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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 Offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Exhibition Centre
The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is an exhibition centre located in Marston Green, England, near to Birmingham and Solihull. It is near junction 6 of the M42 motorway, and is adjacent to Birmingham Airport and Birmingham International railway station. It was opened by Elizabeth II, 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". 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, which was carried out by RM Douglas (know today as Tilbury Douglas), to a design by Edward Mills. The NEC was opened by Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II on 2 February 1976. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Tennis At The 2022 Commonwealth Games
Table tennis is one of the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. This was the sixth staging of table tennis at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 2002, and the second staging within England specifically. The competition took place between 29 July and 8 August 2022, spread across eleven events (including four parasport events). Schedule The competition schedule is as follows: Venue The table tennis competitions are being held at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull. Five other sports - badminton, boxing, netball, para powerlifting, and weightlifting - will also take place there. Medal summary Medal table Medallists Para Qualification Table tennis A total of 160 players (80 per gender) qualified to compete at the Games. The majority achieved team qualification as follows: * The host nation. * Nations on the ITTF World Team Rankings as of 2 January 2020. * Recipients of CGF/ITTF Bipartite Invitations (one n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folashade Oluwafemiayo
Folashade Alice Oluwafemiayo (born 11 March 1985) is a Nigerian Paralympic powerlifter. 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 Male boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 2 of the 4 major professional boxing org ... [...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, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England betw .... 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 sportswomen {{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 events at the 2020 and 2024 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoe Newson
Zoe Newson (born 24 March 1992) is a British powerlifter. She is a one-time silver and 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 Britis ... [...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, representing ... [...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 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ... 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 (, ''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 in Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta .... References 1994 births Living people Indian powerlifters Powerlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in powerlifting 21st-century Indian people Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games Asian Para Games medalists in powerlifting Asian Para Games bronze medalists for India Sportspeople from Haryana {{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, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England betw ... held in Birmingham, England. Results References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Swan
Mark Swan (born 2 July 2001) is a British Paralympic powerlifter. He represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Career Swan represented England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal in the lightweight powerlifting event. Swan represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Paralympics The 2024 Summer Paralympics (), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event governed by the International P ... and won a silver medal in the 65 kg powerlifting event. References External links * 2001 births Living people British powerlifters Powerlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Paralympic powerlifters for Great Britain Powerlifters at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain Paralympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Para Powerlifting At The Commonwealth Games
Para powerlifting is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since 2002 (with core sport status through 2022), though it was initially held as part of the weightlifting competitions; in contrast to other parasports, it is categorised separately since the able-bodied equivalent is not a Games sport. The sport made its debut as a single openweight competition for men in 2002; a women's openweight competition followed in 2010, and each gender has contested 2 weight classes since 2014. Nigeria has been the dominant nation in this sport, winning every single gold medal across five Games (and all medals awarded at Delhi 2010). Editions All-time medal table ''Updated after 2022 Commonwealth Games'' *Note : Medals awarded in Games before 2014 were allocated to weightlifting and are not included. Games records References {{DEFAULTSORT:Para Powerlifting At The Commonwealth Games Sports at the Commonwealth Games Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
