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

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Year  | Winner  | Country  | Ref

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1982 | Blagoy Blagoev |  Bulgaria | [1]
1983 | Blagoy Blagoev |  Bulgaria | [1]
1984 | Naim Suleymanov |  Bulgaria | [1]
1985 | Naum Shalamanov |  Bulgaria | [1]
1986 | Naum Shalamanov |  Bulgaria | [1]
1987 | Mikhail Petrov |  Bulgaria | [1]
1988 | Naim Süleymanoğlu |  Turkey | [1]
1989 | Ivan Ivanov |  Bulgaria | [1]
1990 | Ivan Ivanov |  Bulgaria | [1]
1991 | Chun Byung-kwan |  South Korea | [1]
1992 | Naim Süleymanoğlu |  Turkey | [1]
1993 | Nikolay Peshalov |  Bulgaria | [1]
1994 | Aleksey Petrov |  Russia | [1]
1995 | Pyrros Dimas |  Greece | [1]
1996 | Naim Süleymanoğlu |  Turkey | [1]
1997 | Andrey Chemerkin |  Russia | [1]
1998 | Plamen Zhelyazkov |  Bulgaria | [1]
1999 | Halil Mutlu |  Turkey | [1]
2000 | Hossein Rezazadeh |  Iran | [1]
2001 | Halil Mutlu |  Turkey | [1]
2002 | Hossein Rezazadeh |  Iran | [1]
2003 | Hossein Rezazadeh |  Iran | [1]
2004 | Hossein Rezazadeh |  Iran | [1]
2005 | Ilya Ilyin |  Kazakhstan | [1]
2006 | Ilya Ilyin |  Kazakhstan | [2]
2007 | Andrei Rybakou |  Belarus | [3]
2008 | Matthias Steiner |  Germany | [4]
2009 | Lü Xiaojun |  China | [5]
2010 | Behdad Salimi |  Iran | [6]
2011 | Khadzhimurat Akkaev |  Russia | [7]
2012 | Behdad Salimi |  Iran | [8]
2013 | Ruslan Albegov |  Russia | [9]
2014 | Ilya Ilyin |  Kazakhstan | [10]
2015 | Ilya Ilyin |  Kazakhstan | [11]
2016 | Kianoush Rostami |  Iran | [12]
2017 | Lasha Talakhadze |  Georgia | [13]
2018 | Lasha Talakhadze |  Georgia | [14]
2019 | Lasha Talakhadze |  Georgia | [15]

## Women

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Year  | Winner  | Country  | Ref

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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 | Valentina Popova |  Russia | [1]
2002 | Wang Mingjuan |  China | [1]
2003 | Liu Chunhong |  China | [1]
2004 | Liu Chunhong |  China | [1]
2005 | Pawina 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 | Svetlana Podobedova |  Kazakhstan | [6]
2011 | Svetlana Tsarukaeva |  Russia | [7]
2012 | Zulfiya Chinshanlo |  Kazakhstan | [8]
2013 | Tatiana Kashirina |  Russia | [9]
2014 | Tatiana Kashirina |  Russia | [10]
2015 | Hsu Shu-ching |  Chinese Taipei | [11]
2016 | Sopita Tanasan |  Thailand | [12]
2017 | Lydia Valentín |  Spain | [13]
2018 | Lydia Valentín |  Spain | [14]
2019 | Katherine Nye |  United States | [15]

## See also

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* International Weightlifting Federation
* World Weightlifting Championships
* List of world records in Olympic weightlifting

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an "Ilin again, Chen Yanqing for the first time: Best of the Year" (PDF). IWF. p. 8. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
2. ^ a b "Ilin again, Chen Yanqing for the first time: Best of the Year" (PDF). IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
3. ^ a b "Best Lifters of 2007" (PDF). IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
4. ^ a b "Lifters of the Year 2008" (PDF). IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
5. ^ a b "Lu Xiaoyun (CHN) and Jang Mi-Ran (KOR) voted as Lifters of the Year". IWF. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
6. ^ a b "World Weightlifting's Best Lifters of 2010". IWF. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
7. ^ a b "World Weightlifting's 2011 Best Lifters received Trophies in Moscow ceremony". IWF. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
8. ^ a b "Salimikordasiabi and Chinshanlo are the Best of 2012". IWF. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
9. ^ a b "Best Lifters 2013". IWF. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
10. ^ a b "Ilyin and Kashirina are Best Lifters of 2014". IWF. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
11. ^ a b "Best of 2015: HSU SHU-CHING and ILYA ILYIN". IWF. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
12. ^ a b "2016 Jenő Boskovics Award winners for Lifter of the Year revealed". IWF. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
13. ^ a b "2017 Lifter of the Year Lasha Talakhadze". IWF. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
14. ^ a b "Talakhadze and Valentin are Best for 2018 again". IWF. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
15. ^ a b "IWF 2019 Lifter of the Year – American and Georgian Winners". IWF. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.