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2020. 2024. 2028. Medalists. Records. Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, in Antwerp, Belgium, as well as twice before then. It debuted at the 1896 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, and was also an event at the 1904 Games.
World Games. Women: 1997. Weightlifting (often known as Olympic weightlifting) is a competitive strength sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with the aim of successfully lifting the heaviest weights. Athletes compete in two specific ways of lifting the barbell overhead.
Doping in weightlifting was highlighted during the Games due to historic problems in the sport. [5] [6] Due to corruption, [7] failed reforms of the International Weightlifting Federation, [8] and doping problems, the IOC is threatening to drop weightlifting entirely from the Olympics unless substantial reforms are made to the sport. [9]
Aug. 9: Gold medallist Olivia Reeves of Team United States acknowledges the crowd on the podium during the Weightlifting Women's 71kg medal ceremony on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 ...
The Women's 55 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 26 July at the Tokyo International Forum. [ 1][ 2] The event was won by Hidilyn Diaz, the first Olympic gold medal (in any event) for the Philippines. China 's Liao Qiuyun took silver and Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan takes the bronze.
The Women's 49 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 24 July at the Tokyo International Forum. [ 1][ 2] China's Hou Zhihui, India's Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and Indonesia's Windy Cantika Aisah won the gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. In group B, Ludia Montero of Cuba, Beatriz Pirón of the ...
Emily Campbell (born 6 May 1994) is a British weightlifter, the most successful British weightlifter of modern times. [2] She is a Commonwealth and four-time European champion, and a double World and Olympic medalist. In 2021, competing in the +87 kg category, Campbell became both European champion, and the first British woman to win an Olympic ...
The Women's 59 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 27 July at the Tokyo International Forum. [ 1][ 2] This was the first ever 59 kg Olympic competition after the weight categories were reorganized in 2018. Kuo Hsing-chun from Chinese Taipei set three Olympic records to win her first Olympic gold ...