Women in Sport Week | (2024)
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 [...]
WI Squad Announcement: IWF World Cup | (2024)
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) [...]
Masters Open – 2024 | (Results)
Date: 24th & 25th - February, 2024Venue: CFI Weightlifting Club - Female (Results) Male (Results) - The best lifters over the weekend were: Amanda Cummins (W40/-71kg/Unattached) : 78kg/10kg – 178kg (263.616 SMF) Raymond Orr (M60/-102kg/Unattached) [...]
(EWF) European Senior Championships – 2024 | (Results)
Venue: Sofia, BulgariaDates: 12th – 20th of February, 2024 - Results (ALL) - Tham Nguyen | (-49kg) 49.00kg BW | 74kg / 95kg - 169kg (3rd) | Bronze in C&J & Total 🥉🥉 Rebecca Copeland | (-49kg) [...]
InterVarsity Championships – 2024 | (Results)
Date: 11th - February, 2024Venue: D12 Weightlifting Club - Female (RESULTS) Male (RESULTS) Team (RESULTS) - Team Results: 1st: DCU Weightlifting Club - (785.1414) 2nd: UCC Weightlifting Club - (665.2005) 3rd: University College Dublin (UCD) [...]
Team Ireland visit Irish Embassy Paris | (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 [...]
EWF Athletes Commission : Seán Brown | (2024)
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. [...]
First female IWF Category 2’s for Ireland | (2024)
As part of our Women In Sport (WIS) programme, Lucinda Moore-Fox & Philomena Brown attended the 2024 Copenhagen Weightlifting Cup this past weekend. Lucy & Phil are our most experienced female officials in the federation [...]
Emerging Talent Athlete Fund : €3,000 WI | (2024)
Sport Ireland approved an allocation of €30,000 to Weightlifting Ireland in 2023 to support our organisation. Towards Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualification and emerging talent. You can learn more about how the funding was allocated [...]
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