Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that three (3) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming European Youth & U15 Championships. The team is made up of one (1) female athlete and two (2) male athletes. This event will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece. Competition dates are from 15th – 22nd June, [...]
To finish, we'd like to celebrate all our female athletes, coaches & officials who contribute to our sport on a daily basis! Showing that female participation is at an all time high within the sport of weightlifting and within Weightlifting Ireland! 👏🏻 Last weekend we had the Munster Open Championships, hosted by Cork Weightlifting Club [...]
Weightlifting Ireland (WI) unite with Sport Ireland’s vision for women in sport; one where women have an equal opportunity to achieve their full potential, while enjoying a lifelong involvement in sport. Weightlifting Ireland endeavours to support Sport Ireland’s commitment to increase women’s sustained involvement in sport as coaches, volunteers, club members, athletes, officials, leaders, and [...]
Today we'd like to celebrate all our female coaches & officials who have contributed to the growth of our sport and the increase in female participation. 👏🏻 We'd like to highlight two in particular; Aoife O’Moore - Student Sport Ireland Women’s Coaching Academy Graduate, 2023 & Margaret Janos - Weightlifting Ireland 2024 representative on the [...]
In 2019 Sport Ireland launched the Women in Sport Policy detailing the vision for Women in Sport: 'One where women have an equal opportunity to achieve their full potential while enjoying lifelong participation and involvement in sport'. By December 2023 all sporting organisations were required to have 40% female on their Boards. A snapshot of [...]
"If we can't see her.... we can't be her" : Beáta Jung - Team Ireland Female Coach How it started.... I’ve been coaching for almost thirteen years now at this stage. I started with kids gymnastics when I was seventeen years old. In my twenties, I started to coach CrossFit & Weightlifting while I also [...]
Women in Sport (WIS) week is taking place March 4th– 10th. The aim of Women in Sport Week is to: Celebrate every women and girl who plays, coaches, officiates, volunteers, works in and leads out on Women in Sport. Promote and highlight the ongoing work of Sport Ireland, NGBs, LSPs and other stakeholders and clubs under [...]
Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that four (4) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming IWF World Cup. The team is made up of three (3) female athletes and one (1) male athlete. This event will take place in Phuket, Thailand. Competition dates are from March 31st – April 11th, 2024. [...]
Some of the Irish Senior team went to a training camp in preparation for the upcoming European Senior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. They went to INSEP, (the National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance) in Paris, France. After some social media postings by INSEP, some of the Irish Senior team were invited & able to [...]
The European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) Executive Board (EB) recently published developments in forming the EWF Athletes Commission under the new EWF Constitution. Seán Brown was among the applicants who went through a rigorous vetting process. During the process, particular interest was put on the lack of any doping violations during the athletes careers to date. [...]
