World Para Powerlifting Championships

World Para Powerlifting Championships
Sport	Para Powerlifting
Founded	1994
Continent	International (IPC)
Broadcaster(s)	https://www.paralympic.org/powerlifting

Last updated June 06, 2025

The World Para Powerlifting Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Powerlifting World Championships, is an event organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Competitors with a physical disability compete, and in a few events athletes with an intellectual disability compete. First held in 1994, the competition was held every four years.^[1] Since 2017, it is held every two years. The competitions are also part of the qualification process to compete at the Summer Paralympics.

The first IPC Powerlifting World Championships were held in Uppsala, Sweden in 1994.^[1] On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international federation for 10 disability sports, including powerlifting, adopted the "World Para" brand for all 10 sports. The world championship events in all of these sports were immediately rebranded as "World Para" championships.^[2]

Editions

Senior: All Editions
Junior (U20): 2002 or 2006-2021
Team Events: Since 2019
Rookie (14-17): Since 2023
Next Gen (18-20): Since 2023
Legend (+45): Since 2023

1994-2021: Medal awarded in Best Lifts.
2023-Ongoing: Medal awarded in Best and Total Lifts.

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Country	Dates	Most Golds	Events	Athletes
1	1994 ( details )	Uppsala	Sweden			10	137
2	1998 ( details )	Dubai	United Arab Emirates			20	269
3	2002 ( details )	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia			20	234
4	2006 ( details )	Busan	South Korea	3 – 11 May	China	20	300
5	2010 ( details )	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	25 – 31 July	Egypt	20	292
6	2014 ( details )	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	5 – 11 April	Nigeria	20	330
7	2017 ( details )	Mexico City	Mexico	2 – 8 December	China	20	333
8	2019 ( details )	Nur-Sultan	Kazakhstan	12 – 20 July	China	20	430
9	2021 ( details )	Tbilisi	Georgia	27 November – 5 December	China	20	437
10	2023 ( details )	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	22 – 30 August	China	20	471
11	2025 ( details )	Cairo	Egypt	10 – 18 October
12	2027 ( details )	Mexico City	Mexico

Source: ^[3]

Medals

Seniors Best (2010-2021)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	23	22	15	60
2	Egypt (EGY)	19	12	15	46
3	Nigeria (NGR)	16	8	7	31
4	Iran (IRI)	13	17	5	35
5	Russia (RUS)	5	6	12	23
6	Jordan (JOR)	4	3	4	11
7	Ukraine (UKR)	3	3	7	13
8	Mexico (MEX)	3	2	6	11
9	Turkey (TUR)	2	4	1	7
10	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	2	0	1	3
11	France (FRA)	2	0	0	2
11	Malaysia (MAS)	2	0	0	2
13	Vietnam (VIE)	1	4	0	5
14	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	1	4
15	Mongolia (MGL)	1	2	0	3
16	Greece (GRE)	1	1	2	4
17	Algeria (ALG)	1	1	1	3
18	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	0	1
19	Iraq (IRQ)	0	2	6	8
20	Poland (POL)	0	2	1	3
21	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	2	3
22	Libya (LBA)	0	1	1	2
22	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	1	1	2
24	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	0	1
	El Salvador (ESA)	0	1	0	1
	Thailand (THA)	0	1	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
30	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	2	2
	Chile (CHI)	0	0	2	2
	Colombia (COL)	0	0	2	2
	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	2	2
34	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (37 entries)		100	100	100	300

Seniors Total (2023)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	8	2	3	13
2	Nigeria (NGR)	2	2	0	4
2	Ukraine (UKR)	2	2	0	4
4	Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	0	2
5	Iran (IRI)	1	1	1	3
6	Malaysia (MAS)	1	1	0	2
7	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	1	2
8	India (IND)	1	0	0	1
	Jordan (JOR)	1	0	0	1
	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
11	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	2	1	3
12	Colombia (COL)	0	1	2	3
13	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	1	2
14	Chile (CHI)	0	1	0	1
	El Salvador (ESA)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	0	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	1	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	0	1
22	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	4	4
23	Algeria (ALG)	0	0	1	1
	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Iraq (IRQ)	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (29 entries)		20	20	20	60

Seniors Overall (2010-2023)

Mixed Team (2019-2021)

Juniors (2021)

Legend (2023)

References

1 2 "Dubai 2014: History". paralympic.org. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
↑ "The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for" (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
↑ "Results Male WC 2006" (PDF). Spanish Sports Federation for Persons with Physical Disabilities . Retrieved 5 June 2025.

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[IPC_History-1] 1 2 "Dubai 2014: History". paralympic.org. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

[2] "The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for" (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[3] "Results Male WC 2006" (PDF). Spanish Sports Federation for Persons with Physical Disabilities . Retrieved 5 June 2025.

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