Gor Minasyan is an Armenian-Bahraini weightlifter, and two-time Olympic medalist competing in the super-heavyweight category.
Kamila Sergiivna Konotop is a Ukrainian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She is a four-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the European Weightlifting Championships. Konotop represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Neama Said Fahmi Said is an Egyptian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 64 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She represented Egypt at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Keydomar Giovanni Vallenilla Sánchez is a Venezuelan weightlifter. In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 96 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won the gold medal in the men's 89 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.
The 2021 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Svitlana Samuliak is a Ukrainian weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She is also a two-time silver medalist at the European Weightlifting Championships.
Tursunoy Jabborova is an Uzbekistani weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and the bronze medal at the 2022 edition held in Bogotá, Colombia. She is also a three-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships. Jabborova represented Uzbekistan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
The 2022 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held in Bogotá, Colombia in December 2022. It was scheduled to be held in Chongqing, China but this changed in March 2022 as a result of COVID-19 measures in China. The new location was announced in April 2022. It was the first time Colombia hosted the World Weightlifting Championships.
Hayley Marie Reichardt is an American weightlifter. She is a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships.
Karim Abokahla is an Egyptian weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 96 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He represented Egypt at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Bella Nancy Paredes Arreaga is an Ecuadorian weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She won two silver medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia. She is also a former artistic gymnast.
Olivia Lynn Reeves is an American weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. In 2023, she won the bronze medal in her event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She won the gold medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.
The weightlifting competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place from 7 to 11 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. Several significant changes are instituted in the weightlifting program for Paris 2024, as the number of categories is trimmed from fourteen in Tokyo to ten. Furthermore, a total of 120 weightlifters, with an equal split between men and women, will compete in each of the ten weight classes, a massive drop from the 196 at the previous Games.
This article details the qualifying phase for weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games comprises a total of 120 weightlifters coming from different nations; each is permitted to enter a maximum of three weightlifters per gender, and a maximum of one per weight category.
Irene Esmeralda Borrego Palacios is a Mexican weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mary Anne Theisen-Lappen is an American weightlifter.
Lo Ying-yuan is a Taiwanese weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She is also a three-time medalist, including gold, at the Asian Weightlifting Championships.
Jung A-ram is a South Korean weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She also won the bronze medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.
The 2024 IWF World Cup was a weightlifting competition held in Phuket, Thailand from 31 March to 11 April 2024.
Luo Shifang is a Chinese weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.
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