USA Weightlifting. She became the first openly transgender athlete to compete at a Games in a different gender category to the one in which they were born. Now 43, she is the third oldest lifter in Olympic history. Joe is also an alumnus of the FDNY where he continues to give back to the community. The governing body of global weightlifting, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) was formed in 1905 and holds the weightlifting world championships for both men and women every year, with the exception of an Olympic year. However, weightlifting was excluded from the 1904, 1908 and 1912 Olympics, only making a comeback at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, and has had a permanent presence since then. They are the best results set in competition by athletes aged 15 to 20 throughout the entire calendar year of the performance. Maison du Sport International. Five members of Team USA for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games won gold at the 2021 USAW National Championships. Talakhadze, who becomes the first Georgian athlete to win multiple Olympic gold medals in any sport, aims to compete in the Paris Games in 2024. The views expressed on this site may come from individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the view of BarBend or any other organization. If someone cant stand with a PVC pipe locked out over their head, they cant be asked to do jerk progressions. Sep 20, 2019 - Pattaya, Event Place & Date: Talakhadze said that offenders should get what they deserve but that the sport should be included in the Paris Games. Before we dive into specifics, here's an overview of the world records that have been set within the sport of weightlifting: Countries With the Most Olympic Medals in Male and Female Weightlifting Since 2000: Croatia Men: 1 Women: 0 Belarus Men: 5 Women: 1 Ukraine Men: 0 Women: 1 South Korea Men: 0 Women: 3 China Men: 2 Women: 18 Thailand Men: 0 Michael has been a competitive weightlifter for more than 50 years and is also an IWF Category 2 Referee. de Rhodanie 54. All Rights Reserved. List of Paralympic records in powerlifting, "A Concise History of Weightlifting at the Summer Olympic Games", "XXXI Olympic Games Weightlifting Results", "Olympic records | International Weightlifting Federation", "All the Current Olympic Weightlifting World Records", "Weightlifting Current Olympic Records Men", "Weightlifting Current Olympic Records Women", "IWF World Records and World Standards", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Olympic_records_in_weightlifting&oldid=1117726733, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 October 2022, at 07:39. Talakhadze, who won a gold at the 2016 Rio Games in the same category, lifted 223 kg for the snatch and 265 kg for the clean and jerk to also break his own world records in the two categories. It can help to remedy years of poor posture and immobility. Masters Weightlifting is a committee within USA Weightlifting, which is the national governing body (NGB) for the sport of weightlifting in the United States. Get in touch: Certificates for recently set American Records are available upon request. While the sports name is quite self-explanatory, it is not quite as simple as declaring the winner among whoever has lifted the heaviest weights. IWF Headquarters. A weightlifter is given three snatch attempts and three clean and jerk attempts each. Any kind of strength training is fantastic for overall health, but one of the great things about Olympic weightlifting is that it builds more than just strength and power. If they cant do a barbell clean, they can do kettlebell cleans or swings, for example.. The weight classes for men on the Olympic program were adjusted for the 2000 Games, so Olympic records only exist based on the results during and after that. The lowest weight category (52kg) was started at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, an edition which also saw the introduction of the +110 kg category, the highest. Approximately one third of adults over 50 fail to reach the recommended daily intake of 60 grams. Snatch - 151kg (Olympic Standard) Av. Another Greek weightlifter Akakios Kakiasvilis and Turkeys Halil Mutlu and Naim Suleymanoglu have won three Olympic golds each. From the Rulebook: Men's and Women's 50-59 records exceeding those gained in the 40-49 age group will be included in the 40-49 category. Masters Chairman from 1996 to 2018, Howard was given the honorary title of President for Life. Talakhadze dominated the field from the beginning. Select an age group from the menu to see American Records. Statistics are correct as of 17 December 2021. Last WMG records update 2019. The USA Masters committee was designed specifically to provide continued opportunities for the Master athlete to compete. He recommends starting out by building