List of weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
List of weightlifters
Men			Women
	56 kg			48 kg
	62 kg			53 kg
	69 kg			58 kg
	77 kg			63 kg
	85 kg			69 kg
	94 kg			75 kg
	105 kg			+75 kg
	+105 kg

This is a list of the weightlifters who will be participating for their country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from August 5–21, 2016. 260 weightlifters are set to participate at the Games across fifteen events.

Male weightlifters

NOC	Name	Age	Hometown	Events
Albania	Briken Calja	February 19, 1990		Men's 69 kg
Algeria	Walid Bidani	June 11, 1994	Maghnia	Men's +105 kg
American Samoa	Tanumafili Jungblut	June 10, 1990		Men's 94 kg
Armenia	Andranik Karapetyan	December 15, 1995	Vagharshapat	Men's 77 kg
	Arakel Mirzoyan	October 21, 1989	Baghramyan	Men's 85 kg
	Simon Martirosyan	February 17, 1997	Haykashen	Men's 105 kg
	Ruben Aleksanyan	March 14, 1990		Men's +105 kg
	Gor Minasyan	October 24, 1994		Men's +105 kg
Australia	Simplice Ribouem	December 5, 1982		Men's 94 kg
Austria	Sargis Martirosjan	September 14, 1986		Men's 105 kg
Belarus	Stanislau Chadovich	August 24, 1992	Mogilev	Men's 62 kg
	Petr Asayonak	February 27, 1993		Men's 85 kg
	Pavel Khadasevich	July 16, 1993		Men's 85 kg
	Aliaksandr Bersanau	September 1, 1992		Men's 94 kg
	Vadzim Straltsou	April 30, 1986	Mogilev	Men's 94 kg
Brazil	Welisson Silva	November 22, 1993	Viçosa	Men's 85 kg
	Mateus Gregório	July 5, 1993		Men's 105 kg
	Fernando Reis	March 10, 1990	São Paulo	Men's +105 kg
Cameroon	Petit Minkoumba	February 27, 1989		Men's 94 kg
Canada	Pascal Plamondon	December 12, 1992	Sherbrooke	Men's 85 kg
Chile	Julio Acosta	July 22, 1987		Men's 62 kg
China	Long Qingquan	December 3, 1990	Longshan	Men's 56 kg
	Chen Lijun	February 8, 1993	Yiyang	Men's 62 kg
	Shi Zhiyong	February 10, 1980	Longyan	Men's 69 kg
	Lü Xiaojun	July 27, 1984	Qianjiang	Men's 77 kg
	Tian Tao	April 8, 1994	Changyang	Men's 85 kg
	Yang Zhe	July 7, 1991		Men's 105 kg
Chinese Taipei	Tan Chi-chung	February 24, 1990		Men's 56 kg
	Pan Chien-hung	August 7, 1988		Men's 69 kg
	Chen Shih-chieh	November 27, 1989	Pingtung	Men's +105 kg
Colombia	Habib de las Salas	April 19, 1987		Men's 56 kg
	Oscar Figueroa	April 27, 1983	Zaragoza	Men's 62 kg
	Francisco Mosquera	April 1, 1992		Men's 62 kg
	Luis Javier Mosquera	March 27, 1995		Men's 69 kg
	Andres Caicedo	May 8, 1997		Men's 77 kg
Cuba	Yoelmis Hernández	April 25, 1986	Nueva Gerona	Men's 85 kg
Cyprus	Antonis Martasidis	June 14, 1992		Men's 85 kg
Czech Republic	Jiří Orság	January 5, 1989	Znojmo	Men's +105 kg
Dominican Republic	Luis García	April 19, 1995		Men's 56 kg
Ecuador	Fernando Salas	February 10, 1988		Men's +105 kg
Egypt	Ahmed Saad	November 1, 1986	Al-Fayoum	Men's 62 kg
	Mohamed Ihab	November 21, 1989		Men's 77 kg
	Tarek Yehia	May 18, 1987		Men's 85 kg
	Ragab Abdelhay	March 4, 1991		Men's 94 kg
	Gaber Mohamed	September 1, 1985		Men's 105 kg
