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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Editions

The championships have been staged as follows:

YearLocation
1980 Cardiff, Wales
1981 Auckland, New Zealand
1983 Cospicua, Malta
1985 Apia, Samoa
1987 Canberra, Australia
1988 Malta
1992 Auckland, New Zealand
1995 Nauru
1996 Apia, Samoa
1997 Wellington, New Zealand
1998 Nauru
1999 Melbourne, Australia
2000 Nauru
2003 Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
2004 Cospicua, Malta
2005 Melbourne, Australia
2006 Apia, Samoa
2007 Apia, 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 [2]
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2023 Greater Noida, India
2024 Suva, Fiji
2025 Ahmedabad, India

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome". Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Coffa, Paul (14 March 2020). "2020 Oceania and Commonwealth Championships - Postponed". Oceania Weightlifting. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
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