Powerlifting at the 2025 World Games

The powerlifting competition at the 2025 World Games took place from 14 to 17 August 2025, in Chengdu in China. This was the first time, when classic (raw) powerlifting is one of the official sports at the World Games.

Powerlifting at the 2025 World Games
Venue	Chengdu High-Tech Zone Sports Center
Dates	14–17 August
No. of events	16
Competitors	119 from 36 nations

Qualification

A total of eight athletes qualified for each event. Six spots came from the 2024 IPF Open World Classic Powerlifting Championships and 2024 IPF Open World Equipped Powerlifting Championships, with the remaining two being wildcards.

Participating nations

•  Australia (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Canada (8)
•  Chile (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (8)
•  Denmark (1)
•  Ecuador (5)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (9)
•  Georgia (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Great Britain (6)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Italy (5)
•  Japan (4)
•  Lebanon (1)
•  Luxembourg (1)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Mongolia (1)
•  Nauru (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  New Zealand (4)
•  Norway (8)
•  Philippines (2)
•  Poland (2)
•  Puerto Rico (1)
•  Singapore (2)
•  South Africa (2)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sweden (6)
•  Thailand (1)
•  Tunisia (1)
•  Ukraine (13)
•  United States (12)
•  Virgin Islands (1)

Medallists

Classic

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight	Joseph Jordan  Virgin Islands	Kyota Ushiyama  Japan	Clifton Pho  Canada
Middleweight	Jurins Kengamu  Great Britain	Enahoro Asein  Hungary	Kjell Egil Bakkelund  Norway
Heavyweight	Anatolii Novopysmennyi  Ukraine	Gustav Hedlund  Sweden	Emil Norling  Sweden
Super heavyweight	Temur Samkharadze  Georgia	Etienne El Chaer  Lebanon	Nicolas Peyraud  France

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight	Tiffany Chapon  France	Megan-Li Smith  New Zealand	Evie Corrigan  New Zealand
Middleweight	Alba Boström  Sweden	Sara Naldi  Italy	Joy Nnamani  Great Britain
Heavyweight	Karlina Tongotea  New Zealand	Carola Garra  Italy	Marte Kjenner  Norway
Super heavyweight	Brittany Schlater  Canada	Sonita Muluh  Belgium	Natalie Laalaai  Australia

Equipped

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight	Yusuke Satake  Japan	Tsung-Ting Hsieh  Chinese Taipei	Hassan El Belghiti  France
Middleweight	Kai-Chieh Chiang  Chinese Taipei	Vitalii Kolomiiets  Ukraine	Mykola Barannik  Ukraine
Heavyweight	Kostiantyn Musiienko  Ukraine	Volodymyr Rysiev  Ukraine	Ian Bell  United States
Super heavyweight	Sen Yang  Chinese Taipei	Jared Martin  United States	Oleksii Bychkov  Ukraine

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight	Zuzanna Kula  Poland	Tetiana Bila  Ukraine	Anastasiia Derevianko  Ukraine
Middleweight	Taylor LaChapelle  United States	Larysa Soloviova  Ukraine	Alessandra Cernigliaro  Italy
Heavyweight	Marte Elverum  Norway	Kelsey McCarthy  United States	Matilda Vilmar  Sweden
Super heavyweight	Rhaea Stinn  Canada	Daria Rusanenko  Ukraine	Mary Krebs  United States

External links

• The World Games 2025
• International Powerlifting Federation
• Results Book