WEIGHTLIFTING
Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, as well as twice before then.
It debuted at the 1896 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, and was also an event at the 1904 Games. In the early Games, all lifters competed in the same events, regardless of their individual body weights. Women’s weightlifting made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Games in Sydney. In Tokyo there will be 7 weight categories ranging from -61Kg to +109Kg for the men and from -49Kg to +87 Kg for the women.
The two competition lifts are the snatch and the clean and jerk. The snatch is a wide-grip, one-move lift. The clean and jerk is a close-grip, two-move lift. Each weightlifter receives three attempts in each, and the combined total of the highest two successful lifts determines the overall result within a bodyweight category. A lifter who fails to complete at least one successful snatch and one successful clean and jerk also fails to total, and therefore receives an “incomplete” entry for the competition.
National Federation: Weightlifting Ireland
International Federation: International Weightlifting Federation
WEIGHTLIFTING NEWS
IN THE NEWS – AUGUST 11th
New Kids on the Block – Ireland’s Rising Stars Shine This Summer This summer has been a defining moment for Team Ireland’s rising stars. From the pool to the river and the track to the showjumping arena, our junior athletes have charged into finals, stood proudly on podiums and achieved remarkable milestones on both European [...]
Olympic Movement Breaks Launched in Primary Schools Nationally
Team Ireland athletes star as Olympic Movement Breaks is launched in primary schools nationally The Olympic Federation of Ireland and the Active School Flag programmes work together to get Irish primary school pupils more active Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education Thomas Byrne TD Launches Initiative The Minister of State for Sport and […]
IOC EB puts forward LA28’s additional sports proposal to the IOC Session
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THAM NGUYEN | NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS
NEVER give up your dreams. That’s the message from Tham Nguyen who has just become the first Irish weightlifter to win a senior European medal, a historic achievement which came after her seven-year absence from international competition. The 26-year-old powerhouse from Clare Hall in Dublin is less than five foot tall but lifts twice her […]