LIFE WILL WIN OVER DEATH, AND
LIGHT WILL WIN OVER DARKNESS.

World Women's Open, Sub-Junior, Junior & Masters Equipped Bench Press Championships

Sun City / South Africa

20 − 27 May, 2023

Austria
Team Members
1.Schoergenhuber Andreas+Cat.II 
2.Demuth Lukas +Head Coach
3.Maier Sabrina +Assistant Coach
Brazil
Lifters
1.Costa Zolyome IolandaMasters 1-76kg
Team Members
1.Costa Iolanda +Coach
2.Zolyome Luciano +Coach
3.Schmidt Gabriel +Coach
4.Silva Jr Marco Antonio +Coach
Cameroon
Lifters
1.Aboueme Ndeme Henriette AudreyOpen-84kg
2.Salamatou BoubaOpen-69kg
Team Members
1.Bile Roger+Cat.II 
2.Yaho Calvin +Official
3.Tingounzeu Omer Gaston +Coach
4.Tchoumi Ngounou Duplexe +Assistant Coach
5.Fuya Tankeu Sam Roland +Assistant Coach
Canada
Lifters
1.Wheeler JanineMasters 3-76kg
2.Yau-Vandenburg AngelMasters 2-52kg
3.Hodder PamelaMasters 1-84kg
4.Frank MariaOpen-63kg
Team Members
1.Martin Shane+Cat.I 
2.Bellingham Jason +Head Coach
3.Lacoursiere Gary +Assistant Coach
Croatia
Team Members
1.Krizan Sinisa +Head Coach
Czechia
Team Members
1.Slanicka Petr +Head Coach
2.Lupac David +Head Coach
3.Hornik Jiri +Assistant Coach
Denmark
Lifters
1.Rames MajOpen-63kg
2.Pretzmann AnnemiaOpen-76kg
Team Members
1.Larsen Bjarte Vik +Head Coach
2.Stegelmann Jacob +Coach
3.Rames Maj +Assistant Coach
4.Pedersen Mads +Assistant Coach
5.Friche Mads +Assistant Coach
6.Mainz Jakob +Assistant Coach
7.Pretzmann Annemia +Assistant Coach
8.Herrmann Michael +Assistant Coach
9.Forsberg Kathrine +Assistant Coach
10.Salby Anne-Marie +Assistant Coach
Estonia
Team Members
1.Laurits Kristel +Assistant Coach
Finland
Lifters
1.Oksanen SannaMasters 2-63kg
2.Skogman SeijaMasters 2-69kg
3.Voho TiinaMasters 2-76kg
4.Leppaaho TiinaMasters 1-76kg
5.Haapamaki MillaSubjuniors-69kg
6.Sandvik MarcelaOpen-52kg
7.Karjalainen MariaOpen-63kg
Team Members
1.Skogman Seija+Cat.II+Assistant Coach
2.Mattila Kaj +Head Coach
3.Finne Mats +Coach
4.Aalto Juha +Assistant Coach
5.Sodergard Rolf +Assistant Coach
6.Haapamaki Jani +Assistant Coach
7.Hollsten Kari +Assistant Coach
8.Haapamaki Milla +Assistant Coach
9.Kopola Hannu +Assistant Coach
10.Rinkinen Petri +Assistant Coach
11.Karhu Antti +Assistant Coach
12.Takkunen Markus +Assistant Coach
13.Kuronen Tuomas +Assistant Coach
14.Sanna Oksanen +Assistant Coach
15.Sandvik Marcela +Assistant Coach
16.Barlund Camilla +Assistant Coach
17.Sandvik Kenneth +Assistant Coach
France
Lifters
1.Heligon FrancoiseMasters 4-57kg
2.Roche MartineMasters 3-52kg
3.Herbin EvelyneMasters 3-69kg
4.Maciejewski PatriciaMasters 3-69kg
5.Verlaine GeraldineMasters 2-52kg
6.Cabos MarieMasters 2-57kg
7.Gransard NathalieMasters 284+kg
8.Leccese FlorenceMasters 2-69kg
9.Meunier MelisaMasters 1-63kg
Team Members
1.Dufour Greg+Cat.I 
2.de Puytorac Xavier+Cat.I 