your mobility and strength for the big three powerlifting movements: the squat, bench press, and deadlift. He became a USAW National Coach in 2014, and has been an IWF Category I Referee since 2005. But there will be a subset of people who will need to significantly modify the exercises theyre doing in order to be safe. . Since 2015, its stipulations have stated athletes who have transitioned from male to female can compete in women's sport - without requiring surgery - as long as they have declared their gender identity is female for at least four years and kept their testosterone level below 10 nanomoles per litre for at least 12 months. Senior Men's World Records CurrentProgress YouthJuniorSenior MenWomen Search Print current list 55 kg Record Name Born Nation Event Place & Date Snatch Record: 135 kg World Standard Born: Nov 01, 2018 Event Place & Date: Nov 01, 2018 - World Standard C&J Record: 166 kg OM Yun Chol Born: Nov 18, 1991 PRK John Van Cramer is a long time competitor and supporter of Masters weightlifting and has been chairman of the Hall of Fame Committee for many years. There are two stages in modern Olympic weightlifting the snatch and the clean and jerk. Cameron McKenzie has held on to a lucky 888kg Total record since 2016. WMG records can only be set at the WMG every 4 years. Sep 19, 2019 - Pattaya, Event Place & Date: Masters Weightlifting is the Olympic sport of weightlifting for persons 35 years old or older. Masters retain all USAW member benefits. "It was my idea and I made it work," Clark said with a proud smile. Karnam Malleswari was also the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal. [1] Women's weightlifting made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Games in Sydney,[2] with seven weight classes that have not changed since. Then, select the relevant course you would like to add. A participant is allowed to increase the weight for his next attempt after a successful lift. She came out as a transgender woman in 2012 at the age of 33 before resuming her sports career. Category, weight, name, nationality and edition of the Games: Clean & Jerk- 172kg - Li Fabin (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Total - 313kg - Li Fabin (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Clean & Jerk - 187kg - Chen Lijun (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Total - 332kg - Chen Lijun (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Snatch - 166kg - Shi Zhiyong (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Clean & Jerk - 198kg - Shi Zhiyong (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Total - 364kg - Shi Zhiyong (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Snatch - 170kg - Li Xiaojun (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Clean & Jerk - 204 kg - Li Xiaojun (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Total - 374 kg - Li Xiaojun (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Clean & Jerk - 225kg - Fares El-Bakh (QAT) - Tokyo 2020, Total - 402kg - Fares El-Bakh (QAT) - Tokyo 2020, Snatch - 195kg - Simon Martirosyan (ARM) - Tokyo 2020, Clean & Jerk- 225kg - Akbar Djuraev - (UZB) - Tokyo 2020, Total - 430kg - Akbar Djuraev - (UZB) - Tokyo 2020, Snatch - 223kg - Lasha Talakhadze (GEO) - Tokyo 2020, Clean & Jerk - 265kg - Lasha Talakhadze (GEO) - Tokyo 2020, Total - 488kg - Lasha Talakhadze (GEO) - Tokyo 2020, Snatch - 94kg - Hou Zhihui (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Clean & Jerk - 116kg - Hou Zhihui (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Total - 210kg - Hou Zhihui (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Snatch - 98kg - Muattar Nabieva (UZB) - Tokyo 2020, Clean & Jerk - 127kg - Hidilyn Diaz (PHI) - Tokyo 2020, Total - 224kg - Hidilyn Diaz (PHI) - Tokyo 2020, Snatch - 103kg - Kuo Hsing-chun (TPE) - Tokyo 2020, Clean & Jerk - 133kg - Kuo Hsing-chun (TPE) - Tokyo 2020, Total - 236kg - Kuo Hsing-chun (TPE) - Tokyo 2020, Snatch - 140kg - Li Wenwen (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Clean & Jerk - 180kg - Li Wenwen (CHN) - Tokyo 2020, Total - 320kg - Li Wenwen (CHN) - Tokyo 2020. IWF MASTERS RECORDS - MEN September 1, 2019 AGE GROUP: 35 - 39 M35 WEIGHT DATE CLASS ATHLETE COUNTRY KG SET MEET SITE SNATCH 55 Nizami ZEYNALOV AZE 83.0 15-Sep-2012 Lviv, UKR 61 Andreas LETZ GER 105.0 19-May-2001 Teplice, CZE 67 Tom GOEGEBUER BEL 118.0 28-May-2011 Heinsheim, GER 73 Chad VAUGHN USA 127.0 23-Aug-2019 Montreal, QU, CAN Event Place & Date: A 2019 World's title was followed by multiple Deadlift and Bench records, with the Squat record under dire threat in 2021. During his career, he participated in the 1996, 1997, and 1999 American Open, fifteen National Masters Championship Competitions, and nine World Masters Championship Competitions. This is the list of Olympic records in weightlifting. Records are from 