Asian Weightlifting Championships Explained

The Asian Weightlifting Championships is a weightlifting championship organised by the Asian Weightlifting Federation for competitors from the Asian countries. It has been held since 1969 for men and 1988 for women. In 2008 the championships provided the official qualification for Asian competitors in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

List tournaments

Year Edition Venue width=30 M width=30 W 1 Tehran, Iran 2 Tokyo, Japan 3 Tehran, Iran 4 Manila, Philippines Tel Aviv, Israel Tehran, Iran 8 Bangkok, Thailand 9 Baghdad, Iraq 10 Bangkok, Thailand 11 Tokyo, Japan 12 Seoul, South Korea 13 Nagoya, Japan 14 New Delhi, India 15 Damascus, Syria 16 Tabriz, Iran 17 Jiangxi, China 18 Seoul, South Korea 19 Ageo, Japan 20 Shilong, China 1 Jakarta, Indonesia 21 Tehran, Iran 2 Shanghai, China 22 3 Beijing, China 23 Kamisu, Japan 4 Manado, Indonesia 24 Fuzhou, China 5 Chiang Mai, Thailand 25 Tabriz, Iran 6 Shilong, China 26 7 Hiroshima, Japan 27 8 Busan, South Korea 28 9 Yachiyo, Japan 29 10 Yangzhou, China 30 11 Bangkok, Thailand

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Year Edition Venue width=30 M width=30 W 31 12 Wuhan, China 32 13 Osaka, Japan 33 14 Jeonju, South Korea 34 15 Busan, South Korea 35 16 Qinhuangdao, China 36 17 Almaty, Kazakhstan 37 18 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 38 19 Tai'an, China 39 20 Kanazawa, Japan 40 21 Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan 41 22 Guangzhou, China 42 23 Tongling, China 43 24 Pyeongtaek, South Korea 44 25 Astana, Kazakhstan 45 26 Phuket, Thailand 46 27 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 47 28 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 48 29 Ningbo, China 49 30 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 50 31 Manama, Bahrain 51 32 Jinju, South Korea 52 33 Tashkent, Uzbekistan

See also

• Weightlifting at the Asian Games

External links

• Official AWF website
• Weightlifting Database