994 births Living people Indian powerlifters Powerlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting 20th-century Indian people 21st-century Indian people {{India-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nnamdi Innocent
Nnamdi Innocent (born 30 September 1980) is a Nigerian Paralympic powerlifter. He represented Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the bronze medal in the men's 72 kg event. In 2021, he did not perform a successful lift in the men's 72 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won the gold medal in the men's 72 kg event at the 2018 African Para Powerlifting Championships held in Algiers, Algeria. At the 2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, he won the bronze medal in the men's 72 kg event. He won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ... held in Birmingham, England. Results References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Swan
Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Finnish markka ( sv, finsk mark, links=no), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002 * Mark (currency), a currency or unit of account in many nations * Polish mark ( pl, marka polska, links=no), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924 German * Deutsche Mark, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 * German gold mark, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 * German Papiermark, the German currency from 4 August 1914 * German rentenmark, a currency issued on 15 November 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany * Lodz Ghetto mark, a special currency for Lodz Ghetto. * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
