WI Squad Announcement: IWF Grand Prix 1 | (2023)

Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that one (1) athlete has been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming IWF Grand Prix 1. The team is made up of one (1) female athlete and one team coach. This event will take place in Havana - Cuba. Competition dates are from June 8th – 18th, 2023. [...]

WI Squad Announcement: IWF Grand Prix 1 | (2023)2023-06-05T21:54:15+00:00

WI Squad Announcement: European Masters Championships | (2023)

Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that fifty-nine (59) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming European Masters Championships. The team is made up of thirty (30) female athletes and twenty nine (29) male athletes. This event will take place in Waterford - Ireland. Competition dates are from May 12th – 20th, [...]

WI Squad Announcement: European Masters Championships | (2023)2023-05-09T23:18:54+00:00

OFI Make a Difference Fund Revealed: Team IRL | (2023)

Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that Tham Nguyen was successful in here application for funding from the PARIS 2024 MAKE A DIFFERENCE FUND. Athletes targeting both the Summer Olympics in Paris 2024 and the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina 2026 will benefit from the fund which will support applications detailing projects from training camps [...]

OFI Make a Difference Fund Revealed: Team IRL | (2023)2023-04-04T13:25:42+00:00

WI Squad Announcement: European Senior Championships | (2023)

Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that five (5) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming European Senior Championships. The team is made up of four (4) female athletes, one (1) male athlete, two (2) team coaches a team physical therapist. This event will take place in Yerevan - Armenia. Competition dates [...]

WI Squad Announcement: European Senior Championships | (2023)2023-03-24T20:27:23+00:00

Gripped Tape & WI Sign Partnership Agreement | (News)

Weightlifting Ireland (WI) are excited to announce our partnership agreement with Gripped_Tape for 2023/2024. Gripped_Tape will now be the official tape recommended & chosen by WI. Gripped_Tape will support the weightlifting community and all it's athletes from development, national and international level. Ensuring they have the highest quality thumb tape on the market to enhance [...]

Gripped Tape & WI Sign Partnership Agreement | (News)2023-03-23T18:42:24+00:00

Women in Sport Week | (2023)

Women in Sport (WIS) week is taking place March 6th– 12th. 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 [...]

Women in Sport Week | (2023)2023-03-02T11:16:07+00:00

WADA Prohibited List | (2023)

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published the 2023 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) in September, 2022. WADA also published: the 2023 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes as compared to the 2022 List; and the 2023 Monitoring Program, which includes substances that are not on the List, but that [...]

WADA Prohibited List | (2023)2023-01-07T23:53:14+00:00

Transition Year Project/Programme | (2023)

Weightlifting Ireland are seeking expressions of interest from our qualified Level 1 Coaches to deliver our schools partnership programme to Transition Year (TY) students in 2023. This programme was introduced in early 2022 as a Women in Sport (WIS) initiative, in conjunction with Sport Ireland (SI) and the Local Sports Partnerships (LSP). It is a six [...]

Transition Year Project/Programme | (2023)2023-01-07T15:59:08+00:00

Loreto Secondary School – Tipperary | (Women in Sport)

Congratulations and a massive well done to all the transition year students from the Loreto Secondary School in Clonmel, Tipperary. They participated and completed our "Introduction to Weightlifting" programme in collaboration with Weightlifting Ireland (WI). This programme ran over six (6) weeks. We're excited to continue our work with the Tipperary Local Sports Partnership and [...]

Loreto Secondary School – Tipperary | (Women in Sport)2022-04-07T17:39:58+00:00

Para Powerlifting Championships – Munster Open | (WIT – 2022)

Congratulations and a massive well done to all the atheltes who competed today. They competed in the Munster Open Para Powerlifting Championships, hosted by the Irish Wheelchair Association Sport (IWA Sport) and proudly supported by Weightlifting Ireland (WI). A great day of lifting held at the WIT Arena today in Waterford. We're grateful for the [...]

Para Powerlifting Championships – Munster Open | (WIT – 2022)2022-04-02T23:52:51+00:00
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