They Are The Champions: 2023 Weightlifting Worlds

Who Won The 2023 World Weightlifting Championships?

The 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships ended today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after a week and a half of competition. Held annually (except for Olympic years), this was the first time the Championships were held on the Arabian Peninsula; this was the 27th edition of a combined event for men and women.

Team China entered 2023 as the all-time leader in overall 'big' (combined snatch and clean & jerk) medals, with 325. In Riyadh, the Chinese generally romped - 13 overall 'big' medals across the 20 events to lead the medal table, with Team South Korea earning five overall and 25 official national teams earning at least one (excluding suspended Team Belarus). Medals earners included Teams Ecuador, Australia, Mexico, Madagascar, and Nigeria alongside stalwarts Team United States, Colombia, Iran, Thailand, and others.

The 2023 championships also served as a key qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Note, only five events for both men and women will be held at the Summer Games; compared to the 10 each at the Championships. In Paris, the weight divisions will be 61kg, 73kg, 89kg, 102kg, and a 102kg+ for men and 49kg, 59kg, 71kg, 81kg, and a 81kg+ for women.

Congratulations to all the 2023 world champions! A quick recap of the overall 'big' (snatch + clean & jerk) category medalists is below, and complete results can be found online at iwf.sport.

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​2023 World Weightlifting Championships Medalists

Lisseth Ayovi of Team Ecuador won overall women's 87kg+ bronze at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships (Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia)

(* indicates one of the Olympic categories)

Men's 55kg
     Lại Gia Thành (VIE) | Ngô Sơn Đỉnh (VIE) | Natthawat Chomchuen (THA)
Men's 61kg*
     Li Fabin (CHN) | Sergio Massidda (ITA) | Ding Hongjie (CHN)
Men's 67kg
     Chen Lijun (CHN) | Eko Yuli Irwan (INA) | Gor Sahakyan (ARM)
Men's 73kg*
      Weeraphon Wichuma (THA) | Wei Yinting (CHN) | Muhammed Furkan Özbek (TUR)
Men's 81kg
     Oscar Reyes (ITA) | Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA) | Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov (UZB)
Men's 89kg*
     Mir Mostafa Javadi (IRI) | Li Dayin (CHN) | Keydomar Vallemilla (VEN)
Men's 96kg
     Karim Abokahla (EGY) | Won Jong-beom (KOR) | Qasim Al-Lami (IRQ)
Men's 102kg*
     Li Huanhua (CHN) | Jang Yeon-hak (KOR) | Yauheni Tsikhantsou
Men's 109kg
     Akbar Djuraev (UZB) | Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB) | Dadash Dadashbayli (AZE)
Men's 109kg+
     Lasha Talakhadze (GEO) | Varazdat Lalayan (ARM) | Gor Minasyan (BRN)

Women's 45kg
     Sirivimon Pramongkhol (THA) | Rosina Randalfarison (MAD) | Cansu Bektaş (TUR)
Women's 49kg*
     Jiang Huihua (CHN) | Hou Zhihui (CHN) | Jourdan Delacruz (USA)
Women's 55kg
     Chen Guan-ling (TPE) | Rohelys Galvis Gonzalez (COL) | Irene Borrego Palacios (MEX)
Women's 59kg*
     Luo Shifang (CHN) | Kamila Konotop (UKR) | Pei Xinyi (CHN)
Women's 64kg
    Natalia Llamosa (COL) | Ruth Ayodele (NGR) | Park Min-kyung (KOR)
Women's 71kg*
     Liao Guifang (CHN) | Angie Palacios (ECU) | Olivia Reeves (USA)
Women's 76kg
     Sara Ahmed (EGY) | Hellen Escobar (COL) | Bella Paredes (ECU)
Women's 81kg*
     Liang Xiaomei (CHN) | Wang Zhouyu (CHN) | Eileen Cikamatana (AUS)
Women's 87kg
     Lo Ying-yuan (TPE) | Yeinny Geles (COL) | Jung A-ram (KOR)
Women's 87kg+
     Park Hye-jeong (KOR) | Mary Theisen-Lappen (USA) | Lisseth Ayovi (ECU)