	Ahmed Mohamed	April 27, 1988		Men's +105 kg
Estonia	Mart Seim	October 24, 1990		Men's +105 kg
Fiji	Manueli Tulo	March 25, 1990	Levuka	Men's 56 kg
Finland	Milko Tokola	October 10, 1992	Rovaniemi	Men's 85 kg
France	Bernardin Matam	May 20, 1990	Besançon	Men's 69 kg
	Giovanni Bardis	May 21, 1987		Men's 85 kg
	Benjamin Hennequin	August 24, 1984		Men's 85 kg
	Kévin Bouly	April 26, 1981		Men's 94 kg
Georgia	Rauli Tsirekidze	May 24, 1987	Kutaisi	Men's 94 kg
	Lasha Talakhadze	October 2, 1993		Men's +105 kg
	Irakli Turmanidze	December 13, 1984	Kobuleti	Men's +105 kg
Germany	Nico Müller	November 2, 1993		Men's 77 kg
	Jürgen Spieß	March 26, 1984	Heidelberg	Men's 105 kg
	Alexej Prochorow	March 30, 1990		Men's +105 kg
	Almir Velagić	August 22, 1981		Men's +105 kg
Ghana	Christian Amoah	July 25, 1999		Men's 85 kg
Great Britain	Sonny Webster	March 10, 1994	High Wycombe	Men's 94 kg
Greece	Theodoros Iakovidis	February 12, 1991		Men's 85 kg
Guatemala	Edgar Pineda	August 17, 1997		Men's 56 kg
Haiti	Edouard Joseph	December 24, 1989		Men's 62 kg
Honduras	Cristopher Pavón	April 18, 1993	El Progreso	Men's 94 kg
Hungary	Péter Nagy	January 16, 1986	Komárom	Men's +105 kg
India	Sathish Sivalingam	June 23, 1992	Vellore	Men's 77 kg
Indonesia	Eko Yuli Irawan	July 24, 1989	Lampung	Men's 62 kg
	Muhammad Hasbi	July 12, 1992		Men's 62 kg
	Deni	July 26, 1989		Men's 69 kg
	Triyatno	December 20, 1987	Metro	Men's 69 kg
	I Ketut Ariana	September 6, 1989		Men's 77 kg
Iran	Kianoush Rostami	July 23, 1991	Eslamabad-e Gharb	Men's 85 kg
	Ali Hashemi	November 1, 1991	Ilam	Men's 94 kg
	Sohrab Moradi	September 22, 1988	Lenjan	Men's 94 kg
	Mohammad Reza Barari	March 31, 1988	Sari	Men's 105 kg
	Behdad Salimi	December 8, 1989	Qaem Shahr	Men's +105 kg
Iraq	Salwan Jasim Abbood	September 26, 1991		Men's 105 kg
Israel	Igor Olshanetskyi	February 16, 1986		Men's +105 kg
Italy	Mirco Scarantino	January 16, 1995		Men's 56 kg
Japan	Hiroaki Takao	January 2, 1992		Men's 56 kg
	Yōichi Itokazu	May 24, 1991		Men's 62 kg
	Yōsuke Nakayama	March 20, 1987		Men's 62 kg
Kazakhstan	Arli Chontei	July 1, 1992		Men's 56 kg
	Farkhat Kharki	April 20, 1991		Men's 62 kg
	Nijat Rahimov	August 13, 1993	Baku	Men's 77 kg
	Denis Ulanov	October 28, 1993		Men's 85 kg
	Alexandr Zaichikov	August 17, 1992		Men's 105 kg
Kenya	James Adede	October 31, 1986		Men's 94 kg
Kiribati	David Katoatau	July 17, 1984	Nonouti	Men's 105 kg
Kyrgyzstan	Izzat Artykov	September 8, 1993		Men's 69 kg
Latvia	Artūrs Plēsnieks	January 21, 1992	Kroņauce	Men's 105 kg
Lithuania	Aurimas Didžbalis	June 13, 1991		Men's 94 kg
Malaysia	Mohd Hafifi Mansor	October 28, 1990		Men's 69 kg
Malta	Kyle Micallef	January 8, 1987		Men's 85 kg
Mexico	Bredni Roque	November 11, 1987		Men's 69 kg
Moldova	Serghei Cechir	October 15, 1990		Men's 69 kg
	Alexandru Șpac	November 21, 1989		Men's 77 kg
Morocco	Khalid El-Aabidi	September 14, 1995		Men's 85 kg
Nauru	Elson Brechtefeld	March 2, 1994		Men's 56 kg
