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] Beginning as a branch of the British Amateur Weight Lifters' Association , it is now an independent organisation. [5] It is an affiliate member of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, [6] and European Weightlifting Federation. [7] Its headquarters is in Douglas, County Cork. [8] The organisation is separate from the Irish Powerlifting Federation (IrishPF), the governing body for powerlifting and affiliate of the International Powerlifting Federation. [9]

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The organisation is supported by Irish Government funding through Sport Ireland. [10] While the association has been represented at Olympic Games, as of April 2025, it does not have a high-performance unit. [11]

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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. ↑ Boucher, Lucy; Heffernan, Conor (2 July 2024). "A great weight lifted the history of the British Amateur Weight-lifting Association". Sport in History. 44 (3): 369–393. doi:10.1080/17460263.2023.2270946. ISSN   1746-0263.
  6. ↑ Control_. "Weightlifting". Olympics.ie . Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "EWF Member Federations". EWF.sport . 8 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "The Irish Amateur Weightlifting Association Credit Report". CreditSafe.com.
  9. ↑ "Irish Powerlifting Federation – Irish Powerlifting Federation – Ireland's IPF Affiliate" . Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "Ministers announce €4m funding for Women in Sport Programme". SportIreland.ie . Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  11. ↑ 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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