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Weightlifting

Tarek Abdelazim Egypt	Mohamed Abdel Baki Egypt
Larbi Abdellaoui Algeria	Azim Najmi Ab Rashid Abdul Malaysia
Svetlana Abdullayeva Azerbaijan	Khalil Mahmoud K Abir Abdelrahman Egypt
Luz Mercedes Acosta Valdez Mexico	Attila Adamfi Hungary
Antonio Agustin Philippines	Esmat Ahmed Egypt
Rakhya Aissatou Cameroon	Khadzhimurat Akkaev Russia
Hasan Akkus Turkey	Jose Alarcon Briones Ecuador
Pashik Alaverdyan Armenia	Ruslan Albegov Russia
Roumen Alexandrov Colombia	Faisal Alhammadi UAE
Ulugbek Alimov Uzbekistan	Safaa Al-Jumaili Iraq
Ruslan Alpanov Uzbekistan	Abbas Alqaisoum Saudi Arabia
Hussain Alsalis Saudi Arabia	Sergio Alvarez Boulet Cuba
Abigail Alvarez Copello Guatemala	Nadir Alyev Azerbaijan
Najwan Alzawawy UAE	Alberta Boatema Ampomah Ghana
Elena Ramona Andries Romania	Eduards Andruskevics Latvia
Sajjad Anoushiravani Hamlabad IR Iran	Miika Antti-Roiko Finland
Abdenacer Aouina Algeria	Yusleidy Arriola Venezuela
Jorge David Arroyo Valdez Ecuador	Izzat Artykov Kyrgyzstan
Hursit Atak Turkey	Apti Aukhadov Russia
Kourosh Bagheri IR Iran	Shimon Barak Israel
Jorge Luis Barcelan Cuba	Melanie Bardis France
Khudhair Basha Iraq	Patrick Bassey Nigeria
Kamil Bayazitov Uzbekistan	Afgan Bayramov Azerbaijan
Umurbek Bazarbayev Turkmenistan	Marie-Eve Beauchemin-Nadeau Canada
Petre Becheru Romania	Romela Begaj Albania
Muhammad Begaliev Uzbekistan	Luis Begue Trujillo Colombia
Toishan Bektemirov Kazakhstan	Odeus Belizer Haiti
Damiano Belvedere Germany	Zouhaier Ben Ismail Tunisia
Carlos Berna Colombia	Mohamed Hedi Bey Tunisia
Walid Bidani Algeria	Erol Bilgin Turkey
Mete Binay Turkey	Janos Bokfi Hungary
Yerzhas Boltayev Kazakhstan	Francesco Bonincontro Italy
Bartlomiej Wojciech Bonk Poland	Hatem Bouabid Tunisia
Ivan Bratan Republic of Moldova	Lely Berlitt Burgos Ortiz Puerto Rico
Ian Burke Great Britain	Bekir Alper Buyukarslan Turkey
Dominic Cain Nauru	Briken Calja Albania
Andrew Callard Great Britain	Ivan Cambar Rodriguez Cuba
Astrid Roxana Camposeco Hernandez Guatemala	Mark Cannella United States
Lucia Castaneda Gomez Nicaragua	Soniya Chanu Ngangbam India
Caroline Charles Great Britain	Shih-Chieh Chen Chinese Taipei
Wenbin Chen China	Svitlana Cherniavska Ukraine
Zulkifli Che Rose Malaysia	Chatuphum Chinnawong Thailand
Zulfiya Chinshanlo Kazakhstan	Velichko Cholakov Azerbaijan
Arli Chontei Kazakhstan	Miroslaw Choros Poland
Grzegorz Chrusciewicz Poland	Anatoli Ciricu Republic of Moldova
Roxana Daniela Cocos Romania	Sam Coffa Australia
Yuderqui Contreras Dominican Republic	Sergiu Cretu Republic of Moldova
Florin Ionut Croitoru Romania	Vencelas Dabaya Tientcheu France
Atthaphon Daengchanthuek Thailand	Meline Daluzyan Armenia
Konstantin Darov Mexico	Aylin Dasdelen Turkey
Poh-Eng Dato Ong Malaysia	Aphinya Dattuyawat Thailand
Andrey Demanov Russia	Deni Deni Indonesia
Itte Detenamo Nauru	Vinson Detenamo Nauru
Diyan Yordanov Deykov Vietnam	Hidilyn Diaz Philippines
Pyrros Dimas Greece	William Dixie Seychelles
