Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting, often simply referred to as weightlifting, is an sport in which the athlete attempts a maximum-weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates.
Tonga sent a delegation to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia from 15 September to 1 October 2000. Sydney was Tonga's fifth consecutive appearance at a Summer Olympic Games. The Tongan delegation to Sydney consisted of two track and field athletes; Toluta'u Koula and Ana Siulolo Liku; and weightlifter Tevita Kofe Ngalu. Neither of the track athletes advanced beyond the first round of their events, while Ngalu came 13th in the men's 105 kg category.
Cao Lei is a female Chinese weightlifter. She was born in north China's Hebei Province and was raised in northeastern Heilongjiang Province.
Nauru was represented at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester by a team consisting solely of weight-lifters. Marcus Stephen, who would become President of Nauru five years later, competed for the fourth and last time. The 2002 Games were the first edition of the Commonwealth Games in which he failed to win a gold medal; Nauru's two golds were won by Reanna Solomon.
Pensiri Laosirikul is a Thai weightlifting athlete, and is of Chinese descent.
Robin Elizabeth Goad, also known as Robin Byrd-Goad, is a retired female Olympic weightlifter from the United States, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won the bronze medal in the women's – 53 kg division at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships in Lahti. Goad competed in the first Women's World Championships in 1987 at age seventeen and was the only female Olympian to compete in the 2000 Olympics who was also present at that first women's Worlds. She currently teaches Physical Education at an elementary school.
Kuo Hsing-chun is a Taiwanese weightlifter, Olympian, four time World Champion, two time Universiade Champion, Asian Games Champion, and four time Asian Champion of Amis descent, competing in the 58 kg division until 2018 and 59 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. She has set 11 senior world records in her career.
The weightlifting competition at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Veracruz, Mexico.
Weightlifting was part of the first National Games of China held in Beijing. Only men competed in seven bodyweight categories which mostly mirrored the international standard at the time. In 1959 the Chinese Weightlifting Association was not yet a member federation of the IWF.
Weightlifting was part of the 1965 National Games of China held in Beijing. Only men competed in seven bodyweight categories which mostly mirrored the international standard at the time. In 1965 the Chinese Weightlifting Association was not yet a member federation of the IWF.
Weightlifting was part of the 1975 National Games of China held in Beijing. Only men competed in eight bodyweight categories which mostly mirrored the international standard at the time. The Chinese Weightlifting Association became a member federation of the IWF earlier in 1974.
Weightlifting was part of the 1979 National Games of China held in Beijing. Only men competed in ten bodyweight categories and for the first time in National Games history the classification matched the international standard at the time.
Weightlifting was part of the 1983 National Games of China held in Shanghai. Only men competed in ten bodyweight categories.
Weightlifting was part of the 1987 National Games of China held in Guangdong. Only men competed in ten bodyweight categories, although the first women's World Championships was also held in 1987.
Weightlifting was part of the 1997 National Games of China held in Shanghai. Men competed in ten and women in nine weight classes.
Weightlifting was part of the 2001 National Games of China held in Guangdong. Men competed in eight and women in seven weight classes.
Weightlifting was part of the 2005 National Games of China held in Jiangsu. Men competed in eight and women in seven weight classes.
Weightlifting was part of the 2009 National Games of China held in Shandong. Men competed in eight and women in seven weight classes.
Weightlifting was part of the 2017 National Games of China held in Tianjin. Men competed in eight and women in seven weight classes. Since the beginning of 2017 the International Weightlifting Federation holds an equal number of men's and women's classes with the introduction of the women's 90kg category. As of August 2017 the Chinese Weightlifting Association had not yet followed suit.
The weightlifting competition at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Barranquilla, Colombia from 20 to 24 July at the Coliseo Universidad del Atlántico.
