A member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team and American Record holder in the 63kg division, Burgener took 2009 off, but returned to Colorado Springs in 2010 and is training at the OTC with the goal of medalling at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Glasgow 2014 has unveiled a new brand identity and web site at an event at the Clyde Auditorium, which will be the venue for the Weightlifting Competition during the Games. As with all previous Games, and as set out in the Host City Contract, Glasgow 2014 has created a completely new Games brand with the […]
The World Ranking Lists for each men’s and women’s bodyweight category are now available on this website! As an innovation, the Ranking Lists are interactive: you can generate a large selection of world ranking types. For the first time, 2009 World Ranking Lists can be obtained for Seniors, Juniors and even in the Youth age […]
SOFT-spoken Levuka lass Maria Liku of Fiji Weightlifting, was shocked to win her first national award at the FASANOC Sports Award in Suva on Saturday night. Liku edged other top nominees like Selai Pridgeon (golf), Makelesi Batimala (athletics) to win the Female Athlete of the Year. The New Caledonia-based national weightlifter arrived into the country […]
The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) has selected a total of 21 junior weight lifters that will resume camping immediately for the Youth Olympic Games qualifiers holding in Egypt from March 19-27. The federation after a three-day trials held at the Indoor Sports Hall, National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos picked seven males and fourteen women lifters. The […]