Powerlifting at the 2009 World Games

Powerlifting at the 2009 World Games
Venue	National Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-San Hall
Dates	25–26 July 2009
Competitors	79 from 21 nations

The powerlifting events at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung was played between 25 and 26 July. 79 athletes, from 21 nations, participated in the tournament. The powerlifting competition took place at National Sun Yat-sen University.

Participating nations

•  Australia (2)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  Chinese Taipei (13)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Ecuador (1)
•  Finland (3)
•  France (4)
•  Germany (2)
•  Indonesia (2)
•  Italy (1)
•  Japan (7)
•  Luxembourg (1)
•  Netherlands (3)
•  Norway (3)
•  Philippines (1)
•  Poland (4)
•  South Africa (2)
•  Ukraine (12)
•  United States (12)
•  Venezuela (2)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ukraine	3	4	2	9
2	Chinese Taipei	2	0	1	3
3	Poland	1	1	1	3
	United States	1	1	1	3
5	Indonesia	1	0	1	2
6	Italy	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
8	France	0	0	1	1
	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		8	8	8	24

Events

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight	Hsieh Tsung-ting  Chinese Taipei	Arkadiy Shalokha  Ukraine	Hassan El-Belghitti  France
Middleweight	Jarosław Olech  Poland	Andriy Naniev  Ukraine	Jan Wegiera  Poland
Heavyweight	Sergiy Pevnev  Ukraine	Jacek Wiak  Poland	Anibal Coimbra  Luxembourg
Super heavyweight	Mike Tuchscherer  United States	Oleksandr Shepel  Ukraine	Valeriy Karpov  Ukraine

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight	Chen Wei-ling  Chinese Taipei	Yukako Fukushima  Japan	Sri Hartati  Indonesia
Middleweight	Noviana Sari  Indonesia	Tetyana Prymenchuk  Ukraine	Zhanna Ivanova  Ukraine
Heavyweight	Larysa Soloviova  Ukraine	Antonietta Orsini  Italy	Priscilla Ribic  United States
Super heavyweight	Iryna Yavorska  Ukraine	Jessica O'Donnell  United States	Chang Ya-wen  Chinese Taipei

External links

• International Powerlifting Federation
• Powerlifting on IWGA website
• Results
• Entries