1998 through and including the 2022 Junior Pan American Championships. But critics, including some athletes, questioned her inclusion. Certificates for recently set American Records are available upon request. Follow on , International Expression of Commitment to Compete Forms, International Team and Athlete Funding Info, Female Referee National Testing Assistance Fund, Sports Medicine Society Athlete Safety Policy (.pdf), Weightlifting State Organization Information, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Brand Usage Guidelines. That edition was a historic one for India as Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic bronze in the 69kg category. The chances of those movement pattern dysfunctions at an older age are probably a little higher than they are at a younger age, says Gattone. Apr 21, 2021 - Tashkent, Event Place & Date: Read about our approach to external linking. Beginning with the National Masters (March in Orlando), World Masters (Virtual), Pan Am Masters (August in Orlando), and HC American Masters (November in Reno). Results by Events. denotes a performance that is also a current world record. This is the list of Olympic records in weightlifting. American Records may only be set at drug-tested USAW national events or IWF-sanctioned events. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. A post shared by Mark Solomon (@buffalobarbellclub). A post shared by Lisa Hershey Riggs (@tulsaforatime), [Read our article on Janis McBeesepic record above in the 75-79 age group here.]. World Athletics has set five nanomoles per litre as its benchmark, and it is likely others, such as the International Weightlifting Federation will adopt the same, once an ongoing IOC study is completed. World Records can be broken at the World Masters and Pan American Masters Championships. Dec 10, 2019 - Tianjin, Event Place & Date: Men's and Women's 60-69 records exceeding those gained in the 50 . Athletes and coaches who wish to participate in USA Weightlifting National Events must complete education provided by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA.) 2022 United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Switzerland-1007, Lausanne. Women's testosterone levels range between 0.7 and 2.8. Coach Simonton serves on the USAW Technical Committee and has served as the Competition Secretary for many World Masters championships. Huang Minhao of China hit the 155-kilogram snatch world record on July 6th, 2019 at an Olympics test event in Tokyo, Japan. Strength in these exercises is often considered a foundation on which to build more directed weightlifting expertise. "We were for a long time looking forward to the Olympics and to win this gold.". USA National Masters records can only be set at the USADA drug tested National and International competitions. All . 2022 United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Nov 01, 2018 - World Standard, Event Place & Date: Corinne Grotenhuis has been active in the Sport of Weightlifting for more than 30 years including time on the IWF Masters, Pan American Masters and U.S. Masters Board of Directors. . PDF Masters Weightlifting Records. The opinions and articles on this site are not intended for use as diagnosis, prevention, and/or treatment of health problems. BarBend is an independent website. Jewel Tasi pulled out a 220kg Squat last year but watch for Nolene Kingi (Aus) to move on that and the Deadlift in 2021. Featured image via @everyday_lifters on Instagram. Chinas Chen Yanqing (58kg) and South Korean Hsu Shu-Ching (53kg) are the most successful women weightlifters at the Olympics, both having won two golds. The following are the junior world records in Olympic weightlifting. Joe is also a regular ITO at international competitions. These meets are: USA National Masters, Pan Am Masters, World Masters, American Masters (American Master records can only be set at the American Masters as these are considered meet records), and USAW American Open Series (1, 2 and 3 and including the American Open Finals). Weightlifting consists of two events; the snatch and the clean-and-jerk. . A sport driven as much by technique as raw strength, weightlifters are accustomed to lifting as much as twice or in some cases, even thrice their bodyweight. Transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard made Olympic history but failed to record a successful lift in the women's +87kg weightlifting. Editors note:The content on BarBend is meant to be informative in nature, but it should not be taken as medical advice. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch, clean and jerk, and total for both lifts by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia holds his national flag as he celebrates the gold medal he won at the men's +109kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 4, 2021.