New Zealand	Richie Patterson	April 30, 1983	Auckland	Men's 85 kg
North Korea	Om Yun-chol	November 18, 1991	North Hamgyong	Men's 56 kg
	Kim Myong-hyok	December 3, 1990		Men's 69 kg
	Kwon Yong-gwang	January 14, 1996		Men's 69 kg
	Choe Jon-wi	June 29, 1993		Men's 77 kg
Papua New Guinea	Morea Baru	April 15, 1990		Men's 62 kg
Peru	Junior Lahuanampa	April 5, 1995		Men's 69 kg
Philippines	Nestor Colonia	February 16, 1992	Zamboanga City	Men's 56 kg
Poland	Adrian Zieliński	March 28, 1989	Nakło nad Notecią	Men's 94 kg
	Tomasz Zieliński	October 29, 1990	Nakło nad Notecią	Men's 94 kg
	Bartłomiej Bonk	October 11, 1984	Więcbork	Men's 105 kg
	Arkadiusz Michalski	January 7, 1990		Men's 105 kg
Qatar	Faris Ibrahim	June 4, 1998		Men's 85 kg
Romania	Dumitru Captari	July 12, 1989		Men's 77 kg
	Gabriel Sîncrăian	December 21, 1988	Cluj-Napoca	Men's 85 kg
Samoa	Nevo Ioane	April 14, 1988		Men's 62 kg
Saudi Arabia	Mohammed Hussein Dhilib	May 1, 1994		Men's 69 kg
Seychelles	Rick Confiance	May 24, 1994		Men's 62 kg
Slovakia	Ondrej Krúžel	August 23, 1988		Men's +105 kg
South Korea	Han Myeong-mok	February 1, 1991		Men's 62 kg
	Won Jeong-sik	December 9, 1990		Men's 69 kg
	Yu Dong-ju	August 19, 1993		Men's 85 kg
	Park Han-woong	January 15, 1995		Men's 94 kg
Spain	Josué Brachi	September 8, 1992		Men's 56 kg
	David Sánchez	July 20, 1994		Men's 69 kg
	Andrés Mata	November 11, 1992		Men's 77 kg
Sri Lanka	Sudesh Peiris	February 3, 1985	Sandalankawa	Men's 62 kg
Syria	Man Asaad	November 20, 1993		Men's +105 kg
Thailand	Sinphet Kruaithong	August 22, 1995		Men's 56 kg
	Witoon Mingmoon	February 10, 1996		Men's 56 kg
	Tairat Bunsuk	January 11, 1993		Men's 69 kg
	Chatuphum Chinnawong	July 19, 1993	Nakhon Ratchasima	Men's 77 kg
	Sarat Sumpradit	April 17, 1994		Men's 94 kg
Tunisia	Karem Ben Hnia	November 13, 1994		Men's 69 kg
Turkey	Daniyar Ismayilov	February 3, 1992		Men's 69 kg
Turkmenistan	Hojamuhammet Toychiyev	January 16, 1992		Men's +105 kg
Ukraine	Oleksandr Pielieshenko	January 7, 1994		Men's 85 kg
	Dmytro Chumak	July 11, 1990		Men's 94 kg
	Volodymyr Hoza	April 15, 1996		Men's 94 kg
	Ihor Shymechko	May 27, 1986		Men's +105 kg
United States	Kendrick Farris	July 2, 1986	Shreveport	Men's 94 kg
Uzbekistan	Doston Yokubov	April 5, 1995		Men's 69 kg
	Ivan Efremov	March 9, 1986	Tashkent	Men's 105 kg
	Ruslan Nurudinov	November 24, 1991	Andijan	Men's 105 kg
	Rustam Djangabaev	August 25, 1993		Men's +105 kg
	Sardorbek Dustmurotov	March 13, 1993		Men's +105 kg
Venezuela	Jesús López	December 17, 1984		Men's 62 kg
Vietnam	Thạch Kim Tuấn	January 15, 1994	Bình Thuận	Men's 56 kg
	Trần Lê Quốc Toàn	April 5, 1989	Đà Nẵng	Men's 56 kg
	Hoàng Tuấn Tài	March 30, 1990		Men's 85 kg

Female weightlifters

NOC	Name	Age	Hometown	Events
Algeria	Fatima-Zohra Bouchra	August 22, 2000		Women's 75 kg
Argentina	Joana Palacios	November 8, 1996		Women's 58 kg
Armenia	Nazik Avdalyan	October 31, 1986	Gyumri	Women's 69 kg
