2015 in weightlifting

This article lists the main weightlifting events and their results for 2015.

Years in weightlifting
2015 in sports

IWF Grand Prix
  • September 21 – 23: 2015 IWF Grand Prix (Rio 2016 Olympic Qualifying Event) in China Fuzhou[1]
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies in both men's and women's events.
  • December 12 & 13: 2015 IWF Grand Prix (5th Russian Federation President's Cup) in Russia Grozny[2]

World weightlifting championships
  • April 7 – 12: 2015 IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Peru Lima[3]
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • June 6 – 14: 2015 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Poland Wrocław[4]
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • November 20 – 29: 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in United States Houston
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies in Big and Small categories.

Continental weightlifting championships
  • January 1 – 7: 2015 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Qatar Doha[5][6]
    • Junior:  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • Youth:  Chinese Taipei won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • April 9 – 18: 2015 European Weightlifting Championships in Georgia (country) Tbilisi[7]
    •  Ukraine won the gold medal tally.  Russia won the overall medal tally.
  • May 5 – 10: 2015 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships in Colombia Cartagena[8][9]
    • Junior Men: Host nation,  Colombia, won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • Junior Women: The  Dominican Republic won the gold medal tally.  Colombia won the overall medal tally.
  • August 1 – 9: 2015 European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Sweden Landskrona[10]
    • Men's U15:  Belarus won the gold medal tally.  Turkey won the overall medal tally.
    • Women's U15:  Romania won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • Men's U17:  Armenia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • Women's U17:  Poland won the gold medal tally.  Russia won the overall medal tally.
  • September 3 – 12: 2015 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Thailand Phuket
    • Note: This event was scheduled to be held in Kathmandu in July. However, it was moved from there following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.
    •  China won the big and small rankings (gold and overall medal tallies).
  • September 15 – 20: 2015 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships in Mexico San Luis Potosí[11]
    • Youth Men:  Colombia won the gold medal tally.  Mexico won the overall medal tally.
    • Youth Women:  Ecuador won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • October 2 – 11: 2015 European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships in Lithuania Klaipėda
    •  Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • Men's Junior Team winners:  Ukraine
    • Men's U23 Team winners:  Russia
    • Women's Junior Team winners:  Russia
    • Women's U23 Team winners:  Turkey
  • October 11 – 16: 2015 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in India Pune
    • Youth:  India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • Junior:  India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
    • Senior:  India won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

IPC Powerlifting Regional Championships
  • April 25 – 29: 2015 IPC Powerlifting Americas Open Championships in Mexico Mexico City[12]
    • Host nation,  Mexico, won the gold medal tally.  Brazil won the overall medal tally.[13]
  • July 26 – 30: 2015 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships in Kazakhstan Almaty[14]
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • November 24 – 28: 2015 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships in Hungary Eger[15]
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

References
  1. 2015 IWF Grand Prix in Fuzhou Results Book
  2. "IWF Grand Prix 5th Russian Federation President's Cup, Grozny, RUS - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net.
  3. "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net.
  4. "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  5. "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net.
  6. "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net.
  7. "Results by Events - International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  8. "2015 Pan American Junior Men's Weightlifting Championships Results Page" (PDF).
  9. "2015 Pan American Junior Women's Weightlifting Championships Results Page" (PDF).
  10. 2015 European Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Book
  11. "2015 Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF).
  12. "Mexico City 2015 - Homepage". www.paralympic.org.
  13. Mexico City 2015 Powerlifting Americas Open Championships Medal Table Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  14. "Almaty 2015 IPC Powerlifting Open Asian Championships". www.paralympic.org.
  15. "Eger 2015 - Homepage". www.paralympic.org.
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