3.Dufour Gregory +Head Coach
4.Berot Stephane +Coach
5.Robineau Joel +Assistant Coach
6.Terii Ellie +Assistant Coach
Georgia
Team Members
1.Kvikvinia Elguja+Cat.II+Head Coach
2.Bezhashvili Tsotne +Coach
Germany
Team Members
1.Klawitter-Thomsen Kerstin+Cat.I 
2.Platzer Helmuth+Cat.II 
3.Gross Rene +Assistant Coach
4.Guenterberg Raik +Assistant Coach
5.Bessler Felix +Assistant Coach
6.Cichon Susann +Assistant Coach
7.Bethge Ruediger +Assistant Coach Athlete
8.Herder Sandrino +Head Coach
9.Speth Eva +Official
10.Schnurr Mario +Coach
11.Platzer Helmuth +Coach
12.Staegemann Maik +Assistant Coach
13.Michl Willi +Assistant Coach
14.Nerb Franz +Assistant Coach
15.Haug Georg +Assistant Coach
16.Korell Thomas +Assistant Coach
17.Wieninger Werner +Assistant Coach
18.Pfeiffer Ina +Assistant Coach Athlete
19.Menzel Uli +Assistant Coach Athlete
20.Kluwe Jan +Assistant Coach Athlete
21.Staegemann Maja +Assistant Coach Athlete
22.Mueller Sven +Assistant Coach Athlete
23.Wolff Jannik +Assistant Coach Athlete
24.Scheu Gabriela +Assistant Coach Athlete
25.Wollny Christian +Assistant Coach Athlete
Great Britain
Lifters
1.McGauley JudithMasters 4-52kg
2.Laird JoanneMasters 284+kg
3.Gordon MaureenMasters 2-69kg
4.Brincat-Smith EllaSubjuniors84+kg
5.Dissanayake AmilaOpen-52kg
6.Basting RominaOpen-63kg
7.Steedman RachelOpen-84kg
Team Members
1.Marshal Martin +Head Coach
2.Wray Sheridan +Head Coach
3.Foran Paul +Coach
4.Brignall Matt +Coach
5.Brincat-Smith James +Coach
6.Coggle Craig +Coach
7.McGuiness Wesley +Coach
8.Macpherson Charlotte +Coach
9.Gardner Angus +Assistant Coach
10.Peskett Stuart +Assistant Coach
11.Elder Lauren +Assistant Coach
12.Gorden Maureen +Assistant Coach
Hungary
Team Members
1.Janos Bajan+Cat.I 
2.Kromek Andras +Head Coach
3.Lorand Berke +Official
4.Agnes Szabo +Assistant Coach
5.Janos Cserna +Assistant Coach
6.Kornel Schauer +Assistant Coach
India
Lifters
1.Kiran TyagiMasters 1-84kg
2.Chatterjee Sima DuttMasters 1-69kg
3.Subharti MahatoJuniors-69kg
Team Members
1.P J Joseph+Cat.I+Official
2.Smita Deepak Sharma +Assistant Coach
Iran
Team Members
1.Soltani Farshid+Cat.I+IPF Official
Ivory Coast
Team Members
1.Fezan Bi Tiana Kouassi Gustave +Head Coach
Japan
Lifters
1.Sawa ChiyomiMasters 4-76kg
2.Ando HisakoMasters 2-57kg
3.Tokutake MegumiMasters 2-76kg
4.Nishikawa AkikoMasters 1-52kg
5.Ishii KyokoMasters 1-69kg
6.Suzuki HidekoMasters 1-69kg
7.Sakaguchi AiriJuniors-76kg
8.Kikuchi MiyabiOpen-52kg
9.Ishibashi AkaneOpen-57kg
10.Akagawa TomokoOpen-57kg
11.Ito YumikoOpen-63kg
12.Mizoguchi KumiOpen-76kg
Team Members
1.Sawa Chiyomi+Cat.II+Coach
2.Fujita Yuji +Head Coach
3.Honda Futa +Coach
4.Hirakawa Yuki +Coach
5.Hasegawa Naoki +Coach
6.Ishii Kyoko +Coach
7.Ishibashi Akane +Coach
8.Fujiyama Mikako +Coach
9.Hashimoto Masato +Coach
