Paralympic powerlifting

Paralympic powerlifting is an adaptation of the sport of powerlifting for athletes with disabilities. The only discipline in Paralympic powerlifting is the bench press.

The sport is governed by the International Paralympic Committee and is open to anyone with a minimum level of disability who can extend their arms within 20° of full extension during a lift. Powerlifting has been competed at the Summer Paralympics since 1984.[1]

World records senior

World records in Paralympic powerlifting are ratified by the International Paralympic Committee.

Men

Category	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
–49 kg	183.5 kg	Lê Văn Công	Vietnam	4 December 2017	World Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	[2]
–54 kg	205 kg	Sherif Othman	Egypt	6 April 2014	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[3]
–59 kg	211 kg	Sherif Othman	Egypt	9 September 2016	Paralympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[4]
–65 kg	221 kg	Paul Kehinde	Nigeria	19 February 2018	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[5]
–72 kg	229 kg	Roohollah Rostami	Iran	9 October 2018	Asian Para Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	[6]
–80 kg	240 kg	Majid Farzin	Iran	12 September 2016	Paralympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[7]
–88 kg	234 kg	Ye Jixiong	China	11 October 2018	Asian Para Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	[8]
–97 kg	243 kg	Mohamed Eldib	Egypt	18 February 2016	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[9]
–107 kg	247 kg	Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar	Mongolia	18 July 2019	World Championships	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	[10]
+107 kg	310 kg	Siamand Rahman	Iran	14 September 2016	Paralympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[11]

Women

Category	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
–41 kg	104.5 kg	Cui Zhe	China	13 July 2019	World Championships	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	[12]
–45 kg	118 kg	Guo Lingling	China	13 July 2019	World Championships	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	[13]
–50 kg	131 kg	Esther Oyema	Nigeria	10 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[14]
–55 kg	131 kg	Mariana Shevchuk	Ukraine	9 February 2019	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[15]
–61 kg	142 kg	Lucy Ejike	Nigeria	11 September 2016	Paralympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[16]
–67 kg	140.5 kg	Tan Yujiao	China	9 October 2018	Asian Para Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	[17]
–73 kg	150 kg	Souhad Ghazouani	France	25 May 2013	European Open Championships	Aleksin, Russia	[18]
–79 kg	142 kg	Bose Omolayo	Nigeria	17 July 2019	World Championships	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	[19]
–86 kg	150 kg	Folashade Oluwafemiayo	Nigeria	18 July 2019	World Championships	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	[20]
+86 kg	160 kg	Josephine Orji	Nigeria	14 September 2016	Paralympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[21]

World records junior

Men

Category	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
–49 kg	140 kg	Ali Reza Izadi	Iran	8 September 2018	Asia-Oceania Open Championships	Kitakyushu, Japan	[22]
–54 kg	148 kg	Paschalis Kouloumoglou	Greece	6 April 2014	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[3]
–59 kg	188 kg	Qi Yongkai	China	9 September 2018	Asia-Oceania Open Championships	Kitakyushu, Japan	[23]
–65 kg	204 kg	Bonnie Bunyau Gustin	Malaysia	9 October 2018	Asian Para Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	[24]
–72 kg	179 kg	Donato Telesca	Italy	26 April 2019	World Cup	Eger, Hungary	[25]
–80 kg	161 kg	Julien Avom Mbume	France	26 November 2015	European Open Championships	Eger, Hungary
–88 kg	163 kg	Andrey Samovik	Russia	26 November 2015	European Open Championships	Eger, Hungary
–97 kg	193 kg	Matheus de Assis Silva	Brazil	7 December 2017	World Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	[26]
–107 kg	180 kg	Faruk Öztürk	Turkey	2 December 2017	World Junior Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	[27]
+107 kg	184 kg	JaQue Billingsley	United States	6 August 2014	IWAS World Junior Games	Aylesbury, United Kingdom

Women

Category	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
–41 kg	101 kg	Esther Nworgu	Nigeria	5 February 2020	World Cup	Abuja, Nigeria	[28]
–45 kg	100 kg	Loveth Abokin	Nigeria	5 February 2020	World Cup	Abuja, Nigeria	[28]
–50 kg	106 kg	Besra Duman	Turkey	5 December 2017	World Championships	Mexico City, Mexico
–55 kg	127 kg	Onyinyechi Mark	Nigeria	5 February 2020	World Cup	Abuja, Nigeria	[28]
–61 kg	116 kg	Fatma Korany	Egypt	5 February 2020	World Cup	Abuja, Nigeria	[28]
–67 kg	116 kg	Mariana D'Andrea	Brazil	7 December 2018	Americas Open Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	[29]
–73 kg	100 kg	Britney Arendse	Ireland	27 April 2019	World Cup	Eger, Hungary	[25]
–79 kg	107 kg	Marion Serrano	Chile	28 April 2019	World Cup	Eger, Hungary	[25]
–86 kg	102 kg	Alina Kumeyko	Ukraine	2 December 2017	World Championships	Mexico City, Mexico
+86 kg	95 kg	Anuoluwapo Akoleaje	Nigeria	7 February 2020	World Cup	Abuja, Nigeria	[28]

See also

• List of Olympic records in weightlifting
• List of world records in Olympic weightlifting
• List of junior world records in Olympic weightlifting
• List of youth world records in Olympic weightlifting
• Progression of the bench press world record
• NFL Scouting Combine Bench press records
• Squat world records
• World record progression women's weightlifting
• World record progression women's weightlifting (1998–2018)
• World record progression men's weightlifting
• World record progression men's weightlifting (1998–2018)

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External links

• World Para Powerlifting
• World Records
• Weightlifting Platform

See also

• Powerlifting at the Summer Paralympics