	Sona Poghosyan	June 29, 1998		Women's 75 kg
Australia	Tia-Clair Toomey	July 22, 1993		Women's 58 kg
Belarus	Anastasiya Mikhalenka	December 8, 1995		Women's 69 kg
	Darya Pachebut	December 31, 1994		Women's 69 kg
	Darya Naumava	August 26, 1995		Women's 75 kg
Brazil	Rosane Santos	June 20, 1987		Women's 53 kg
	Jaqueline Ferreira	March 5, 1987	Rio de Janeiro	Women's 75 kg
Cameroon	Arcangeline Fouodji	August 26, 1987		Women's 69 kg
Canada	Marie-Ève Beauchemin-Nadeau	October 13, 1988	Montreal	Women's 69 kg
Chile	María Fernanda Valdés	March 17, 1992	Coquimbo	Women's 75 kg
China	Li Yajun	April 27, 1993		Women's 53 kg
	Deng Wei	February 14, 1993		Women's 63 kg
	Xiang Yanmei	June 13, 1992	Baojing	Women's 69 kg
	Meng Suping	July 17, 1989		Women's +75 kg
Chinese Taipei	Chen Wei-ling	January 4, 1982	Tainan	Women's 48 kg
	Hsu Shu-ching	May 9, 1991	Kaohsiung	Women's 53 kg
	Kuo Hsing-chun	November 26, 1993	Yilan	Women's 58 kg
	Lin Tzu-chi	March 19, 1988	Kaohsiung	Women's 63 kg
Colombia	Lina Rivas	April 24, 1990		Women's 58 kg
	Mercedes Pérez	August 7, 1987	Santa Marta	Women's 63 kg
	Leydi Solís	February 17, 1990	Tuluá	Women's 69 kg
	Ubaldina Valoyes	July 6, 1982	Quidbo	Women's 75 kg
Cook Islands	Luisa Peters	June 27, 1993	Rarotonga	Women's +75 kg
Cuba	Marina Rodríguez	March 2, 1995		Women's 63 kg
Dominican Republic	Beatriz Pirón	February 27, 1995	San Pedro de Macorís	Women's 48 kg
	Yuderqui Contreras	March 27, 1986	San Pedro de Macorís	Women's 58 kg
Ecuador	Alexandra Escobar	July 17, 1980	Esmeraldas	Women's 58 kg
	Neisi Dajomes	May 12, 1998		Women's 69 kg
Egypt	Esraa El-Sayed	November 21, 1998		Women's 63 kg
	Sara Ahmed	January 1, 1998		Women's 69 kg
	Shaimaa Khalaf	January 1, 1991		Women's +75 kg
Fiji	Apolonia Vaivai	February 5, 1991	Taveuni	Women's 69 kg
Finland	Anni Vuohijoki	May 24, 1988		Women's 63 kg
France	Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke	April 20, 1988	Clermont-l'Hérault	Women's 75 kg
Germany	Sabine Kusterer	January 4, 1991		Women's 58 kg
Great Britain	Rebekah Tiler	January 13, 1999	Todmorden	Women's 69 kg
India	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu	August 8, 1994	Imphal East	Women's 48 kg
Indonesia	Sri Wahyuni Agustiani	August 13, 1994	Bandung	Women's 48 kg
	Dewi Safitri	February 10, 1993		Women's 53 kg
Italy	Giorgia Bordignon	May 24, 1987		Women's 63 kg
Japan	Hiromi Miyake	November 18, 1985		Women's 48 kg
	Kanae Yagi	July 16, 1992		Women's 53 kg
	Mikiko Ando	September 30, 1992		Women's 58 kg
	Namika Matsumoto	February 7, 1992		Women's 63 kg
Kazakhstan	Margarita Yelisseyeva	July 20, 1992		Women's 48 kg
	Karina Goricheva	April 8, 1993		Women's 63 kg
	Zhazira Zhapparkul	September 30, 1992	Arys	Women's 69 kg
Kyrgyzstan	Zhanyl Okoeva	November 15, 1993		Women's 48 kg
Latvia	Rebeka Koha	May 19, 1998	Ventspils	Women's 53 kg
Madagascar	Elisa Ravololoniaina	February 24, 1992		Women's 63 kg
