World Weightlifting Championships

World Weightlifting Championships
World Weightlifting Championships
Status	Active
Genre	Sports event
Date(s)	November
Frequency	Annual, apart from Summer Olympic years
Location(s)	Various
Inaugurated	28 March 1891
Organised by	IWF

The World Weightlifting Championships is an international weightlifting competition, currently held annually (except for years of the Summer Olympic Games) by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The predecessor organization of the IWF was founded in 1905,^[1] but World Championship events began before its foundation. The first recognized World Championship event was held in 1891, and was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Athletes today compete in a total of 20 weight categories (10 for men and 10 for women):

Men categories: 55 kg, 61 kg, 67 kg, 73 kg, 81 kg, 89 kg, 96 kg, 102 kg, 109 kg and +109 kg.
Women categories: 45 kg, 49 kg, 55 kg, 59 kg, 64 kg, 71 kg, 76 kg, 81 kg, 87 kg and +87 kg.

^ ^a ^b "Weightlifting History". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
^ "122 years since the first World Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
^ Siegman, Joseph M. (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-56171-028-7.

[:1-1] "Weightlifting History". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2023-01-25.

[2] "122 years since the first World Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2023-01-25.

[3] Siegman, Joseph M. (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-56171-028-7.

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