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This article lists the main
weightlifting
events and their results for 2015.
IWF Grand Prix
September 21 – 23: 2015 IWF Grand Prix (Rio 2016 Olympic Qualifying Event) in
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
Grozny
[2]
Men:
Kazakhstan
and
Russia
won 4 gold and 9 overall medals each.
Women:
Russia
and the
United States
won 3 gold medals each.
Kazakhstan
won all six silver medals in the event.
World weightlifting championships
April 7 – 12: 2015 IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championships in
Lima
[3]
China
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
June 6 – 14: 2015 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships in
Wrocław
[4]
China
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
November 20 – 29:
2015 World Weightlifting Championships
in
Houston
China
won both the gold and overall medal tallies in Big and Small categories.
Continental weightlifting championships
January 1 – 7: 2015 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in
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
Tbilisi
[7]
Ukraine
won the gold medal tally.
Russia
won the overall medal tally.
May 5 – 10: 2015 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships in
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
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
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
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
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
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
April 25 – 29: 2015 IPC Powerlifting Americas Open Championships in
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
Almaty
[14]
China
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
November 24 – 28: 2015 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships in
Eger
[15]
China
won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
References
^
2015 IWF Grand Prix in Fuzhou Results Book
^
"IWF Grand Prix 5th Russian Federation President's Cup, Grozny, RUS - International Weightlifting Federation"
.
www.iwf.net
.
^
"Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation"
.
www.iwf.net
.
^
"Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation"
.
www.iwf.net
. Archived from
the original
on July 3, 2015
. Retrieved
December 31,
2018
.
^
"Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation"
.
www.iwf.net
.
^
"Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation"
.
www.iwf.net
.
^
"Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation"
.
www.iwf.net
. Archived from
the original
on March 22, 2017
. Retrieved
December 31,
2018
.
^
"2015 Pan American Junior Men's Weightlifting Championships Results Page"
(PDF)
.
^
"2015 Pan American Junior Women's Weightlifting Championships Results Page"
(PDF)
.
^
2015 European Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Book
^
"2015 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Book"
(PDF)
.
^
"Mexico City 2015 - Homepage"
.
www.paralympic.org
.
^
Mexico City 2015 Powerlifting Americas Open Championships Medal Table
Archived
2016-03-03 at the
Wayback Machine
^
"Almaty 2015 IPC Powerlifting Open Asian Championships"
.
www.paralympic.org
.
^
"Eger 2015 - Homepage"
.
www.paralympic.org
.
External links
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