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	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

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	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	Lidia Valentín	Spain	[13]
2018	Lidia Valentín	Spain	[14]
2019	Katherine Nye	United States	[15]

See also

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

References

1. "Ilin again, Chen Yanqing for the first time: Best of the Year" (PDF). IWF. p. 8. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
2. "Ilin again, Chen Yanqing for the first time: Best of the Year" (PDF). IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
3. "Best Lifters of 2007" (PDF). IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
4. "Lifters of the Year 2008" (PDF). IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
5. "Lu Xiaoyun (CHN) and Jang Mi-Ran (KOR) voted as Lifters of the Year". IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
6. "World Weightlifting's Best Lifters of 2010". IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
7. "World Weightlifting's 2011 Best Lifters received Trophies in Moscow ceremony". IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
8. "Salimikordasiabi and Chinshanlo are the Best of 2012". IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
9. "Best Lifters 2013". IWF. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
10. "Ilyin and Kashirina are Best Lifters of 2014". IWF. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
11. "Best of 2015: HSU SHU-CHING and ILYA ILYIN". IWF. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
12. "2016 Jenő Boskovics Award winners for Lifter of the Year revealed". IWF. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
13. "2017 Lifter of the Year Lasha Talakhadze". IWF. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
14. "Talakhadze and Valentin are Best for 2018 again". IWF. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
15. "IWF 2019 Lifter of the Year – American and Georgian Winners". IWF. Retrieved 20 February 2020.