Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that three athletes and two coaches have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. This event will take place in Rovaniemi, Finland. Competition dates are between September, 24th – October, 3rd – 2021.

This event provides a great opportunity for our country’s leading Junior & U23 athletes to gain valuable international competition experience. All three selected have made great progress over the past year to 18 months, even with difficult training conditions.

Weightlifting Ireland would like to wish all the athletes and coaches the best of luck ahead of the event. You can watch all the action on YouTube here : [https://youtube.com/c/painonnostoliittospnlweightlifting]


Gillian Barry (-64kg/U23)

27th – Sept @ 5pm 🇫🇮 | [3pm 🇮🇪]

Eoin Kealy (-81kg/Jnr)

30th – Sept @ 9am 🇫🇮 | [7am 🇮🇪]

Shane Roche (-96kg/Jnr)

1st – Oct @ 11am 🇫🇮 | [9am 🇮🇪]