# 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.
The tournament was one of the compulsory tournaments to qualify for the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.

## Medalists

For first time medal awarded in total lifts.
Senior
Junior

### Seniors Best Lift
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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

### Legend (+45)
#### Best Lift
#### Total Lift
## Medal table

Source:
Rookie / Next Gen
Elite (One Bronze of United Kingdom replaced by Turkey)
Legend

### 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 |
| 6 | Vietnam (VIE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | 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 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 8 | Jordan (JOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 14 | El Salvador (ESA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 23 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (29 entries) | 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 |
| 15 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 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 |
| 20 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | 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 |
| 26 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (31 entries) | Totals (31 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |

### 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 |
| 3 | Libya (LBA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |

### 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 |
| 5 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 17 | 10 | 7 | 34 |

### Legend (+45) (Overall = Best + Total)
## Participating nations

Because of 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
* Afghanistan (2)
* Algeria (6)
* Angola (2)
* Argentina (5)
* Armenia (7)
* Australia (5)
* Azerbaijan (6)
* Bangladesh (1)
* Brazil (23)
* Bulgaria (1)
* China (19)
* Chile (8)
* Ivory Coast (4)
* Cameroon (4)
* Colombia (12)
* Cuba (5)
* Cyprus (2)
* Dominican Republic (2)
* Egypt (15)
* El Salvador (1)
* Spain (3)
* Finland (1)
* France (5)
* Gambia (2)
* United Kingdom (11)
* Georgia (5)
* Germany (18)
* Greece (5)
* Hungary (6)
* India (20)
* Iran (11)
* Iraq (8)
* Ireland (7)
* Italy (4)
* Jordan (9)
* Japan (18)
* Kazakhstan (18)
* Kenya (9)
* Kyrgyzstan (5)
* South Korea (15)
* Saudi Arabia (5)
* Libya (6)
* Morocco (5)
* Malaysia (5)
* Moldova (3)
* Mexico (14)
* Mongolia (1)
* Nepal (2)
* Nigeria (11)
* New Zealand (1)
* Panama (3)
* Peru (2)
* Philippines (6)
* Poland (11)
* Serbia (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* Syria (3)
* Thailand (5)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Turkmenistan (10)
* Turkey (9)
* United Arab Emirates (15)
* Uganda (3)
* Ukraine (10)
* United States (5)
* Uzbekistan (19)
* Vietnam (4)
* Yemen (2)
* Zambia (1)
* Brunei (1)
* Canada (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Israel (1)
* Laos (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Singapore (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Venezuela (2)

### Juniors (Rookie & Next Gen)

58 from 27 nations:
* Algeria (1)
* Argentina (1)
* Armenia (2)
* Azerbaijan (4)
* Chile (1)
* Egypt (4)
* France (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* Hungary (1)
* India (2)
* Ireland (3)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kazakhstan (8)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Saudi Arabia (2)
* Libya (2)
* Moldova (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Poland (1)
* Tajikistan (2)
* United Arab Emirates (2)
* Ukraine (4)
* Uzbekistan (7)
* Brazil (1)
* Ecuador (1)
* Georgia (1)