2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships

6th IPC Powerlifting World Championships
Host city	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Nations participating	60
Athletes participating	330+
Dates	5 - 11 April
Main venue
	← 2010 Kuala Lumpur 2017 Mexico City →

The 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships was a competition for male and female athletes with a disability. With 360 competitors from over 60 countries, the event surpassed the number of entrants of the 2012 Summer Paralympics of London. It was held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and ran from 5 to 11 April. The event was held in the Dubai Club for the Disabled.

This proved to be the final event branded as the "IPC Powerlifting World Championships". On 30 November 2016, the International Paralympic Committee, which serves as the international federation for 10 disability sports, including powerlifting, adopted the "World Para" brand for all 10 sports. The world championship events in all of these sports were immediately rebranded as "World Para" championships. Accordingly, future IPC powerlifting championships will be known as "World Para Powerlifting Championships".^[1]

Competition[]

The 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships was the sixth championship in its series, and the second hosted by Dubai. Held at the Dubai Club for the Disabled, the competition was attended by more than 330 athletes representing 60 countries, surpassing the number of entrants for the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London.^[2]^[3] Twenty lifting events were contested, with ten categories for both female and male competitors. Medals were given for first, second and third place.

Five countries dominated the results: Nigeria, Egypt, China, Iran and Russia. These five countries took home 41 of the total 60 medals, including 14 golds. Although Egypt led the medal table from day three, Nigeria finished atop the table with five golds after Precious Orji won the final women's event, the over 86kg category. Egypt won the most medals at the competition, with a total of 12, followed by Russia with 9.^[4]

Over the 20 events, 15 world records were equaled or surpassed.^[5] Some events saw world records broken multiple times, including both heaviest categories. Precious Orji broke her own world record three times to eventually lift 151kg, while in the men's event Siamand Rahman of Iran broke his own world record three times lifting 285.5kg.^[6] In the lower weights Egypt's Sherif Othman, in the -54kg category, surpassed the old world record of 181kg four times, finishing with a lift of 205kg.^[7]

Schedule[]

●	Opening ceremony		Events	●	Closing ceremony

Date April →		5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Up to 41kg	Women	Final
Up to 45kg	Women		Final
Up to 49kg	Men	Final
Up to 50kg	Women			Final
Up to 54kg	Men		Final
Up to 55kg	Women				Final
Up to 59kg	Men		Final
Up to 61kg	Women				Final
Up to 65kg	Men			Final
Up to 67kg	Women				Final
Up to 72kg	Men			Final
Up to 73kg	Women					Final
Up to 79kg	Women					Final
Up to 80kg	Men				Final
Up to 86kg	Women						Final
Over 86kg	Women							Final
Up to 88kg	Men					Final
Up to 97kg	Men						Final
Up to 107kg	Men							Final
Over 107kg	Men							Final

Medalists[]

Men[]

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Up to 49kg	Yakubu Adesokan Nigeria	Lê Văn Công Vietnam	Vladimir Balynetc Russia
Up to 54kg	Sherif Othman Egypt	Vladimir Krivulya Russia	China
Up to 59kg	Ali Jawad United Kingdom	Hamzeh Mohammadi Iran	Anthony Ulonnam Nigeria
Up to 65kg	Liu Lei China	Ayrat Zakiev Russia	Shaaban Ibrahim Egypt
Up to 72kg	Mohamed Elelfat Egypt	Rouhollah Rostami Iran	Russia
Up to 80kg	Gu Xiaofei China	Egypt	Poland
Up to 88kg	Jordan	Hamed Solhipour Iran	Mexico
Up to 97kg	Nigeria	Mohamed Eldib Egypt	Iraq
Up to 107kg	Pavlos Mamalos Greece	Ali Sadeghzadeh Iran	Elshan Huseynov Azerbaijan
Over 107kg	Siamand Rahman Iran	Mansour Pourmirzaei Iran	Faris Al-Ajeeli Iraq

Women[]

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Up to 41kg	Nazmiye Muslu Turkey	Cui Zhe China	Ni Nengah Widiasih Indonesia
Up to 45kg	Ukraine	Justyna Kozdryk Poland	Laura Cerero Mexico
Up to 50kg	Olesya Lafina Russia	Lidiia Soloviova Ukraine	Egypt
Up to 55kg	Esther Oyema Nigeria	Shi Shanshan China	Russia
Up to 61kg	Fatma Omar Egypt	Amalia Perez Mexico	China
Up to 67kg	Tan Yujiao China	Amal Mahmoud Egypt	Russia
Up to 73kg	Nigeria	Amany Ali Egypt	Vera Muratova Russia
Up to 79kg	Lin Tzu-hui Chinese Taipei	Egypt	Brazil
Up to 86kg	Randa Mahmoud Egypt	Loveline Obiji Nigeria	Russia
Over 86kg	Josephine Orji Nigeria	Egypt	Melaica Tuinfort Netherlands

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	5	1	1	7
2	Egypt (EGY)	4	6	2	12
3	China (CHN)	3	2	2	7
4	Iran (IRN)	1	5	0	6
5	Russia (RUS)	1	2	6	9
6	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	0	2
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	1	0	0	1
	Jordan (JOR)	1	0	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	0	1
12	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	2	3
13	Poland (POL)	0	1	1	2
14	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	0	1
15	Iraq (IRQ)	0	0	2	2
16	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 nations)		20	20	20	60

Team Ranking[]

Men : 1- IRI 67 2- EGY 65 3- CHN 61
Women : 1- EGY 68 2- CHN 62 3- RUS 58

References[]

^ "The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for" (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^ "Dubai 2014". paralympic.org. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ "Biggest ever powerlifting worlds set to begin". paralympic.org. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
^ "Detailed Medal Standings". paralympic.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^ "Sport - Schedule". paralympic.org. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
^ "Rahman proves he is the world's strongest Paralympian at 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships". powerliftingwatch.com. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
^ "Othman breaks record four times on way to title". paralympic.org. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

External links[]

[1] "The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for" (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[2] "Dubai 2014". paralympic.org. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

[3] "Biggest ever powerlifting worlds set to begin". paralympic.org. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

[4] "Detailed Medal Standings". paralympic.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

[5] "Sport - Schedule". paralympic.org. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

[6] "Rahman proves he is the world's strongest Paralympian at 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships". powerliftingwatch.com. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

[7] "Othman breaks record four times on way to title". paralympic.org. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

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