2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships

11th World Para Powerlifting Championships
Host city	Cairo
Country	Egypt
Sport	Paralympic powerlifting

The 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships was a powerlifting competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in Cairo, Egypt from 10 to 18 October 2025.^[1]

Medalists

Seniors Best Lift

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
49 kg^[2]	Abdullah Kayapınar Turkey	179 kg	Omar Qarada Jordan	178 kg	Marco de Oliveira Cruz Brazil	177 kg
54 kg^[3]	David Degtyarev Kazakhstan	191 kg	Herbert Aceituno El Salvador	190 kg	Yang Jinglang China	186 kg
59 kg^[4]	Mohamed Elmenyawy Egypt	210 kg	Mustafa Radhi Iraq	203 kg	Qi Yongkai China	200 kg
65 kg^[5]	Zhou Shiwei China	205 kg	Mohsen Bakhtiar Iran	201 kg	Hocine Bettir Algeria	192 kg
72 kg^[6]	Bonnie Bunyau Gustin Malaysia	230 kg	Zhang Pingkang China	222 kg	Mark Swan Great Britain	217 kg
80 kg^[7]	Gu Xiaofei China	223 kg	Bekzod Jamilov Uzbekistan	222 kg	Rasool Mohsin Iraq	221 kg
88 kg^[8]	Yan Panpan China	244 kg	Rouhollah Rostami Iran	243 kg	Mohamed Elelfat Egypt	227 kg
97 kg^[9]	Abdelkareem Khattab Jordan	240 kg	Hany Abdelhady Egypt	229 kg	Aliasghar Abareghi Iran	227 kg
107 kg^[10]	Aliakbar Gharibshahi Iran	255 kg	Enkhbayaryn Sodnompiljee Mongolia	243 kg	Bobby Body United States	237 kg
+107 kg^[11]	Ahmad Aminzadeh Iran	260 kg	Gustavo Melo de Souza Brazil	251 kg	Akaki Jintcharadze Georgia	250 kg

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
41 kg^[12]	Cui Zhe China	117 kg	Kerly Lascano Ecuador	110 kg	Lara Aparecida de Lima Brazil	107 kg
45 kg^[13]	Guo Lingling China	125 kg	Tolulope Ogundolie Nigeria	112 kg	Nasiba Tashpulatova Uzbekistan	111 kg
50 kg^[14]	Clara Fuentes Monasterio Venezuela	121 kg	Esther Nworgu Nigeria	120 kg	Rukayat Ajiboye Nigeria	116 kg
55 kg^[15]	Esther Oyema Nigeria	125 kg	Besra Duman Turkey	121 kg	Tamara Podpalnaya Russia	120 kg
61 kg^[16]	Rehab Ahmed Egypt	131 kg	Ifeoluwa Alake Nigeria	128 kg	Franca Anigbogu Nigeria	126 kg
67 kg^[17]	Cui Jianjin China	147 kg	Onyinyechi Mark Nigeria	137 kg	Fatma Elyan Egypt	136 kg
73 kg^[18]	Tan Yujiao China	146 kg	Mariana D'Andrea Brazil	141 kg	Chiamaka Ani Nigeria	140 kg
79 kg^[19]	Rita Ferdinand Nigeria	153 kg	Han Miaoyu China	143 kg	Asma Issa Jordan	136 kg
86 kg^[20]	Zheng Feifei China	153 kg	Tayana Medeiros Brazil	147 kg	Blessing Ibeh Nigeria	136 kg
+86 kg^[21]	Folashade Oluwafemiayo Nigeria	168 kg	Zhu Wenjun China	157 kg	Nihoo Rozbahani Iran	152 kg

