2023 World Para Powerlifting Championships

The 2023 World Para Powerlifting Championships (WPPO Senior and Junior World Championships) was a powerlifting competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 22 to 30 August.^[1]

10th World Para Powerlifting Championships

Host city	Dubai
Country	United Arab Emirates
Athletes	471
Sport	Paralympic powerlifting
Events	20
Dates	22–30 August 2023
← 2021 2025 →

The tournament was one of the compulsory tournaments to qualify for the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.^[2]

Medalists

For first time, medals were awarded in total lifts.

Seniors Best Lift

Source:^[3]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
49 kg	Lê Văn Công  Vietnam	176 kg	Omar Qarada  Jordan	175 kg	Abdullah Kayapınar  Turkey	173 kg
54 kg	David Degtyarev  Kazakhstan	180 kg	Yang Jinglang  China	179 kg	Roland Ezuruike  Nigeria	178 kg
59 kg	Qi Yongkai  China	194 kg	Herbert Aceituno  El Salvador	193 kg	Mohamed Elmenyawy  Egypt	189 kg
65 kg	Zou Yi  China	215 kg	Amir Jafari Arangeh  Iran	202 kg	Thomas Kure  Nigeria	200 kg
72 kg	Bonnie Bunyau Gustin  Malaysia	231 kg	Donato Telesca  Italy	202 kg	Bekzod Jamilov  Uzbekistan	200 kg
80 kg	Roohallah Rostami  Iran	232 kg	Gu Xiaofei  China	231 kg	Rasool Mohsin  Iraq	226 kg
88 kg	Abdelkareem Khattab  Jordan	251 kg	Ye Jixiong  China	234 kg	Mohamed Elelfat  Egypt	222 kg
97 kg	Yan Panpan  China	233 kg	Farhod Umirzakov  Uzbekistan	232 kg	Hamed Solhipour  Iran	226 kg
107 kg	Aliakbar Gharibshahi  Iran	248 kg	Enkhbayaryn Sodnompiljee  Mongolia	247 kg	Anton Kriukov  Ukraine	244 kg
+107 kg	Ahmad Aminzadeh  Iran	255 kg	Mahdi Sayadi  Iran	246 kg	Jamil Elshebli  Jordan	237 kg

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
41 kg	Cui Zhe  China	112 kg	Esther Mworgu  Nigeria	111 kg	Lara Aparecida de Lima  Brazil	98 kg
45 kg	Guo Lingling  China	120 kg	Clara Fuentes  Venezuela	105 kg	Nazmiye Muratlı  Turkey	104 kg
50 kg	Olivia Broome  Great Britain	112 kg	Wei Yi  China	105 kg	Đặng Thị Linh Phượng  Vietnam	103kg
55 kg	Rehab Ahmed  Egypt	130 kg	Mariana Shevchuk  Ukraine	126 kg	Xiao Jinping  China	125 kg
61 kg	Onyinyechi Mark  Nigeria	130 kg	Fatma Korany  Egypt	126 kg	Cui Jianjin  China	125 kg
67 kg	Tan Yujiao  China	134 kg	Liao Liye  China	133 kg	Bertha Fernández Arango  Colombia	129 kg
73 kg	Kafila Almaruf  Nigeria	151 kg	Xu Lili  China	134 kg	Souhad Ghazouani  France	131 kg
79 kg	Mariana D'Andrea  Brazil	151 kg	Bose Omolayo  Nigeria	150 kg	Miaoyu Han  China	140 kg
86 kg	Zheng Feifei  China	158 kg	Nataliia Oliinyk  Ukraine	153 kg	Folashade Oluwafemiayo  Nigeria	152 kg
+86 kg	Deng Xuemei  China	150 kg	Nadia Ali  Egypt	144 kg	Marzena Zięba  Poland	137 kg

