Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that five (5) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming European Junior & U23 Championships. The team is made up of three (3) female athletes, two (2) male athletes and two (2) coaches. We have one (1) Junior athlete and four (4) U23 athletes on the [...]
Congratulations to all those who attended our second full Level 1 Coaching Course for 2022. We're very excited with the positive feedback we've received from participants on our most recent coaching courses. With that feedback we have worked hard modifying our L1 courses to increase learning opportunities over the two weekends. We are also very [...]
Last August, with the help of our volunteers and coaches we launched the inaugural Weightlifting Ireland National Youth Summer Camp. The camp was a great success and the start of something positive for our under-age development members. This summer camp included a combination of - Weightlifting (Snatch & Clean & Jerk), Gymnastics (core & gymnastics [...]
Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that eighteen (18) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming Celtic Nations Championships. The team is made up of nine (9) female athletes, nine (9) male athletes and three (3) coaches. Athletes have been selected from three (3) different age brackets : Seniors, Juniors& Youths. Coaches [...]
Our Ranking list and Records for all age brackets and weight categories have been updated. [ Ranking List ] [ Records ] NEW IRISH YOUTH RECORDS: Lauren Finn (-76kg) : Snatch 64kg, C&J 81kg & Total 145kg NEW IRISH JUNIOR RECORDS: Aoife O'Moore (-76kg) : C&J 86kg & Total 148kg Shane Roche (-96kg) : Snatch [...]
Venue: SETU Sports Campus - WaterfordDates: 3rd September, 2022 - Results (FEMALE) Results (MALE) Results (TEAM) - Final Team Results; 1st - Fianna Weightlifting Club : 1567.5006 (Sinclair) 2nd - Capital Strength Weightlifting Club : 1451.9814 (Sinclair) 3rd - NUIG Galway Weightlifting Club : 1048.9494 (Sinclair) - The best lifters over the weekend were; Beáta Jung (-71kg/Fianna Weightlifting [...]
Venue: SETU Sports Campus - WaterfordDates: 3rd September, 2022 - Results (FEMALE) Results (MALE) - The best lifters over the weekend were; Gillian Barry (U23/-71kg/Capital Strength Weightlifting Club) : 79kg/103kg – 182kg (232.4667 Sinclair) Osikhena Lawani (U23/-96kg/Capital Strength Weightlifting Club) : 99kg/130kg – 229kg (263.5223 Sinclair) – Firstly, congratulations and thanks to all the volunteers, referees, coaches who helped and most [...]
Venue: Raszyn, PolandDates: 20th August – 28th August, 2022 - Results (ALL) - Athletes: Karla Kelly (W35/-55kg) 53.78kg BW | 50kg/68kg = 118kg (7th) Niamh Mannion (W35/-59kg) 58.0kg BW | 58kg/72kg = 130kg (3rd -🥉) Carla Greene (W35/-64kg) Withdrew Anne Marie Meagher (W35/-64kg) No Total Angela Roche (W40/-59kg) 58.46kg BW | 52kg/64kg = 116kg (3rd -🥉) Sharon [...]