Seniors Total Lift

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
49 kg^[22]	Marco de Oliveira Cruz Brazil	515 kg	Vladimir Balynets Russia	483 kg	Chen Liuxun China	464 kg
54 kg^[23]	David Degtyarev Kazakhstan	567 kg	Herbert Aceituno El Salvador	564 kg	Yang Jinglang China	552 kg
59 kg^[24]	Mohamed Elmenyawy Egypt	621 kg	Juan Garrido Acevedo Chile	547 kg	Paschalis Kouloumoglou Greece	541 kg
65 kg^[25]	Jorge Carinao Chile	547 kg	Fouad Elsayed Mohamed Egypt	530 kg	Marek Trykacz Poland	501 kg
72 kg^[26]	Bonnie Bunyau Gustin Malaysia	672 kg	Amir Jafari Iran	581 kg	Carlos Alberto Betancourt Venezuela	528 kg
80 kg^[27]	Gu Xiaofei China	660 kg	Bekzod Jamilov Uzbekistan	656 kg	Mahmoud Attia Egypt	597 kg
88 kg^[28]	Mazhar Tammam El Sayed Egypt	615 kg	Rakhmetzhan Khamayev Kazakhstan	592 kg	Abdullah Al Kaabi Iraq	591 kg
97 kg^[29]	Hany Abdelhady Egypt	676 kg	Hayder al-Akdah Iraq	601 kg	Adilzhan Bautov Kazakhstan	555 kg
107 kg^[30]	Liu Jian China	675 kg	Elshan Huseynov Moldova	594 kg	Aleksei Golovan Russia	571 kg
+107 kg^[31]	Gustavo Melo de Souza Brazil	739 kg	Akaki Jintcharadze Georgia	737 kg	Konstantin Matsnev Russia	727 kg

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
41 kg^[32]	Cui Zhe China	342 kg	Kerly Lascano Ecuador	318 kg	Anifat Ganiyu Nigeria	297 kg
45 kg^[33]	Guo Lingling China	368 kg	Tolulope Ogundolie Nigeria	330 kg	Nasiba Tashpulatova Uzbekistan	325 kg
50 kg^[34]	Fariza Tolzhan Kazakhstan	285 kg	Oriana del Carmen Teran Velazquez Venezuela	284 kg	Leidy Rodriguez Canada	282 kg
55 kg^[35]	Esther Oyema Nigeria	368 kg	Besra Duman Turkey	354 kg	Nawal Ramadan Egypt	339 kg
61 kg^[36]	Muslima Nuriddinova Uzbekistan	353 kg	Aml Soliman Egypt	308 kg	Mishelle Oyague Ecuador	300 kg
67 kg^[37]	Cui Jianjin China	432 kg	Kudratoy Toshpulatova Uzbekistan	392 kg	Rukhshona Uktamova Uzbekistan	363 kg
73 kg^[38]	Raushan Koishibayeva Kazakhstan	330 kg	Thamar Gisele Mengue Cameroon	321 kg	Nyx Koradi Azuara Gutiérrez Mexico	310 kg
79 kg^[39]	Rita Ferdinand Nigeria	443 kg	Han Miaoyu China	419 kg	Asma Issa Jordan	393 kg
86 kg^[40]	Marion Serrano Chile	397 kg	Naglaa Elshahzy Egypt	381 kg	Belén Sánchez Domínguez Mexico	375 kg
+86 kg^[41]	Folashade Oluwafemiayo Nigeria	480 kg	Edilandia Araújo Brazil	434 kg	Irina Sadovnikova Russia	404 kg

Team events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	China Yang Jinglang Qi Yongkai Zhang Pingkang	Cuba Pablo Ramírez Barrientos Jesús Cuevas Cisneros Enmanuel González Rodríguez	Iraq Muslim Al-Sudani Mustafa Radhi Rahsool Mohsin
Women's team	Brazil Mariana D'Andrea Lara Aparecida de Lima Tayana Medeiros	Uzbekistan Akidakhon Akhtamova Nasiba Tashpulatova Rukhshona Uktamova	Egypt Enas Elgebaly Abdelaal Safaa Hassan Fatma Elyan
Mixed team	China Guo Lingling Yang Jinglang Gu Xiaofei	Uzbekistan Khusniddin Usmanov Muslima Nuriddinova Bekzod Jamilov	Egypt Rehab Ahmed Mohamed Elelfat Hany Abdelhady