Seniors Total Lift

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
49 kg	Parmjeet Kumar  India	462 kg	Jhonny Andrés Morales González  Colombia	444 kg	Hadj Ahmed Beyour  Algeria	437 kg
54 kg	Yang Jinglang  China	528 kg	Roland Ezuruike  Nigeria	516 kg	Taha Abdelmajid  Egypt	492 kg
59 kg	Qi Yongkai  China	577 kg	Herbert Aceituno  El Salvador	573 kg	Mohamed Elmenyawy  Egypt	557 kg
65 kg	Zou Yi  China	633 kg	Ali Seifi  Iran	544 kg	Esen Kaliev  Kyrgyzstan	466 kg
72 kg	Bonnie Bunyau Gustin  Malaysia	661 kg	Donato Telesca  Italy	600 kg	Uğur Yumuk  Turkey	566 kg
80 kg	Roohallah Rostami  Iran	686 kg	Gu Xiaofei  China	680 kg	Rasool Mohsin  Iraq	654 kg
88 kg	Abdelkareem Khattab  Jordan	722 kg	Ye Jixiong  China	684 kg	Huver Mondragón  Colombia	569 kg
97 kg	Yan Panpan  China	689 kg	Farhod Umirzakov  Uzbekistan	680 kg	Fabio Torres  Colombia	664 kg
107 kg	Anton Kriukov  Ukraine	711 kg	Jong Yee Khie  Malaysia	631 kg	Saman Razi  Iran	455 kg
+107 kg	Liam McGarry  United Kingdom	681 kg	Ahmed Khamis Alblooshi  United Arab Emirates	644 kg	Anastasios Baos  Greece	593 kg

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
41 kg	Cui Zhe  China	327 kg	Maryna Kopiika  Ukraine	268 kg	Noura Baddour  Syria	248 kg
45 kg	Guo Lingling  China	354 kg	Clara Fuentes  Venezuela	306 kg	Lourdes Maciel  Argentina	230 kg
50 kg	Olivia Broome  Great Britain	329 kg	Đặng Thị Linh Phượng  Vietnam	302 kg	Omaima Omar  Egypt	292 kg
55 kg	Mariana Shevchuk  Ukraine	361 kg	Camila Campos  Chile	339 kg	Muslima Nuriddinova  Uzbekistan	307 kg
61 kg	Onyinyechi Mark  Nigeria	419 kg	Najat El Garraa  Morocco	340 kg	Ana Paula Gonçalves  Brazil	291 kg
67 kg	Tan Yujiao  China	394 kg	Kudratoy Toshpulatova  Uzbekistan	352 kg	Kim Hyeong-hui  South Korea	315 kg
73 kg	Kafila Almaruf  Nigeria	411 kg	Raushan Koishibayeva  Kazakhstan	317 kg	Xu Lili  China	264 kg
79 kg	Mariana D'Andrea  Brazil	438 kg	Bose Omolayo  Nigeria	435 kg	Miaoyu Han  China	405 kg
86 kg	Zheng Feifei  China	452 kg	Nataliia Oliinyk  Ukraine	447 kg	Randa Mahmoud  Egypt	376 kg
+86 kg	Marzena Zięba  Poland	392 kg	Choe Sun-jeong  South Korea	324 kg	Deng Xuemei  China	296 kg

Team Events

• Men: 16 teams from 13 nations

Group A CHN · UKR · CHI 1

Group B IRQ · LBA · KSA 1

Group C FRA · CUB · UZB · KSA 2

Group D COL 1 · COL 2 · CHI 2 · AUS

• Women: 11 teams from 10 nations

Group A UKR · MEX 2 · LBA · CHI - UZB

Group B BRA · CHN · THA · COL · MEX 1

• Mixed: 21 teams from 18 nations

Group A IRQ · COL 2 · AZE · AUS · CHI 1 · JOR

Group B ESP · MEX · LBA · TKM · THA · CIV

Group C FRA · UZB 2 · CUB · GBR · KOR

Group D COL 1 UKR · CHI 2 · CHN · UZB 1 · KAZ

Rookie (14-17)

