World Youth Weightlifting Championships

Sport Weightlifting
Competition Category World Championships
Years 2009—2025
Editions 13
Competitors 538
Countries 53

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
2009 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Chiang Mai THA 20 – 24 May 2009 45 62 18
2011 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Lima PER 10 – 14 May 2011 45 60 18
2012 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Kosice SVK 18 – 22 September 2012 45 57 20
2013 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Toshkent UZB 8 – 13 April 2013 45 62 21
2015 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Lima PER 8 – 12 April 2015 45 60 25
2016 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Penang MAS 20 – 25 October 2016 45 64 28
2017 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Bangkok THA 4 – 10 April 2017 48 64 23
2019 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Las Vegas USA 8 – 15 March 2019 60 76 26
2021 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Jeddah KSA 5 – 12 October 2021 60 81 21
2022 World Youth Weightlifting Championships León MEX 11 – 18 June 2022 60 0 0
2023 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Durrës ALB 25 March – 1 April 2023 60 0 0
2024 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Lima PER 22 – 26 May 2024 60 0 0
2025 World Youth Weightlifting Championships Lima PER 30 April – 4 May 2025 60 0 0

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 China CHN 94 41 35 170
2 Russia RUS 53 36 42 131
3 Kazakhstan KAZ 44 28 31 103
4 Colombia COL 29 25 18 72
5 Turkey TUR 22 16 37 75
6 Thailand THA 18 21 25 64
7 Iran IRI 16 22 17 55
8 North Korea PRK 16 11 5 32
9 Uzbekistan UZB 15 18 15 48
10 United States USA 12 24 16 52
11 Mexico MEX 12 19 29 60
12 Armenia ARM 12 11 11 34
13 Vietnam VIE 10 13 7 30
14 Egypt EGY 10 9 5 24
15 Bulgaria BUL 10 2 1 13
16 Ecuador ECU 9 8 10 27
17 Ukraine UKR 7 7 20 34
18 Romania ROU 5 15 18 38
19 Georgia GEO 4 15 1 20
20 Poland POL 4 6 6 16
21 Iraq IRQ 4 3 1 8
22 Italy ITA 3 3 1 7
23 Czech Republic CZE 3 3 0 6
24 Spain ESP 3 2 3 8
25 Algeria ALG 3 0 0 3
26 Venezuela VEN 2 10 5 17
27 Latvia LAT 2 5 1 8
28 Republic of Moldova MDA 2 4 0 6
29 Saudi Arabia KSA 2 2 1 5
30 Philippines PHI 2 1 1 4
31 Belarus BLR 2 0 1 3
32 Chinese Taipei TPE 1 9 9 19
33 Brazil BRA 1 6 4 11
34 Indonesia INA 1 3 7 11
35 Azerbaijan AZE 1 2 7 10
36 Austria AUT 1 2 1 4
37 Belgium BEL 1 2 0 3
38 Fiji FIJ 1 0 1 2
= Oman OMA 1 0 1 2
40 India IND 0 8 7 15
41 South Korea KOR 0 5 8 13
42 Great Britain GBR 0 5 4 9
43 Turkmenistan TKM 0 5 2 7
44 Peru PER 0 4 10 14
45 Myanmar MYA 0 3 1 4
46 Greece GRE 0 2 2 4
47 Japan JPN 0 1 4 5
48 Sri Lanka SRI 0 1 0 1
49 Syria SYR 0 0 3 3
50 Chile CHI 0 0 1 1
= Dominican Republic DOM 0 0 1 1
= Mongolia MGL 0 0 1 1
= Tunisia TUN 0 0 1 1