Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification explained

Qualification for powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics begins on 1 March 2022 and ends on 26 June 2024. There will be a total of 180 powerlifters (80 male, 80 female and 20 gender-free).

Timeline

World Para Powerlifting Qualification Pathway 2021-2024[1] Date Venue
27 November – 5 December 2021 Tbilisi
2022 Asia-Oceania Championships 14–20 June 2022 Pyeongtaek
2022 Americas Open Championships 8–11 July 2022 St. Louis
2022 European Open Championships 24–29 September 2022 Tbilisi
2022 African Open Championships 27–30 October 2022 Cairo
2022 World Para Powerlifting World Cup 15–18 December 2022 Dubai
2023 World Para Powerlifting World Cup 29 April – 1 May 2023 Tbilisi
23–25 June 2023 Veracruz
3–5 November 2023 Cairo
1–9 December 2023 Nakhon Ratchasima
23–30 August 2023 Dubai
22–28 October 2023 Hangzhou
18–21 November 2023 Santiago
2024 World Para Powerlifting World Cup 28 February – 7 March 2024 Dubai
1–4 April 2024 Pattaya
23–26 May 2024 Acapulco
20–26 June 2024 Tbilisi

Quotas

An NPC can allocate eight male and eight female qualification slots; one eligible athlete per medal event.

Athletes are eligible for qualifying if they have completed the mandatory requirements of the Qualification Pathway 2021–2024, this includes competing at the 2021 and 2023 World Championships, 2022 regional championships and at least two World Para Powerlifting World Cups and are ranked in the preliminary Paralympic ranking list.[2]

Qualified slots

Top ranked eight male and female powerlifters are automatically qualified to compete for their respective bodyweight category, as of 26 June 2024. A number of lifters are qualified across two classifications, and will have to select one to compete in. Athletes in italics have qualified at a lower weight and will have to select a competition weight.

Men

Weight
category
Slots
allocated
NPC Qualified powerlifter
-49 kg 9
Le Van Cong
Abdullah Kayapinar
Hadj Ahmed Beyour
Zheng Yu
Parmjeet Kumar
Nándor Tunkel
Alex Adelaide
Adnan Noorsaeed
-54 kg 10 David Degtyarev
Yang Jinglang
Nyugen Binh An
Muslim Al-Sudani
Mohammad Alshnaiti
Axel Bourlon
Dimitrios Bakochristos
Taha Abdelmajid
Pablo Ramirez Barrientos
Jeyhun Mahmudov
-59 kg 9 Mohsen Bakhtiar
Herbert Aceituno
Mohamed Elmenyawy
Qi Yongkai
Paschalis Kouloumoglou
Juan Carlos Garrido
Stanislaw Shakiyev
Kostiantyn Panasiuk
Diego Quispe
-65 kg 8 Zou Yi
Amir Jafari Arangeh
Thomas Kure
Mark Swan
Ashok
Hocine Bettir
Jorge Carinao
Sherif Osman
-72 kg 8 Bonnie Bunyau Gustin
Ezequiel Correa
Donato Telesca
Hu Peng
Bekzod Jamilov
Rey Melchor Dimas Vasquez
Mahmoud Attia
Ugur Yumuk
-80 kg 9 Gu Xiaofei
Roohallah Rostami
Rasool Mohsin
Hadi Darvishpoor
Kim Gyuho
Matthew Harding
Jesus Rodriguez Vallejo
Ailton Bento De Souza
Adou Herve Ano
-88 kg 10 Yan Panpan
Mohamed Elelfat
Yurii Babynets
Ben Wright
Khusniddin Usmanov
Mohammed Khamis Khalaf
Rakhmetzhan Khamayev
Evanio Da Silva
Wawrzyniec Latus
Dennis Mbaziira
-97 kg 9 Mohammad Khattab
Ye Jixiong
Fabio Torres
Seyedhamed Solhipouravanji
Nicodemus Manggoi Moses
Hany Abdelhady
Andrea Quarto
Petar Milenkovic
Rafik Arabat
-107 kg 9 Aliakbar Gharibshahi
Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar
Mateus De Assis Silva
Jose Castillo Castillo
Bobby Body
Ilkhom Khalimov
Yee Khie Jong
Mutaz Aljuneidi
Kazuhito Sato
+107 kg 9 Ahmad Aminzadeh
Anton Kriukov
Akaki Jintcharadze
Jamil Elshebli
Faris Al-Ageeli
Eglain Antonio Mena Lemus
Amr Mosaad
Liam McGarry
Tahiru Haruna

Women

Weight
category
Slots
allocated
NPC Qualified powerlifter
-41 kg 9 Cui Zhe
Esther Nworgu
Lara Aparecida De Lima
Kerly Lascano
Hellen Wawira Kariuki
Ni Nengah Widiasih
Enas Abdelaal Aggag
Cristina Poblador Granados
Simone Fragoso
-45 kg 9 Guo Lingling
Samira Guerioua
Zoe Newson
Nazmiye Muratli
Wafae El Azzab
Sakina Khatun
Tursynay Kabyl
Justyna Kozdryk
Lourdes Maciel
-50 kg 9 Xiao Jinping
Dang Thi Linh Phuong
Bose Bejide
Clara Fuentes Monasterio
Camila Campos
Maria Rizonaide Da Silva
Olivia Broome
Akidakhon Akhtamova
Loida Zabala Ollero
-55 kg 8 Rehab Ahmed
Charlotte McGuinness
Mariana Shevchuk
Besra Duman
Durdona Turaeva
Emanuela Romano
Kamolpan Kraratpet
Chau Hoang Tuyet Loan
-61 kg 10 Onyinyechi Mark
Cui Jianjin
Amalia Perez Vazquez
Paulina Przywecka-Puziak
Rukhshona Uktamova
Ana Lucia Pinto Ochoa
Ana Paula Goncalves Marques
Greta Vardanyan
Najat El Garraa
Maria Markou
-67 kg 9 Tan Yujiao
Fatma Elyan
Kasthuri Rajamani
Lucy Ejike
Maria Costa De Castro
Souhad Ghazouani
Kudratoy Toshpulatova
Kim Hyeong Hui
Bertha Fernandez Arango
-73 kg 9 Kalifa Almaruf
Mariana D'Andrea
Thamar Gisele Mengue
Sibel Cam
Arawan Bootpo
Larisa Marinenkova
Ruza Kuzieva
Jeong Youn Shil
Raushan Koishibayeva
-79 kg 8 Han Miaoyu
Bose Omolayo
Caroline Fernandes Alves
Safaa Hassan
Asma Issa
Louise Sugden
Britney Arendse
Siti Mahmudah
-86 kg 10 Zheng Feifei
Loveline Obiji
Mayagozel Ekeyeva
Tayana Medeiros
Randa Mahmoud
Hamdan Alhajaj
Marion Serrano
Yang Jaewon
Lin Tzu-hui
Mirgul Bolotalieva
+86 kg 10 Folashade Oluwafemiayo
Nataliia Oliinyk
Deng Xuemei
Nadia Ali
Marzena Zieba
Perla Barcenas
Sriyanti
Hani Watson
Ashley Dyce
Ghazalah Alaqouri

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 29 April 2024. World Para Powerlifting Qualification Pathway 2021-2024. World Para Powerlifting.
  2. Web site: 29 April 2023. 2024 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide. International Paralympic Committee.