Best Lift

Total Lift

Next Gen (18-20)

Best Lift

Total Lift

Legend (+45)

Best Lift

Total Lift

Medal table

Source:^[4][5]

Rookie / Next Gen^[6]

Elite (One Bronze of  United Kingdom replaced by  Turkey)^[7]

Legend^[8]

Seniors (Best Lift)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	8	6	3	17
2	Iran (IRI)	3	2	1	6
3	Nigeria (NGR)	2	2	3	7
4	Egypt (EGY)	1	2	2	5
5	Jordan (JOR)	1	1	1	3
6	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	1	2
	Vietnam (VIE)	1	0	1	2
8	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	0	1
	Malaysia (MAS)	1	0	0	1
11	Ukraine (UKR)	0	2	1	3
12	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	1	1	2
13	El Salvador (ESA)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
17	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	2	2
18	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Iraq (IRQ)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		20	20	20	60

Seniors (Total Lift)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	8	2	3	13
2	Nigeria (NGR)	2	2	0	4
	Ukraine (UKR)	2	2	0	4
4	Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	0	2
5	Iran (IRI)	1	1	1	3
6	Malaysia (MAS)	1	1	0	2
7	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	1	2
8	India (IND)	1	0	0	1
	Jordan (JOR)	1	0	0	1
	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
11	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	2	1	3
12	Colombia (COL)	0	1	2	3
13	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	1	2
14	Chile (CHI)	0	1	0	1
	El Salvador (ESA)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	0	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	1	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	0	1
22	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	4	4
23	Algeria (ALG)	0	0	1	1
	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Iraq (IRQ)	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (29 entries)		20	20	20	60

Seniors (Overall = Best + Total)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	16	8	6	30
2	Nigeria (NGR)	4	4	3	11
3	Iran (IRI)	4	3	2	9
4	Great Britain (GBR)	3	0	0	3
5	Ukraine (UKR)	2	4	1	7
6	Jordan (JOR)	2	1	1	4
7	Malaysia (MAS)	2	1	0	3
8	Brazil (BRA)	2	0	2	4
9	Egypt (EGY)	1	2	6	9
10	Vietnam (VIE)	1	1	1	3
11	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	1	0	2
12	Poland (POL)	1	0	1	2
13	India (IND)	1	0	0	1
14	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	3	2	5
15	El Salvador (ESA)	0	2	0	2
	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	2	0	2
18	Colombia (COL)	0	1	3	4
19	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	1	2
20	Chile (CHI)	0	1	0	1
	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	0	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	1	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	1	0	1
24	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	3	3
25	Iraq (IRQ)	0	0	2	2
26	Algeria (ALG)	0	0	1	1
	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 entries)		40	40	40	120

Team Events

Source:^[9]

Rookie (14-17) (Best)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	3	0	1	4
2	Uzbekistan (UZB)	2	0	0	2
3	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	0	0	1
	Libya (LBA)	1	0	0	1
	Tajikistan (TJK)	1	0	0	1
6	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	1	0	1
Totals (7 entries)		8	2	1	11

Rookie (14-17) (Total)

Rookie (14-17) (Overall)

Next Gen (18-20) (Best)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ukraine (UKR)	3	0	1	4
2	Uzbekistan (UZB)	2	1	2	5
3	Egypt (EGY)	2	1	1	4
4	Azerbaijan (AZE)	2	1	0	3
5	India (IND)	1	1	0	2
	Ireland (IRL)	1	1	0	2
7	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	0	1
	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
	Georgia (GEO)	1	0	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	1	0	0	1
13	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	2	3
14	Chile (CHI)	0	1	0	1
	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	0	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
18	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		17	10	7	34

Next Gen (18-20) (Total)

Next Gen (18-20) (Overall)

Legend (+45) (Best)

Legend (+45) (Total)

Legend (+45) (Overall = Best + Total)

Participating nations

Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, lifters from Russia and Belarus were banned.

