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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
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
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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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.