2023 World Weightlifting Championships

2023 World Championships
Host cityRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dates4–17 September[1]
Main venuePrince Faisal bin Fahd Olympic Complex (Green Hall)[2]
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The 2023 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 4 to 17 September 2023.[1][3]

The event served as a mandatory event to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[4] The competition was previously expected to be held using two platforms instead of one.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b "Saudi Arabia to host 2023 world weightlifting champs". Arab News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Competition Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  3. ^ Barker, Philip (22 February 2023). "SOPC awards ceremony celebrates achievements of Saudi Arabia's sports stars in 2022". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Weightlifting Qualification System Paris 2024" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  5. ^ Oliver, Brian (10 November 2022). "Record entries for IWF World Championships as weightlifters take first steps to Paris 2024". Inside the Games. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  6. ^ Oliver, Brian (13 October 2022). "Exclusive: IWF plans two platforms at Paris qualifying events to cope with huge entry numbers". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 December 2022.