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 [...]
WI Squad Announcement: European Senior Championships | (2024)
Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that eight (8) athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming European Senior Championships. The team is made up of six (6) female athletes and two (2) [...]
TY Programme – Dublin | (John Scottus Secondary School)
Congratulations and a massive well done to all the transition year students from John Scottus Secondary School in Bray, Dublin. They participated and completed our "Introduction to Weightlifting" programme in collaboration with Weightlifting Ireland (WI) [...]
Irish Times / Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year | (2023)
April 2023 awarded goes to Thammy Nguyen! Thammy Nguyen earned her recognition at the European Senior Weightlifting Championships in Armenia. She won a bronze medal and became the first Irish competitor to win a senior [...]
Level 1 Coaching Course | (October – 2023)
Congratulations to all those who attended our most recent Level 1 Coaching Course for 2023. We're very excited with the positive feedback we've received from participants on our most recent coaching courses. With that feedback [...]
Rankings & Records – 2023 (December – FINAL)
Our Ranking list and Records for all age brackets and weight categories have been updated. [ Ranking List ] [ Records ] TOP SENIOR ATHLETES / (Sinclair): Tham Nguyen (-49kg) : 173kg Total / 271.9768 [...]
Calendar of Events | (2024)
The Board of Weightlifting Ireland invites you to view next year's proposed calendar of events. With a mixture of International, National, Provincial, Development and Educational events planned - it promises to be a great year. [...]
Clean & Jerk Workshop | (November – 2023)
Congratulations to all those who attended our Clean & Jerk Workshops in November. Certificates of completion have been emailed to all who attended. We're very excited with the positive feedback we've received from participants. We [...]
Dublin Open – 2023 | (Results)
Dates: 1st & 2nd - December, 2023Venue: Capital Strength Weightlifting Club - Results (FEMALE) Results (MALE) - The best lifters over the weekend were; Janine Mc Grath (-59kg/Unattached) : 71kg/94kg – 165kg (231.02 Sinclair) Mantvydas Miklosius [...]
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