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7th World Para Powerlifting Championships
Host city	Mexico City, Mexico
Dates	2 - 8 December 2017
Main venue	Gymnasium Juam de la Barrera
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The 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships was a powerlifting competition for male and female athletes with a disability. It was held in Mexico City in the Mexico and ran from 2 to 8 December. The event was held in the Gymnasium Juam de la Barrera.

This was the first time the competition had been held under the name 'World Para Powerlifting Championships'. On 30 November 2016, the International Paralympic Committee, which serves as the international federation for ten disability sports, including powerlifting, adopted the "World Para" brand for all ten sports. Prior to this the event was known as the IPC Powerlifting World Championships.^[1]

Competition

The 2017 IPC Powerlifting World Championships was the seventh championship in its series. Twenty lifting events were contested, with ten categories for both female and male competitors. Medals were given for first, second and third place.

Five countries dominated the results: Nigeria, Egypt, China, Iran and Russia. These five countries took home 41 of the total 60 medals, including 14 golds. Although Egypt led the medal table from day three, Nigeria finished atop the table with five golds after Precious Orji won the final women's event, the over 86kg category. Egypt won the most medals at the competition, with a total of 12, followed by Russia with 9.^[2]

Over the 20 events, 15 world records were equaled or surpassed.^[3] Some events saw world records broken multiple times, including both heaviest categories. Precious Orji broke her own world record three times to eventually lift 151kg, while in the men's event Siamand Rahman of Iran broke his own world record three times lifting 285.5kg.^[4] In the lower weights Egypt's Sherif Othman, in the -54kg category, surpassed the old world record of 181kg four times, finishing with a lift of 205kg.^[5]

Schedule

●	Opening ceremony		Events	●	Closing ceremony

Date December →		2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Up to 41kg	Women	Final
Up to 45kg	Women		Final
Up to 49kg	Men	Final
Up to 50kg	Women			Final
Up to 54kg	Men		Final
Up to 55kg	Women				Final
Up to 59kg	Men		Final
Up to 61kg	Women				Final
Up to 65kg	Men			Final
Up to 67kg	Women				Final
Up to 72kg	Men			Final
Up to 73kg	Women					Final
Up to 79kg	Women					Final
Up to 80kg	Men				Final
Up to 86kg	Women	Final					Final
Over 86kg	Women
Up to 88kg	Men					Final
Up to 97kg	Men						Final
Up to 107kg	Men							Final
Over 107kg	Men							Final

Medalists

Men

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Up to 49kg	Yakubu Adesokan Nigeria	Le van Cong Vietnam	Vladimir Balynetc Russia
Up to 54kg	[[]] Egypt	[[]] Russia	[[]] China
Up to 59kg	Ali Jawad United Kingdom	Hamzeh Mohammadi Iran	Anthony Ulonnam Nigeria
Up to 65kg	Liu Lei China	Ayrat Zakiev Russia	Shaaban Ibrahim Egypt
Up to 72kg	Mohamed Elelfat Egypt	Roohallah Rostami Iran	Sergei Sychev Russia
Up to 80kg	Gu Xiao Fei China	Metwaly Mathana Egypt	Wawrzyniec Latus Poland
Up to 88kg	Mutaz Zakaria Aljuneidi Jordan	Seyedhamed Solhippurounji Iran	Jose de Jesus Castillo Mexico
Up to 97kg	Abdulazeez Ibrahim Nigeria	Mohamed Eldib Egypt	Thaer Al-Ali Iraq
Up to 107kg	Pavlos Mamalos Greece	Ali Sadeghzadeh Iran	Elshan Huseynov Azerbaijan
Over 107kg	Siamand Rahman Iran	Mansour Pourmirzaei Iran	Faris Al-Ajeeli Iraq

Women

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Up to 41kg	Nazmiye Muslu Turkey	Cui Zhe China	Ni Nengah Widiasih Indonesia
Up to 45kg	Rayisa Toporkova Ukraine	Justyna Kozdryk Poland	Laura Cerero Mexico
Up to 50kg	Olesya Lafina Russia	Lidiia Soloviova Ukraine	Gihan Abdelaziz Egypt
Up to 55kg	Esther Oyema Nigeria	Shi Shanshan China	Anastasia Khonina Russia
Up to 61kg	Fatma Omar Egypt	Amalia Perez Mexico	Yang Yan China
Up to 67kg	Tan Yujiao China	Amal Mahmoud Egypt	Kheda Berieva Russia
Up to 73kg	Ijeoma Iherobiem Nigeria	Amany Ali Egypt	Vera Muratova Berieva Russia
Up to 79kg	Tzu-Hui Lin Chinese Taipei	Geehan Hussan Egypt	Márcia Cristina Menezes Brazil
Up to 86kg	Alice Oluwafemiayo Nigeria	Feifei Zheng China	Gehan Hassan Egypt
Over 86kg	Precious Orji Nigeria	Nadia Ali Egypt	Melaica Tuinfort Netherlands

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	5	1	1	7
2	Egypt (EGY)	4	6	2	12
3	China (CHN)	3	2	2	7
4	Iran (IRN)	1	5	0	6
5	Russia (RUS)	1	2	6	9
6	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	0	2
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	1	0	0	1
	Jordan (JOR)	1	0	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	0	1
12	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	2	3
13	Poland (POL)	0	1	1	2
14	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	0	1
15	Iraq (IRQ)	0	0	2	2
16	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		20	20	20	60

References

^ "The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for" (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^ "Detailed Medal Standings". paralympic.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^ "Sport - Schedule". paralympic.org. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
^ "Rahman proves he is the world's strongest Paralympian at 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships". powerliftingwatch.com. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
^ "Othman breaks record four times on way to title". paralympic.org. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

External links

Results book

Category:IPC Powerlifting World Championships Category:2014 in Emirati sport Category:International sports competitions hosted by the United Arab Emirates Category:Sports competitions in Dubai

[1] "The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for" (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[2] "Detailed Medal Standings". paralympic.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

[3] "Sport - Schedule". paralympic.org. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

[4] "Rahman proves he is the world's strongest Paralympian at 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships". powerliftingwatch.com. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

[5] "Othman breaks record four times on way to title". paralympic.org. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

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