Marcin Dolega Poland	Luis Dovale Brazil
Anthony Dove Australia	Ivan Efremov Uzbekistan
Irawan Eko Yuli Indonesia	Felix Ekpo Nigeria
Mohamed Eldib Egypt	Khalil El Maoui Tunisia
Abdussalam El-Wersheffani Libyan AJ	Artur Emiryan Turkmenistan
Gabriel Ensenat Morro Venezuela	Maria Alexandra Escobar Guerrero Ecuador
Gareth Evans Great Britain	Nadezda Evstyukhina Russia
Azizah Fadzil Malaysia	Nundkishor Fakun Mauritius
Kendrick Farris United States	Thomas Faselt Germany
Citra Febrianti Indonesia	Tamas Feher Great Britain
Franz Felicite France	Matias Fernandez Spain
Jaqueline Ferreira Brazil	Majeti Fetrie Ghana
Chinenye Fidelis Nigeria	Yusleidy Figueroa Venezuela
Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera Colombia	Hector Flores Cartagena Mexico
Frederic Fokejou Tefot Cameroon	Christopher Freebury Great Britain
Ibraham Freeman Liberia	Avtandil Gakhokidze Georgia
Nestor Galley Ghana	Vicente Galvez Cuba
Jorge Eduardo Garcia Bustos Chile	Janet Marie Georges Seychelles
Adrian Ghisoiu Romania	Juan Gil Trigos Colombia
Jairo Giraldo Jimenez Colombia	Christine Girard Canada
Daniel Godelli Albania	Richard Goegebuer Belgium
Tom R Goegebuer Belgium	Nurcihan Gonul Turkey
Denys Gotfrid Ukraine	Jean Greeff South Africa
Raimondas Greicius Lithuania	Delwyn Griffith Australia
Ivane Grikurovi Georgia	Roberto Guerra El Salvador
Rattikan Gulnoi Thailand	Shohrat Gurbanov Turkmenistan
Raul Gutierrez Torres Chile	Ibrahim Gyaran Nigeria
Gazmend Hakcani Albania	Changmei Han Thailand
Liavontsi Hancharenka Dominican Republic	Aliaksandr Hancharou Belarus
Cristian Harthey Silva Chile	Muhamad Hasabi Indonesia
Alchikh Hasanin Syrian Arab Republic	Sardar Hasanov Azerbaijan
Khaled Hassan Egypt	Ghada Hassine Tunisia
Benjamin Didier Hennequin France	Carl Henriquez Aruba
Inmara Tibisay Henrriquez Gonzalez Venezuela	Jackelina Heredia Cuesta Colombia
Yoelmis Hernandez Paumier Cuba	Valentin Hristov Azerbaijan
Shu-Ching Hsu Chinese Taipei	Shih Hsu Huang Chinese Taipei
Rock Huh South Korea	Jafar Humbatov Azerbaijan
Kokoria Iabeta Kiribati	Luke Ibeh Nigeria
Luke Ibeh Nigeria	Ilya Ilyin Kazakhstan
Eiji Inagaki Japan	Cristina Iovu Republic of Moldova
Wing Yuk Ip Hong Kong, China	Daniyar Ismayilov Turkmenistan
Pavel Ivanic Czech Republic	Alexandr Ivanov Russia
Artem Ivanov Ukraine	Ivan Ivanov Bulgaria
Yury Ivanov Russia	Shrikant Iyenger India
Piotr Jakubowski Poland	Amanbek Jamanbekov Kazakhstan
Aida Jamanbekova Kazakhstan	Mi-Ran Jang South Korea
John Javier Javier Puerto Rico	Sang-Guen Jeon South Korea
Haejung Jeong South Korea	Hun-Min Ji South Korea
Chol Ho Jon North Korea	Chun Mi Jong North Korea
Ahed Jughli Syrian Arab Republic	Yuliya Kalina Ukraine
Nurdan Karagoz Turkey	Soltan-Murat Karakotov Russia
Steven Kari Papua New Guinea	Endri Karina Albania
Almir Karkelja Bosnia & Herzegovina	Valiantsin Karotkin Belarus
Gancho Karouchkov Peru	Andrey Karpenko Russia
Arsen Kasabijew Poland	Tatiana Kashirina Russia
Hitoshi Kato Japan	David Katoatau Kiribati
Ravi Kumar Katulu India	Unakea Kauvai Cook Islands
