Category Competition

Congratulations to the two athletes that have officially qualified for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

The 100th European Senior Weightlifting Championships will be held from 28 May to 5 June 2022 in Tirana, Albania.British Weight Lifting are delighted to announce a team of 16 athletes that will be heading out to Albania to represent Great Britain.

The DSAuk National Dwarf Games is a competition weekend held annually for people with dwarfism to take part in a variety of sports including Powerlifting, Athletics, Table Tennis, Shooting, Cycling, Swimming, Team Sports, New Age Curling and Balance Bike Races. This year, the event was held from Friday 29 April to Sunday 1 May at the Aldersley Leisure Centre in Wolverhampton.

On the 24 April, 34 incredible athletes took to the platform at Brunel University to try and secure a spot on the England Commonwealth training squad, in anticipation of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

On the 12 April 2022, students from all over the UK travelled to St Mary’s university in Twickenham to compete in the British University and College Championships.The day was an incredible display of talent on the platform, as we saw multiple British records broken, close battles for medals, and great comradery between university teams

British Weight Lifting are excited to announce the team for the IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Heraklion, Crete between 2 to 10 May 2022.

On Sunday 24 April, fifty of England’s best Olympic Weightlifting athletes will battle it out, as they go head-to-head for a much sought-after place on the Team England weightlifting squad for the highly anticipated Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Gareth Evans announced his retirement from weightlifting at the British Championships last weekend when he took off his shoes on the platform following his third and final attempt in the snatch.

Following a fantastic summer of sport for weightlifting and para powerlifting, hundreds of people turned out to enjoy the annual British Weight Lifting Championships at its new home, Derby Arena.

Please refer back to this page to see the results - uploaded after each session