Seniors and Legends

471 from 78 nations:

STATISTICS by BW Categories

BW Cat. Total

Men's Up to 49 kg 34

Men's Up to 54 kg 29

Men's Up to 59 kg 26

Men's Up to 65 kg 26

Men's Up to 72 kg 36

Men's Up to 80 kg 28

Men's Up to 88 kg 27

Men's Up to 97 kg 20

Men's Up to 107 kg 24

Men's Over 107 kg 21

Women's Up to 41 kg 16

Women's Up to 45 kg 18

Women's Up to 50 kg 20

Women's Up to 55 kg 30

Women's Up to 61 kg 23

Women's Up to 67 kg 16

Women's Up to 73 kg 24

Women's Up to 79 kg 15

Women's Up to 86 kg 19

Women's Over 86 kg 19

Number of athletes 471

1.  Afghanistan (2)
2.  Algeria (6)
3.  Angola (2)
4.  Argentina (5)
5.  Armenia (7)
6.  Australia (5)
7.  Azerbaijan (6)
8.  Bangladesh (1)
9.  Brazil (23)
10.  Bulgaria (1)
11.  China (19)
12.  Chile (8)
13.  Ivory Coast (4)
14.  Cameroon (4)
15.  Colombia (12)
16.  Cuba (5)
17.  Cyprus (2)
18.  Dominican Republic (2)
19.  Egypt (15)
20.  El Salvador (1)
21.  Spain (3)
22.  Finland (1)
23.  France (5)
24.  Gambia (2)
25.  United Kingdom (11)
26.  Georgia (5)
27.  Germany (18)
28.  Greece (5)
29.  Hungary (6)
30.  India (20)
31.  Iran (11)
32.  Iraq (8)
33.  Ireland (7)
34.  Italy (4)
35.  Jordan (9)
36.  Japan (18)
37.  Kazakhstan (18)
38.  Kenya (9)
39.  Kyrgyzstan (5)
40.  South Korea (15)
41.  Saudi Arabia (5)
42.  Libya (6)
43.  Morocco (5)
44.  Malaysia (5)
45.  Moldova (3)
46.  Mexico (14)
47.  Mongolia (1)
48.  Nepal (2)
49.  Nigeria (11)
50.  New Zealand (1)
51.  Panama (3)
52.  Peru (2)
53.  Philippines (6)
54.  Poland (11)
55.  Serbia (1)
56.  Slovakia (1)
57.  Syria (3)
58.  Thailand (5)
59.  Tajikistan (1)
60.  Turkmenistan (10)
61.  Turkey (9)
62.  United Arab Emirates (15)
63.  Uganda (3)
64.  Ukraine (10)
65.  United States (5)
66.  Uzbekistan (19)
67.  Vietnam (4)
68.  Yemen (2)
69.  Zambia (1)
70.  Brunei (1)
71.  Canada (1)
72.  Estonia (1)
73.  Israel (1)
74.  Laos (1)
75.  Portugal (1)
76.  Singapore (1)
77.  Chinese Taipei (1)
78.  Venezuela (2)

Juniors (Rookie & Next Gen)

58 from 27 nations:

1.  Algeria (1)
2.  Argentina (1)
3.  Armenia (2)
4.  Azerbaijan (4)
5.  Chile (1)
6.  Egypt (4)
7.  France (1)
8.  United Kingdom (1)
9.  Hungary (1)
10.  India (2)
11.  Ireland (3)
12.  Italy (1)
13.  Japan (1)
14.  Kazakhstan (8)
15.  Kyrgyzstan (2)
16.  Saudi Arabia (2)
17.  Libya (2)
18.  Moldova (1)
19.  Mexico (1)
20.  Poland (1)
21.  Tajikistan (2)
22.  United Arab Emirates (2)
23.  Ukraine (4)
24.  Uzbekistan (7)
25.  Brazil (1)
26.  Ecuador (1)
27.  Georgia (1)