IWF World Weightlifter of the Year

The IWF World Weightlifter of the Year award is a prize that can be won by weightlifters participating in events within the sport of weightlifting organised by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).[1]

Men

Year Winner Country Ref
1982 Blagoev, BlagoyBlagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria [1]
1983 Blagoev, BlagoyBlagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria [1]
1984 Suleymanov, NaimNaim Suleymanov  Bulgaria [1]
1985 Shalamanov, NaumNaum Shalamanov  Bulgaria [1]
1986 Shalamanov, NaumNaum Shalamanov  Bulgaria [1]
1987 Petrov, MikhailMikhail Petrov  Bulgaria [1]
1988 Süleymanoğlu, NaimNaim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey [1]
1989 Ivanov, IvanIvan Ivanov  Bulgaria [1]
1990 Ivanov, IvanIvan Ivanov  Bulgaria [1]
1991 Chun Byung-kwan  South Korea [1]
1992 Süleymanoğlu, NaimNaim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey [1]
1993 Peshalov, NikolayNikolay Peshalov  Bulgaria [1]
1994 Petrov, AlekseyAleksey Petrov  Russia [1]
1995 Dimas, PyrrosPyrros Dimas  Greece [1]
1996 Süleymanoğlu, NaimNaim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey [1]
1997 Chemerkin, AndreyAndrey Chemerkin  Russia [1]
1998 Zhelyazkov, PlamenPlamen Zhelyazkov  Bulgaria [1]
1999 Mutlu, HalilHalil Mutlu  Turkey [1]
2000 Rezazadeh, HosseinHossein Rezazadeh  Iran [1]
2001 Mutlu, HalilHalil Mutlu  Turkey [1]
2002 Rezazadeh, HosseinHossein Rezazadeh  Iran [1]
2003 Rezazadeh, HosseinHossein Rezazadeh  Iran [1]
2004 Rezazadeh, HosseinHossein Rezazadeh  Iran [1]
2005 Ilyin, IlyaIlya Ilyin  Kazakhstan [1]
2006 Ilyin, IlyaIlya Ilyin  Kazakhstan [2]
2007 Rybakou, AndreiAndrei Rybakou  Belarus [3]
2008 Steiner, MatthiasMatthias Steiner  Germany [4]
2009 Lü Xiaojun  China [5]
2010 Salimi, BehdadBehdad Salimi  Iran [6]
2011 Akkayev, KhadzhimuratKhadzhimurat Akkayev  Russia [7]
2012 Salimi, BehdadBehdad Salimi  Iran [8]
2013 Albegov, RuslanRuslan Albegov  Russia [9]
2014 Ilyin, IlyaIlya Ilyin  Kazakhstan [10]
2015 Ilyin, IlyaIlya Ilyin  Kazakhstan [11]

Women

Year Winner Country Ref
1991 Sun Caiyan  China [1]
1992 Peng Liping  China [1]
1993 Chen Shu-chih  Chinese Taipei [1]
1994 Guan Hong  China [1]
1995 Chen Shu-chih  Chinese Taipei [1]
1996 Li Hongyun  China [1]
1997 Tang Weifang  China [1]
1998 Tang Weifang  China [1]
1999 Ding Meiyuan  China [1]
2000 Ding Meiyuan  China [1]
2001 Popova, ValentinaValentina Popova  Russia [1]
2002 Wang Mingjuan  China [1]
2003 Liu Chunhong  China [1]
2004 Liu Chunhong  China [1]
2005 Thongsuk, PawinaPawina Thongsuk  Thailand [1]
2006 Chen Yanqing  China [2]
2007 Jang Mi-ran  South Korea [3]
2008 Liu Chunhong  China [4]
2009 Jang Mi-ran  South Korea [5]
2010 Podobedova, SvetlanaSvetlana Podobedova  Kazakhstan [6]
2011 Tsarukayeva, SvetlanaSvetlana Tsarukayeva  Russia [7]
2012 Chinshanlo, ZulfiyaZulfiya Chinshanlo  Kazakhstan [8]
2013 Kashirina, TatianaTatiana Kashirina  Russia [9]
2014 Kashirina, TatianaTatiana Kashirina  Russia [10]
2015 Hsu Shu-ching  Chinese Taipei [11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 "Ilin again, Chen Yanqing for the first time: Best of the Year" (PDF). IWF. p. 8. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Ilin again, Chen Yanqing for the first time: Best of the Year" (PDF). IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Best Lifters of 2007" (PDF). IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Lifters of the Year 2008" (PDF). IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Lu Xiaoyun (CHN) and Jang Mi-Ran (KOR) voted as Lifters of the Year". IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  6. 1 2 "World Weightlifting’s Best Lifters of 2010". IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  7. 1 2 "World Weightlifting’s 2011 Best Lifters received Trophies in Moscow ceremony". IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Salimikordasiabi and Chinshanlo are the Best of 2012". IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Best Lifters 2013". IWF. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Ilyin and Kashirina are Best Lifters of 2014". IWF. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Best of 2015: HSU SHU-CHING and ILYA ILYIN". IWF. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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