Weightlifting Ireland

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Weightlifting Ireland, formally The Irish Amateur Weightlifting Association, [1] [2] is the governing body for the sport of weightlifting on the island of Ireland. [3] [4]

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The Irish Amateur Weightlifting Association was founded in 1948 by members of the Hercules Club in Dublin, who had been refused entry to an Irish Championships being held in Belfast earlier that year by British Amateur Weightlifting Association members.

It is an affiliate member of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, [5] and European Weightlifting Federation. [6] Its headquarters is in Douglas, County Cork. [7] The organisation is separate from the Irish Powerlifting Federation (IrishPF), the governing body for powerlifting and affiliate of the International Powerlifting Federation. [8]

The organisation is supported by Irish Government funding through Sport Ireland. [9] While the association has been represented at Olympic Games, as of April 2025, it does not have a high-performance unit. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Weightlifting Ireland". Companies Registration Office (Ireland) . 2019.
  2. ↑ "Registration Of Change Of Name Between 23-NOV-2016 AND 29-NOV-2016" (PDF). Cro Gazette (WEDNESDAY, 30th November 2016). Companies Registration Office (Ireland): 3. 30 November 2016 – via CRO.ie.
  3. ↑ "No 39 of 1997, Section 235, Revenue Tax Briefing". CharteredAccountants.ie. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Sport Ireland snapshot shows increased female representation at board level". SportIreland.ie . Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Control_. "Weightlifting". Olympics.ie . Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "EWF Member Federations". EWF.sport . 8 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "The Irish Amateur Weightlifting Association Credit Report". CreditSafe.com.
  8. ↑ "Irish Powerlifting Federation – Irish Powerlifting Federation – Ireland's IPF Affiliate" . Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Ministers announce €4m funding for Women in Sport Programme". SportIreland.ie . Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  10. ↑ Casey, Gavan (18 April 2025). "Completing a Chemical Physics dissertation while competing at the European Championships". The42.ie . Retrieved 10 August 2025.
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