David Kavelasvili Greece	Erkan Kayir Turkey
Michael Keelan Palau	Damon Kelly Australia
Ara Khachatryan Armenia	Panida Khamsri Thailand
Farkhad Kharki Kazakhstan	Hripsime Khurshudyan Armenia
Miyoji Kikuta Japan	Hyeyoung Kim South Korea
Ki Woong Kim South Korea	Kum Sok Kim North Korea
Min-Jae Kim South Korea	Myong Hyok Kim North Korea
Soon Hee Kim South Korea	Un Guk Kim North Korea
Whaseung Kim South Korea	Bernardin Ledoux Kingue Matam France
Peter Kirkbride Great Britain	Lachezar Kishkilov Azerbaijan
Aleksandra J Klejnowska-Krzywanska Poland	Dmitriy Klokov Russia
Kwangku Ko South Korea	Kristiyana Koleva Bulgaria
Stefan Korpa Slovakia	Boyanka Kostova Azerbaijan
Vladimir Krasnov Russia	Marek Krochmalski Poland
Yuriy Kuchinov Ukraine	Iryna Kulesha Belarus
Anatoliy Kulnazarov Kazakhstan	Hsing-Chun Kuo Chinese Taipei
Lapua Lapua Tuvalu	Reza Layegh IR Iran
Hong Son le Vietnam	Alan Lee Great Britain
Hyengkun Lee South Korea	Seen Lee Australia
Valerios Leonidis Greece	Xueying Li China
Maria Liku Fiji	Jihye Lim South Korea
Geng-Neng Lin Chinese Taipei	Qingfeng Lin China
Changjiang Liu China	Jung-Chang Liu Chinese Taipei
Ning Liu Thailand	Almira Lizde Bosnia & Herzegovina
Joanna Lochowska Poland	Christian Alberto Lopez Bobadilla Guatemala
Jesus Antonio Lopez Sanchez Venezuela	Fiona Lothian Great Britain
Haojie Lu China	Xiaojun Lu China
Yong Lu China	Julio Luna Venezuela
Gia Machavariani Georgia	Mustafa Mahdi Iraq
Usenkan Mainazarov Kyrgyzstan	Aliaksandr Makaranka Belarus
Ruslan Makarov Uzbekistan	Beket Makhmutov Kazakhstan
Makhty Makkaev Russia	Manzurahon Mamasaliyeva Uzbekistan
Aluda Managadze Georgia	Milka Maneva Bulgaria
Maiya Maneza Kazakhstan	Holley Mangold United States
Angelo Mannironi Italy	Veaceslav Manolachi Republic of Moldova
Mohd Hafifi Mansor Malaysia	Frank Mantek Germany
Valentin Manushev Uzbekistan	Guy Marineau Canada
Ivan Markov Bulgaria	Herbys Charlys Marquez Parra Venezuela
Razvan Constantin Martin Romania	Tigran Martirosyan Armenia
Yaroslav Martynyuk Ukraine	Andres Eduardo Mata Perez Spain
Rashid Matkarimov Uzbekistan	Ikram Matkerimov Turkmenistan
Mykhaylo Matsokha Ukraine	Sodikin Mawih Indonesia
Bakhram Mendibaev Uzbekistan	Pedro Mendoza Aguilar Mexico
Tom Mertens Belgium	Giuseppe Micela United States
Manuel Minginfel Micronesia	Arakel Mirzoyan Armenia
Hoksen Mirzoyan Armenia	Hiromi Miyake Japan
Yoshiyuki Miyake Japan	Ewa Mizdal Poland
Honami Mizuochi Japan	Khadija Mohammad UAE
Saeid Mohammadpourkarkaragh IR Iran	Annie Moniqui Canada
Jose Lino Montes Gongora Mexico	Veronica Monzon Gregorio Guatemala
Young Jin Moon South Korea	Sourab Moradi IR Iran
Yoel Jose Morales Navas Venezuela	Maxim Mozgunov Belarus
Yura Mun South Korea	Peter Nagy Hungary
Sy Inani Najiwa Malaysia	Navab Nasirshelal IR Iran
Samson Ndicka Matam France	Artashes Nersisyan Armenia
Kim Lan Nguyen Vietnam	Thi Thuy Nguyen Vietnam
van Binh Nguyen Vietnam	van Ngoc Nguyen Vietnam
Alexey Ni Kazakhstan	Viktor Ni Kazakhstan
Oliba Seledina Nieve Arroyo Ecuador	Valerii Nikulin Ukraine
