Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships

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The Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships are an international weightlifting competition, open to countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. [1] They are usually held every non-Commonwealth Games year under the auspices of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation (often combined with associated continental championships) and serve as a qualifying tournament for the Games themselves.

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The championships have been staged as follows: [2] [3]

YearLocation
1980 Cardiff, Wales
1981 Auckland, New Zealand
1983 Cospicua, Malta
1985 Apia, Western Samoa
1987 Canberra, Australia
1988Malta
1992Auckland, New Zealand
1995 Nauru
1996Apia, Western Samoa
1997 Wellington, New Zealand
1998Nauru
1999 Melbourne, Australia
2000Nauru
2003 Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
2004Cospicua, Malta
2005Melbourne, Australia
2006Apia, Samoa
2007Apia, Samoa
2008 Limassol, Cyprus
2009 Penang, Malaysia
2011 Cape Town, South Africa
2012 Apia, Samoa
2013 Penang, Malaysia
2015 Pune, India
2016 Penang, Malaysia
2017 Gold Coast, Australia
2019 Apia, Samoa
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [4]
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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References

  1. "Welcome". Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. "TEAM ENGLAND COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS". England Weight Lifting. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. "25 Years of Weightlifting in Nauru" . Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  4. Coffa, Paul (14 March 2020). "2020 Oceania and Commonwealth Championships - Postponed". Oceania Weightlifting. Retrieved 24 December 2021.