Monday, December 31, 2018

2016 in weightlifting

Rockies77: created new topic -> transferred info from the 2016 in sports topic to this new one


Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)


This article lists the main [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]] events and their results for 2016.

==2016 Summer Olympics ([[International Weightlifting Federation|IWF]])==
* March 18 – 20: 2016 IWF Grand Prix #1 (Russian Federation President's Cup) and Olympic Qualification Event in [[Kazan]]<ref></ref>
** Men's 94&nbsp;kg winner: Adam Maligov
** Men's 105&nbsp;kg winner: Jaroslaw Pawel Samoraj
** Men's +105&nbsp;kg winner: [[Ruben Aleksanyan]]
** Women's 75&nbsp;kg winner: Johanie Filiatreault
** Women's +75&nbsp;kg winner: [[Hripsime Khurshudyan]]
* April 7 – 10: Aquece Rio Weightlifting 2016 (South American Weightlifting Championship) in [[Rio de Janeiro]] (Olympic Test Event)<ref></ref>
** won the gold medal tally. Colombia and won 10 overall medals each.
* May 30 – June 3: 2016 IWF Grand Prix #2 (International Fajr Cup) and Olympic Qualification Event in [[Tehran]] (debut event)<ref></ref>
** Men's 85&nbsp;kg winner: [[Kianoush Rostami]]
** Men's 94&nbsp;kg winner: [[Sohrab Moradi]]
** Men's 105&nbsp;kg winner: [[Mohammad Reza Barari]]
** Men's +105&nbsp;kg winner: Behdad Salimikordasiabi
* August 6 – 16: [[Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Summer Olympics]] in Rio de Janeiro at the [[Riocentro]]
** '''Men'''
** Men's 56&nbsp;kg: [[Long Qingquan]] ('''WR & OR'''); [[Om Yun-chol]]; [[Sinphet Kruaithong]]
** Men's 62&nbsp;kg: [[Óscar Figueroa (weightlifter)|Óscar Figueroa]]; [[Eko Yuli Irawan]]; [[Farkhad Kharki]]
** Men's 69&nbsp;kg: [[Shi Zhiyong (weightlifter, born 1993)|Shi Zhiyong]]; [[Daniyar Ismayilov]]; [[Luis Javier Mosquera]]
*** Note: [[Izzat Artykov]] was disqualified from the 69&nbsp;kg event, due to doping.<ref></ref>
** Men's 77&nbsp;kg: [[Nijat Rahimov]] ('''WR'''); [[Lü Xiaojun]]; [[Mohamed Ihab]]
** Men's 85&nbsp;kg: [[Kianoush Rostami]] ('''WR'''); [[Tian Tao]]; [[Gabriel Sîncrăian]]
** Men's 94&nbsp;kg: [[Sohrab Moradi]]; [[Vadzim Straltsou]]; [[Aurimas Didžbalis]]
** Men's 105&nbsp;kg: [[Ruslan Nurudinov]] ('''OR'''); [[Simon Martirosyan]]; [[Aleksandr Zaychikov]]
** Men's +105&nbsp;kg: [[Lasha Talakhadze]] ('''WR & OR'''); [[Gor Minasyan (weightlifter)|Gor Minasyan]]; [[Irakli Turmanidze]]
** '''Women'''
** Women's 48&nbsp;kg: [[Sopita Tanasan]]; [[Sri Wahyuni Agustiani]]; [[Hiromi Miyake]]
** Women's 53&nbsp;kg: [[Hsu Shu-ching]]; [[Hidilyn Diaz]]; [[Yoon Jin-hee]]
** Women's 58&nbsp;kg: [[Sukanya Srisurat]] ('''OR'''); [[Pimsiri Sirikaew]]; [[Kuo Hsing-chun]]
** Women's 63&nbsp;kg: [[Deng Wei (weightlifter)|Deng Wei]] ('''WR & OR'''); [[Choe Hyo-sim]]; [[Karina Goricheva]]
** Women's 69&nbsp;kg: [[Xiang Yanmei]]; [[Zhazira Zhapparkul]]; [[Sara Ahmed (weightlifter)|Sara Ahmed]]
** Women's 75&nbsp;kg: [[Rim Jong-sim]]; [[Darya Naumava]]; [[Lidia Valentín]]
** Women's +75&nbsp;kg: [[Meng Suping]]; [[Kim Kuk-hyang (weightlifter)|Kim Kuk-hyang]]; [[Sarah Robles]]

==World weightlifting championships==
* June 24 – July 2: 2016 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships in [[Tbilisi]]<ref></ref>
** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* October 20 – 25: 2016 IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championships in [[George Town, Penang|Penang]]<ref></ref>
** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* November 13 – 17: 2016 FISU World University Weightlifting Championships in [[Mérida, Yucatán]]<ref></ref>
** won the gold medal tally. and won 8 overall medals each.

==Continental & regional weightlifting championships==
* April 8 – 16: [[2016 European Weightlifting Championships]] in [[Førde]]<ref></ref><ref></ref>
** and won 3 gold medals each. won the overall medal tally.
* April 22 – 30: [[2016 Asian Weightlifting Championships]] in [[Tashkent]]<ref></ref>
** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* April 23 – 30: 2016 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships in [[San Salvador]]<ref></ref>
** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* May 7 – 13: [[2016 African Weightlifting Championships]] in [[Yaoundé]]<ref></ref>
** and won 4 gold medals each. Tunisia won the overall medal tally.
* May 23 – 28: [[2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships]] in [[Suva]]<ref></ref>
** and won 3 gold medals each. Australia won the overall medal tally.
* June 4 – 11: [[2016 Pan American Weightlifting Championships]] in [[Cartagena, Colombia]]<ref></ref>
** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* September 10 – 17: 2016 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in [[Nowy Tomyśl]]
** , , , and won 2 gold medals each. won the overall medal tally.
* October 25 – 29: 2016 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Penang<ref></ref>
** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
* November 8 – 16: 2016 Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships in [[Tokyo]]<ref></ref><ref></ref>
** Junior: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
** Youth: won the gold medal tally. Iran, , and won 7 overall medals each.
* December 2 – 10: 2016 European Junior Weightlifting Championships in [[Eilat]]<ref></ref>
** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* December 8 – 15: 2016 African Junior and Youth Weightlifting Championships in [[Cairo]]<ref></ref><ref></ref>
** Junior: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
** Youth: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

==2016 [[International Paralympic Committee|IPC]] [[Powerlifting]] World Cup==
* January 21 – 23: PWC #1 in Rio de Janeiro (Paralympic Test Event)<ref></ref>
** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* February 15 – 19: PWC #2 in [[Dubai]]<ref></ref>
** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* February 24 – 28: PWC #3 (final) in [[Kuala Lumpur]]
** For Day 1 results, click [http://bit.ly/2H0zMwj here.]
** For Day 2 results, click [http://bit.ly/2RqQ7hw here.]
** For Day 3 results, click [http://bit.ly/2GPE21o here.]
** For Day 4 results, click [http://bit.ly/2RpO4uf here.]
** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

==References==


==External links==
* [https://www.iwf.net/ International Weightlifting Federation Website]

[[Category:Weightlifting]]
[[Category:2016 in sports]]


from Wikipedia - New pages [en] http://bit.ly/2RocMeh
via IFTTT

No comments:

Post a Comment