Louise Sugden won gold for Great Britain in the women’s up to 86kg category at the World Para Powerlifting Tbilisi 2021 World Cup to strengthen her position in the Tokyo 2020 Rankings.
Ali Jawad struck up Silver for Great Britain to boost his chances of qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with a stunning performance in the Men’s up to 59kg competition at the Tbilisi World Cup in Georgia.
Great Britain kickstarted their World Para Powerlifting Tbilisi World Cup campaign in style with Zoe Newson winning Senior Gold lifting a new British Record, while teammate Olivia Broome set a new British Record and Junior World Record later in the afternoon to clinch Junior Gold and Senior Silver.
British Weight Lifting are pleased to announce the renewal of its partnership with Sport and Fitness Flooring.
This month’s British Open Series was the most popular since the competition inception. A surge in demand saw a record-breaking 79 entries, over double the number of people who participated in the previous month. The competition also featured the UK Armed Forces Open Championship where serving members of the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force battled it out on the platform.
British Weight Lifting are proud to provide further opportunity for athletes to represent their country and strengthen their Tokyo qualification ambitions. British Weight Lifting will be taking a small squad to the next Para Powerlifting World Cup in Tbilisis, Georgia from Thursday 20 May to Sunday 23 May 2021, as this event is a strategic qualifying competition for the 2020 Paralympic Games.
The inaugural edition of the BUCS Weightlifting and Para Powerlifting Championship took place online between 21 - 28 Apr 2021 and featured 70 student athletes representing 31 educational institutions from across the county.
British Weight Lifting is delighted to announce that we have extended our partnership with Eleiko until 2025.
British Weight Lifting is delighted to announce that Jenny Tong been appointed as a BWL Non-Executive Board Director, Emily Campbell has been appointed BWL’s new Weightlifting Athlete Representative and Olivia Blatch has also been appointed to the England Committee as an Athlete Representative. The trio will take up their new positions with immediate effect.
British Weight Lifting recorded its best European Weightlifting Championship results since the all-time high of 1948 after a superb team performance in Moscow, Russia.