Nicolae Nitu Romania	Nurniada Nordin Malaysia
Mikalai Novikau Belarus	Nastassia Novikava Belarus
Aleko Nozadze Georgia	Jannah Batrisyah Nue Malaysia
Samuel Nunuku Pera Cook Islands	Anna Nurmukhambetova Kazakhstan
Ruslan Nurudinov Uzbekistan	Augustina Nwokolo Nigeria
Madias Dodo Nzesso Ngake Cameroon	Mercy Apondi Obiero Kenya
Felix Ogando Dominican Republic	John Ogolla Kenya
Obioma Agatha Okoli Nigeria	Jack Oliver Great Britain
Yun Chol Om North Korea	Namik Omerovic Bosnia & Herzegovina
Uche Onwumeh Nigeria	Ele Opeloge Samoa
Jiri Orsag Czech Republic	Bekzat Osmonaliev Kyrgyzstan
Kazuomi Ota Japan	William Ozuna Dominican Republic
Rafael Pacho Cuba	Hye Jong Pak North Korea
Ki Song Pak North Korea	Velorik Pak Kazakhstan
Nisida Esther Palomeque Valoyes Colombia	Georgi Panchev Colombia
Aveenash Pandoo South Africa	Iulia Paratova Ukraine
Nidia Pardo Venezuela	Nizami Pashayev Azerbaijan
Stevick Patris Palau	Richard Patterson New Zealand
Kirill Pavlov Kazakhstan	Cristopher Joel Pavon Honduras
Natasha Perdue Great Britain	Sandra Perea Colombia
Basilio Perez Rosas Ecuador	Mercedes Isabel Perez Tigrero Colombia
Toafitu Perive Samoa	Luisa Peters Cook Islands
Kyle Pierce United States	Rose Merline Pierre Haiti
Kostyantyn Piliyev Ukraine	Oswaldo Pinilla Colombia
Beatriz Piron Dominican Republic	Arturs Plesnieks Latvia
Svetlana Podobedova Kazakhstan	Poghos Poghosyan Armenia
Mirela Pop Romania	Sirivimon Pramongkhol Thailand
Sami Pulaku Albania	Guangjian Qian China
Sergio Armando Rada Rodriguez Colombia	Aldo Radicello Italy
Abdelhay Saad Abdelrazek Ragab Egypt	Abd Mubin Rahim Malaysia
Harinelina N Rakotondramanana Madagascar	Ibrahim Ramadan Ibrahim Egypt
Nahla Ramadan Mohamed Egypt	Mohammad Rashah Syrian Arab Republic
Mansur Rejepov Turkmenistan	Carolanni Reyes Dominican Republic
Yineisy Reyes Dominican Republic	Hossein Reza Zadeh IR Iran
Chun Gyong Ri North Korea	Darab Riahi IR Iran
Mario Ricardo Villalobos Mexico	Vincent Rigaud France
Davyd Rigert Russia	Jong Sim Rim North Korea
Karl Rimbock Germany	Lina Marcela Rivas Colombia
Betsi Gabriela Rivas Arteaga Venezuela	Sarah Robles United States
Justin Rogers United States	Julia Rohde Germany
Yasmani Romero Cuba	Peter Roselli United States
Kianoush Rostami IR Iran	Chun Hwa Ryang North Korea
Andrei Rybakou Belarus	Jaehyouk Sa South Korea
Ahmed Saad Egypt	Vladimir Safonov Russia
Nezir Sagir Turkey	Pawel Salach Poland
Mikhail Saladar Belarus	Veronica Saladin Dominican Republic
Julio Cesar Salamanca Pineda El Salvador	Diego Salazar Quintero Colombia
Silvana Saldarriaga Peru	Behdad Salimikordasiabi IR Iran
Doyler Eustoquio Sanchez Guerrero Colombia	Junior Antonio Sanchez Rivero Venezuela
Yuriy Sandalov Russia	Eddy Santoso Indonesia
Durdyyev Saparmammet Turkmenistan	Fernando Saraiva Reis Brazil
Dave Sawyer Great Britain	Horst Sayler Swaziland
Dzina Sazanavets Belarus	Giovanni Scarantino Italy
Mirco Scarantino Italy	William Sesay Sierra Leone
Jadi Setiadi Indonesia	Bunyami Sezer Turkey
Armen Shakhazizyan Armenia	Deodutt Sharma India