Marshall Islands	Mathlynn Sasser	December 25, 1996		Women's 58 kg
Mauritius	Roilya Ranaivosoa	November 14, 1990		Women's 48 kg
Mexico	Mónica Domínguez	March 5, 1988		Women's 58 kg
	Eva Gurrola	May 17, 1994		Women's 63 kg
	Alejandra Garza	August 1, 1991		Women's 75 kg
Mongolia	Ankhtsetseg Munkhjantsan	December 25, 1997		Women's 69 kg
Morocco	Samira Ouass	April 22, 1992		Women's 75 kg
New Zealand	Tracey Lambrechs	August 27, 1985		Women's +75 kg
Nicaragua	Scarleth Mercado	August 9, 1996		Women's 53 kg
Nigeria	Mariam Usman	November 9, 1990		Women's +75 kg
North Korea	Choe Hyo-sim	December 5, 1993		Women's 63 kg
	Rim Jong-sim	February 5, 1993		Women's 75 kg
	Kim Kuk-hyang	April 20, 1993		Women's +75 kg
Peru	Fiorella Cueva	February 4, 1998		Women's 48 kg
Philippines	Hidilyn Diaz	February 20, 1991	Zamboanga City	Women's 53 kg
Poland	Patrycja Piechowiak	September 1, 1992		Women's 69 kg
Puerto Rico	Lely Burgos	June 6, 1985	Ponce	Women's 48 kg
Romania	Florina-Sorina Hulpan	March 7, 1997		Women's 69 kg
	Andreea Aanei	November 18, 1993		Women's +75 kg
Russia	Tima Turieva	June 22, 1992		Women's 63 kg
	Anastasiya Romanova	October 2, 1991		Women's 69 kg
	Tatiana Kashirina	January 24, 1991	Noginsk	Women's +75 kg
Samoa	Mary Opeloge	January 24, 1992	Motootua	Women's 75 kg
Solomon Islands	Jenly Tegu Wini	June 9, 1983	Honiara	Women's 58 kg
South Korea	Yoon Jin-hee	August 4, 1986	Wonju	Women's 53 kg
	Lee Hui-sol	August 27, 1989		Women's +75 kg
	Son Young-hee	April 24, 1994		Women's +75 kg
Spain	Lidia Valentín	February 10, 1985	Ponferrada	Women's 75 kg
Sweden	Angelica Roos	April 15, 1989		Women's 58 kg
Thailand	Sopita Tanasan	December 23, 1994		Women's 48 kg
	Pimsiri Sirikaew	April 25, 1990	Mancha Khiri District	Women's 58 kg
	Sukanya Srisurat	May 3, 1995		Women's 58 kg
	Siripuch Gulnoi	July 17, 1993		Women's 63 kg
Tunisia	Yosra Dhieb	August 31, 1995		Women's +75 kg
Turkey	Mehtap Kurnaz	May 1, 1995		Women's 63 kg
	Duygu Aynacı	June 26, 1996		Women's 69 kg
	Assiya İpek	December 5, 1993		Women's 75 kg
Turkmenistan	Gulnabat Kadyrova	June 14, 1994		Women's 69 kg
Ukraine	Yuliya Paratova	November 7, 1986	Odessa	Women's 53 kg
	Veronika Ivasyuk	October 12, 1995		Women's 58 kg
	Iryna Dekha	May 14, 1996	Kharkiv	Women's 75 kg
	Anastasiya Lysenko	December 2, 1995		Women's +75 kg
United Arab Emirates	Aisha Al-Balushi	January 23, 1992		Women's 58 kg
United States	Morghan King	October 5, 1985	Seattle	Women's 48 kg
	Jenny Arthur	December 11, 1993	Gainesville	Women's 75 kg
	Sarah Robles	August 1, 1988	Desert Hot Springs	Women's +75 kg
Uruguay	Sofía Rito	November 2, 1985		Women's 53 kg
Venezuela	Génesis Rodríguez	July 17, 1994		Women's 53 kg
	Yaniuska Espinosa	December 5, 1986		Women's 75 kg
	Naryury Pérez	September 29, 1992		Women's 75 kg
Vietnam	Vương Thị Huyền	June 22, 1992		Women's 48 kg

References

• http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/