weightlifting
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events and their results for 2009.
World weightlifting championships
* May 19 – ?: 2009 World Youth Weightlifting Championships in
Chiang Mai
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** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* June 14 – ?: 2009 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in
Bucharest
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** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* November 19 – 29:
2009 World Weightlifting Championships
The World Weightlifting Championships 2009 was held in Goyang, South Korea. The event took place from November 20 to November 29, 2009.
Medal summary Men
Women
Medal table
Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
Ranking by all medals: Big ( ...
in
Goyang
Goyang (; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province in the north of South Korea. It is part of the Seoul Metropolitan Area, making Goyang one of Seoul's Satellite city, satellite cities. It is one of the largest cities in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, w ...
* March 18 – ?: 2009 European Union Weightlifting Championships in
Ciechanów
Ciechanów is a city in north-central Poland, seat of the Ciechanów County in the Masovian Voivodeship. As of December 2021, it has a population of 43,495.
A city with almost a thousand years of history, recorded in 1065, Ciechanów is one of ...
** Men's 56 kg winner:
Maciej Przepiórkiewicz
Maciej Przepiórkiewicz (born November 14, 1987) is a Polish weightlifter in the 56 kg weight division.
He finished 11th at the 2011 European Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 240 kg.
He also finished 7th at the 2012 Europe ...
** Men's 62 kg winner: Damian Wisniewski
** Men's 69 kg winner: Isaac Julian Morillas Sanchez
** Men's 77 kg winner: Roman Klis
** Women's 48 kg winner: María Cabrera
** Women's 53 kg winner:
Marzena Karpińska
Marzena Karpińska (Polish pronunciation: ; born 19 February 1988, in Biłgoraj) is a Polish weightlifter. She won a gold medal at the 2012 European Championships in Antalya, Turkey with a 187 kg total. She weighed in at 47.74 kg an ...
** Women's 58 kg winner:
Joanna Łochowska
Joanna Łochowska (born November 17, 1988, in Zielona Góra) is a Polish weightlifter.London2012.com She competed at the
** Women's 63 kg winner: Sheila Ramos Gonzalez
* April 4 – ?: 2009 European Weightlifting Championships in
Bucharest
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** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* May 9 – ?: 2009 Asian Weightlifting Championships in
Taldıqorğan
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The town was founded in the 19th centur ...
** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* May 12 – ?: 2009 Oceania Senior & Junior Weightlifting Championships in Darwin
** Senior: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
** Junior: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* June 3 – ?: 2009 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in
Chicago
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** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* July 1 – ?: 2009 GCC Senior & Junior Weightlifting Championships in
Fujairah
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** Senior (Men only): won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
** Junior (Men only): won the gold medal tally. Saudi Arabia and won 8 overall medals each.
* July 25 – ?: 2009 European Junior Weightlifting Championships in
Landskrona
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** and won 3 gold medals each. won the overall medal tally.
* July 31 – ?: 2009 African Senior, Junior, & Youth Weightlifting Championships in
Kampala
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** Senior: won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
** Junior: , , and won 3 gold medals each. Cameroon, Egypt, South Africa, , and won 6 overall medals each.
** Youth: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* September 6 – ?: 2009 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in
Eilat
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** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* October 11 – ?: 2009 European U23 Weightlifting Championships in
Władysławowo
Władysławowo (Kashubian language, Kashubian/Pomeranian language, Pomeranian: ''Wiôlgô Wies'' vʲɞlɡɞ ˈvʲɛs ) is a city on the south coast of the Baltic Sea in Kashubia in the Pomerelia region, northern Poland, with 9,363 inhabitant ...
** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
* October 19 – ?: 2009 Commonwealth Senior & Junior Weightlifting Championships in
Penang
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** Senior: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
** Junior: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* October 20 – ?: 2009 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships in
** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* December 16 – ?: 2009 Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships in
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...