Hansa Sharma India	Viktar Sharshukou Belarus
Mami Shimamoto Japan	Natalya Shiryaeva Russia
Maryna Shkermankova Belarus	Vitalii Shvedov Ukraine
Viktar Shylay Belarus	Ihor Shymechko Ukraine
Krzysztof Siemion Poland	Sibel Simsek Turkey
Chol Bom Sin North Korea	Gabriel Sincraian Romania
Pimsiri Sirikaew Thailand	Marina Sisoeva Uzbekistan
Jackie Skender Canada	Jerzy Sliwinski Poland
Zoe Smith Great Britain	Thuraia Sobh Syrian Arab Republic
Danuta Socko Poland	Ryszard Socko Poland
Yessica Marcela Solis Arboleda Colombia	Yury Sonkin Belarus
Bohumil Soukup Czech Republic	Jurgen Spiess Germany
Charles Ssekyaaya Uganda	Dragos Stanica Brazil
Matthias Steiner Germany	Adam Storey New Zealand
Dong Won Suh South Korea	Elmar Sultanov Azerbaijan
Sergey Syrtsov Russia	Gyorgy Szalai IR Iran
Sergiy Tagirov Ukraine	Shaun Taylor Great Britain
Rosa Tenorio Silva Ecuador	Martin Tesovic Slovakia
Hugo Cristiaan Themen Aruba	Pitaya Tibnoke Thailand
Sakchai Titajaree Thailand	Frenceay Titus Malaysia
Makhmud Togoev Uzbekistan	Mahliyo Togoeva Uzbekistan
Hasan Toker Turkey	Cafer Topcu Uzbekistan
Oleksiy Torokhtiy Ukraine	Pedro Torres Gonzalez Venezuela
Leonard Toska Albania	Dika Toua Papua New Guinea
le Quoc Toan Tran Vietnam	Sue Trebillcock Great Britain
Triyatno Triyatno Indonesia	Wen-Yi Tsai Chinese Taipei
Desire Tsanga Adzigui Cameroon	Svetlana Tsarukaeva Russia
Rauli Tsirekidze Georgia	Manueli Tulo Fiji
Bediha Tunadagi Turkey	Aybek Turgunov Uzbekistan
Enver Turkileri Kazakhstan	Kairat Turlykhanov Kazakhstan
Gapura Turlykhanova Kazakhstan	Irakli Turmanidze Georgia
Erdni Tyundeev Russia	Artem Udachyn Ukraine
Benedict Uloko Nigeria	Christin Ulrich Germany
Talat Unlu Turkey	Pedro Uribe Roldan Colombia
Maryam Usman Nigeria	Almas Uteshov Kazakhstan
Aurica Valceanu Romania	Maria Valdes PARIS Chile
Lidia Valentin Perez Spain	Ubaldina Valoyes Cuesta Colombia
Bieke Vandenabeele Belgium	Norayr Vardanyan Armenia
Zlatan Vassilev Azerbaijan	Michael Vater Germany
Almir Velagic Germany	Juan Vila Reinoso Dominican Republic
Jhon Villa Colombia	Rusmeris Villar Barbosa Colombia
Josefa Vueti Fiji	Jerry Wallwork Samoa
Jianhui Wan China	Guoxin Wang China
Mingjuan Wang China	Yan Wang China
Nopphadon Wanwang Thailand	Dirdja Wihardja Indonesia
Hadi Wihardja Indonesia	Jenly Tegu Wini Solomon Islands
Jeongsik Won South Korea	Helena Wong Singapore
Chuanfu Wu Singapore	Jingbiao Wu China
Miles Wydall Australia	Jingfa Xu China
Kanae Yagi Japan	Binsheng Yang China
Eun-Hye Yang South Korea	Mei-Tzu Yang Chinese Taipei
Dong Chul Yeom South Korea	Cemalettin Yildiz Turkey
Nobuhito Yokoyama Japan	Weili Yu Hong Kong, China
Sherzodjon Yusupov Uzbekistan	Natalya Zabolotnaya Russia
Alexandr Zaichikov Kazakhstan	Intigam Zairov Azerbaijan
Iryna Zakharchenko Azerbaijan	Mykhaylo Zargaryan Ukraine
Jie Zhang China	Yauheni Zharnasek Belarus
Jihong Zhou China	Jun Zhou China
Lulu Zhou China	Adrian Edward Zielinski Poland
Tomasz Bernard Zielinski Poland	Kazbek Zoloev Russia
Zafril Zulkifli Malaysia	Krzysztof Maciej Zwarycz Poland
Krzysztof Zwierz Poland