The IWF World Weightlifter of the Year award is a prize that can be won by weightlifters participating in events within the sport of weightlifting organised by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).[1]
Men
Year | Winner | Country | Ref |
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1982 | Blagoy Blagoev | Bulgaria | [1] |
1983 | Blagoy Blagoev | Bulgaria | [1] |
1984 | Naim Suleymanov | Bulgaria | [1] |
1985 | Naum Shalamanov | Bulgaria | [1] |
1986 | Naum Shalamanov | Bulgaria | [1] |
1987 | Mikhail Petrov | Bulgaria | [1] |
1988 | Naim Süleymanoğlu | Turkey | [1] |
1989 | Ivan Ivanov | Bulgaria | [1] |
1990 | Ivan Ivanov | Bulgaria | [1] |
1991 | Chun Byung-kwan | South Korea | [1] |
1992 | Naim Süleymanoğlu | Turkey | [1] |
1993 | Nikolay Peshalov | Bulgaria | [1] |
1994 | Aleksey Petrov | Russia | [1] |
1995 | Pyrros Dimas | Greece | [1] |
1996 | Naim Süleymanoğlu | Turkey | [1] |
1997 | Andrey Chemerkin | Russia | [1] |
1998 | Plamen Zhelyazkov | Bulgaria | [1] |
1999 | Halil Mutlu | Turkey | [1] |
2000 | Hossein Rezazadeh | Iran | [1] |
2001 | Halil Mutlu | Turkey | [1] |
2002 | Hossein Rezazadeh | Iran | [1] |
2003 | Hossein Rezazadeh | Iran | [1] |
2004 | Hossein Rezazadeh | Iran | [1] |
2005 | Ilya Ilyin | Kazakhstan | [1] |
2006 | Ilya Ilyin | Kazakhstan | [2] |
2007 | Andrei Rybakou | Belarus | [3] |
2008 | Matthias Steiner | Germany | [4] |
2009 | Lü Xiaojun | China | [5] |
2010 | Behdad Salimi | Iran | [6] |
2011 | Khadzhimurat Akkaev | Russia | [7] |
2012 | Behdad Salimi | Iran | [8] |
2013 | Ruslan Albegov | Russia | [9] |
2014 | Ilya Ilyin | Kazakhstan | [10] |
2015 | Ilya Ilyin | Kazakhstan | [11] |
2016 | Kianoush Rostami | Iran | [12] |
2017 | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | [13] |
2018 | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | [14] |
2019 | Lasha Talakhadze | Georgia | [15] |
Women
Year | Winner | Country | Ref |
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1991 | Sun Caiyan | China | [1] |
1992 | Peng Liping | China | [1] |
1993 | Chen Shu-chih | Chinese Taipei | [1] |
1994 | Guan Hong | China | [1] |
1995 | Chen Shu-chih | Chinese Taipei | [1] |
1996 | Li Hongyun | China | [1] |
1997 | Tang Weifang | China | [1] |
1998 | Tang Weifang | China | [1] |
1999 | Ding Meiyuan | China | [1] |
2000 | Ding Meiyuan | China | [1] |
2001 | Valentina Popova | Russia | [1] |
2002 | Wang Mingjuan | China | [1] |
2003 | Liu Chunhong | China | [1] |
2004 | Liu Chunhong | China | [1] |
2005 | Pawina Thongsuk | Thailand | [1] |
2006 | Chen Yanqing | China | [2] |
2007 | Jang Mi-ran | South Korea | [3] |
2008 | Liu Chunhong | China | [4] |
2009 | Jang Mi-ran | South Korea | [5] |
2010 | Svetlana Podobedova | Kazakhstan | [6] |
2011 | Svetlana Tsarukaeva | Russia | [7] |
2012 | Zulfiya Chinshanlo | Kazakhstan | [8] |
2013 | Tatiana Kashirina | Russia | [9] |
2014 | Tatiana Kashirina | Russia | [10] |
2015 | Hsu Shu-ching | Chinese Taipei | [11] |
2016 | Sopita Tanasan | Thailand | [12] |
2017 | Lidia Valentín | Spain | [13] |
2018 | Lidia Valentín | Spain | [14] |
2019 | Katherine Nye | United States | [15] |
See also
- International Weightlifting Federation
- World Weightlifting Championships
- List of world records in Olympic weightlifting
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an "Ilin again, Chen Yanqing for the first time: Best of the Year" (PDF). IWF. p. 8. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Ilin again, Chen Yanqing for the first time: Best of the Year" (PDF). IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Best Lifters of 2007" (PDF). IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Lifters of the Year 2008" (PDF). IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Lu Xiaoyun (CHN) and Jang Mi-Ran (KOR) voted as Lifters of the Year". IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ a b "World Weightlifting's Best Lifters of 2010". IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ a b "World Weightlifting's 2011 Best Lifters received Trophies in Moscow ceremony". IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Salimikordasiabi and Chinshanlo are the Best of 2012". IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Best Lifters 2013". IWF. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Ilyin and Kashirina are Best Lifters of 2014". IWF. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Best of 2015: HSU SHU-CHING and ILYA ILYIN". IWF. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ a b "2016 Jenő Boskovics Award winners for Lifter of the Year revealed". IWF. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ a b "2017 Lifter of the Year Lasha Talakhadze". IWF. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Talakhadze and Valentin are Best for 2018 again". IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ a b "IWF 2019 Lifter of the Year – American and Georgian Winners". IWF. Retrieved 20 February 2020.