Medal table

Seniors

* Host nation (Egypt)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	13	4	4	21
2	Nigeria (NGR)	6	5	5	16
3	Egypt (EGY)*	5	4	4	13
4	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	4	1	1	6
5	Brazil (BRA)	2	4	2	8
6	Iran (IRI)	2	3	2	7
7	Chile (CHI)	2	1	0	3
8	Malaysia (MAS)	2	0	0	2
9	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	3	3	7
10	Turkey (TUR)	1	2	0	3
11	Jordan (JOR)	1	1	2	4
12	Venezuela (VEN)	1	1	1	3
13	Iraq (IRQ)	0	2	2	4
14	Ecuador (ECU)	0	2	1	3
15	El Salvador (ESA)	0	2	0	2
16	Russia (RUS)	0	1	5	6
17	Georgia (GEO)	0	1	1	2
18	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	0	1
	Moldova (MDA)	0	1	0	1
	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	0	1
21	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	2	2
22	Algeria (ALG)	0	0	1	1
	Cuba (CUB)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		40	40	41	121

Team events

* Host nation (Egypt)

References

^ "World Para Powerlifting 2025-2028 championships calendar". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
^ "Men's Up to 49 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-15.
^ "Men's Up to 54 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-14.
^ "Men's Up to 59 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-12.
^ "Men's Up to 65 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-13.
^ "Men's Up to 72 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-13.
^ "Men's Up to 80 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-11.
^ "Men's Up to 88 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-12.
^ "Men's Up to 97 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-16.
^ "Men's Up to 107 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-16.
^ "Men's Over 107 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-17.
^ "Women's Up to 41 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-14.
^ "Women's Up to 45 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-14.
^ "Women's Up to 50 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-11.
^ "Women's Up to 55 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-12.
^ "Women's Up to 61 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-15.
^ "Women's Up to 67 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-15.
^ "Women's Up to 73 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-13.
^ "Women's Up to 79 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-11.
^ "Women's Up to 86 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-17.
^ "Women's Over 86 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-16.
^ "Men's Up to 49 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-15.
^ "Men's Up to 54 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-14.
^ "Men's Up to 59 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-12.
^ "Men's Up to 65 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-13.
^ "Men's Up to 72 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-13.
^ "Men's Up to 80 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-11.
^ "Men's Up to 88 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-12.
^ "Men's Up to 97 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-16.
^ "Men's Up to 107 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-16.
^ "Men's Over 107 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-17.
^ "Women's Up to 41 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-14.
^ "Women's Up to 45 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-14.
^ "Women's Up to 50 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-11.
^ "Women's Up to 55 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-12.
^ "Women's Up to 61 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-15.
^ "Women's Up to 67 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-15.
^ "Women's Up to 73 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-13.
^ "Women's Up to 79 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-11.
^ "Women's Up to 86 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-17.
^ "Women's Over 86 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-16.

[1] "World Para Powerlifting 2025-2028 championships calendar". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-06-04.

[2] "Men's Up to 49 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-15.

[3] "Men's Up to 54 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-14.

[4] "Men's Up to 59 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-12.

[5] "Men's Up to 65 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-13.

[6] "Men's Up to 72 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-13.

[7] "Men's Up to 80 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-11.

[8] "Men's Up to 88 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-12.

[9] "Men's Up to 97 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-16.

[10] "Men's Up to 107 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-16.

[11] "Men's Over 107 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-17.

[12] "Women's Up to 41 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-14.

[13] "Women's Up to 45 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-14.

[14] "Women's Up to 50 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-11.

[15] "Women's Up to 55 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-12.

[16] "Women's Up to 61 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-15.

[17] "Women's Up to 67 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-15.

[18] "Women's Up to 73 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-13.

[19] "Women's Up to 79 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-11.

[20] "Women's Up to 86 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-17.

[21] "Women's Over 86 kg – BEST" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-16.

[22] "Men's Up to 49 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-15.

[23] "Men's Up to 54 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-14.

[24] "Men's Up to 59 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-12.

[25] "Men's Up to 65 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-13.

[26] "Men's Up to 72 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-13.

[27] "Men's Up to 80 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-11.

[28] "Men's Up to 88 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-12.

[29] "Men's Up to 97 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-16.

[30] "Men's Up to 107 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-16.

[31] "Men's Over 107 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-17.

[32] "Women's Up to 41 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-14.

[33] "Women's Up to 45 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-14.

[34] "Women's Up to 50 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-11.

[35] "Women's Up to 55 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-12.

[36] "Women's Up to 61 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-15.

[37] "Women's Up to 67 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-15.

[38] "Women's Up to 73 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-13.

[39] "Women's Up to 79 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-11.

[40] "Women's Up to 86 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-17.

[41] "Women's Over 86 kg – TOTAL" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2025-10-16.

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