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2015 in weightlifting

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This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2015.

IWF Grand Prix

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  • September 21 – 23: 2015 IWF Grand Prix (Rio 2016 Olympic Qualifying Event) in China Fuzhou[1]
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies in both men's and women's events.
  • December 12 & 13: 2015 IWF Grand Prix (5th Russian Federation President's Cup) in Russia Grozny[2]

World weightlifting championships

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  • April 7 – 12: 2015 IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Peru Lima[3]
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • June 6 – 14: 2015 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Poland Wrocław[4]
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • November 20 – 29: 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in United States Houston
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies in Big and Small categories.

Continental weightlifting championships

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  • January 1 – 7: 2015 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Qatar Doha[5][6]
    • Junior:  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • Youth:  Chinese Taipei won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • April 9 – 18: 2015 European Weightlifting Championships in Georgia (country) Tbilisi[7]
    •  Ukraine won the gold medal tally.  Russia won the overall medal tally.
  • May 5 – 10: 2015 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships in Colombia Cartagena[8][9]
    • Junior Men: Host nation,  Colombia, won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • Junior Women: The  Dominican Republic won the gold medal tally.  Colombia won the overall medal tally.
  • August 1 – 9: 2015 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Sweden Landskrona[10]
    • Men's U15:  Belarus won the gold medal tally.  Turkey won the overall medal tally.
    • Women's U15:  Romania won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • Men's U17:  Armenia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • Women's U17:  Poland won the gold medal tally.  Russia won the overall medal tally.
  • September 3 – 12: 2015 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Thailand Phuket
    • Note: This event was scheduled to be held in Kathmandu in July. However, it was moved from there following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.
    •  China won the big and small rankings (gold and overall medal tallies).
  • September 15 – 20: 2015 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships in Mexico San Luis Potosí[11]
    • Youth Men:  Colombia won the gold medal tally.  Mexico won the overall medal tally.
    • Youth Women:  Ecuador won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • October 2 – 11: 2015 European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships in Lithuania Klaipėda
    •  Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • Men's Junior Team winners:  Ukraine
    • Men's U23 Team winners:  Russia
    • Women's Junior Team winners:  Russia
    • Women's U23 Team winners:  Turkey
  • October 11 – 16: 2015 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in India Pune
    • Youth:  India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • Junior:  India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • Senior:  India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

IPC Powerlifting Regional Championships

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  • April 25 – 29: 2015 IPC Powerlifting Americas Open Championships in Mexico Mexico City[12]
    • Host nation,  Mexico, won the gold medal tally.  Brazil won the overall medal tally.[13]
  • July 26 – 30: 2015 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships in Kazakhstan Almaty[14]
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • November 24 – 28: 2015 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships in Hungary Eger[15]
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

References

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  1. ^ 2015 IWF Grand Prix in Fuzhou Results Book
  2. ^ "IWF Grand Prix 5th Russian Federation President's Cup, Grozny, RUS - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net.
  3. ^ "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net.
  4. ^ "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  5. ^ "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net.
  6. ^ "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net.
  7. ^ "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  8. ^ "2015 Pan American Junior Men's Weightlifting Championships Results Page" (PDF).
  9. ^ "2015 Pan American Junior Women's Weightlifting Championships Results Page" (PDF).
  10. ^ 2015 European Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Book
  11. ^ "2015 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF).
  12. ^ "Mexico City 2015 - Homepage". www.paralympic.org.
  13. ^ Mexico City 2015 Powerlifting Americas Open Championships Medal Table Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Almaty 2015 IPC Powerlifting Open Asian Championships". www.paralympic.org.
  15. ^ "Eger 2015 - Homepage". www.paralympic.org.
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