10.Ando Hisako +Coach
11.Hashimoto Misaki +Coach
12.Goto Mahiro +Coach
13.Ito Yumiko +Coach
14.Iida Noriko +Coach
15.Akagawa Tomoko +Coach
16.Kametani Mitsuo +Coach
17.Ishikawa Takuya +Coach
18.Araki Kosuke +Coach
19.Horiguchi Yosuke +Coach
20.Goto Takashi +Coach
21.Fukudau Masashi +Coach
22.Iwamoto Sachiko +Coach
23.Amakawa Akinori +Coach
24.Kase Satoshi +Coach
25.Akiyama Katsumi +Coach
26.Hoshita Chizuko +Coach
27.Ito Takahiro +Coach
28.Ametani Shigeaki +Coach
29.Hashimoto Yoshiyuki +Coach
30.Sato Yuki +Head Coach
31.Tamura You +Coach
32.Yoshino Koji +Coach
33.Takahashi Yuji +Coach
34.Kojima Yuki +Coach
35.Mizoguchi Kumi +Coach
36.Sakaguchi Airi +Coach
37.Komine Koyo +Coach
38.Kawakami Kyoji +Coach
39.Kodama Daiki +Coach
40.Nishikawa Akiko +Coach
41.Tsushima Ayane +Coach
42.Kinoshita Kanta +Coach
43.Kikuchi Miyabi +Coach
44.Suzuki Hideko +Coach
45.Kume Ryohei +Coach
46.Sakata Namiko +Coach
47.Takatori Makoto +Coach
48.Kojima Hiromu +Coach
49.Tokutake Megumi +Coach
50.Yamashita Takuya +Coach
51.Yamashita Yasuki +Coach
52.Watanabe Susumu +Coach
53.Uemura Kazuho +Coach
54.Kushino Shigeki +Coach
55.Takemura Akihisa +Coach
56.Kawashima Tatsuya +Coach
57.Tsushima Mitsumi +Coach
58.Nobuhara Hideyuki +Coach
59.Matsuoka Yoshiaki +Coach
60.Sato Tosiyuki +Coach
61.Sakai Tomotaka +Coach
62.Sakai Tomohiro +Coach
63.Ohira Tomoharu +Coach
64.Yazawa Konosuke +Coach
65.Yoshimoto Hirohide +Coach
66.Kitamura Hiroyuki +Coach
67.Mizoo Motohiro +Coach
68.Noda Toshihiko +Coach
69.Takahashi Seiichiro +Coach
70.Takahashi Shinichiro +Coach
Luxembourg
Team Members
1.Parage Gaston+Cat.I+IPF Official
Mexico
Lifters
1.Perez SocorroMasters 3-63kg
2.Reyes JessicaMasters 1-57kg
Mongolia
Lifters
1.Ganbaatar SumiyasurenSubjuniors-63kg
Team Members
1.Dash Battulga+Cat.II 
2.Dash Battulga +Head Coach
3.Purevjav Khajidmaa +Official
4.Khuder Enkhbold +Coach
Netherlands
Lifters
1.Timmers AnkieOpen-84kg
Team Members
1.van den Hoek Pjotr+Cat.I+IPF Official
2.Ergin Kemal +Coach
3.Lee Marco +Coach
4.Hammang Alain +Coach
5.Asrian David +Coach
6.van der Mee Carola +Coach
7.van der Struis William +Coach
New Zealand
Team Members
1.Cain Ruby +Assistant Coach
2.McIntee Chris +Assistant Coach
3.Poli Teresa +Assistant Coach
4.Kerr-Phillips Sharon +Assistant Coach
5.Evans Delwyn +Assistant Coach
6.Bentley Garrett +Assistant Coach
Norway
Lifters
1.Traasdahl AnitaMasters 2-57kg
2.Herland EirinMasters 2-84kg
3.Larsen Nora KristinJuniors84+kg
4.Hugdal HildeborgOpen84+kg
5.Hansen IngvildOpen-69kg
6.Kristensen LindaOpen-76kg
Team Members
1.Fjeld Per Oivind+Cat.I+Head Coach
2.McColl Alastair +Head Coach
3.Gundersen Kim +Assistant Coach
4.Myrvang Fredrik +Assistant Coach
Poland
Lifters
1.Janaszek MartynaSubjuniors-57kg
2.Kula ZuzannaOpen-57kg
3.Lawniczak DariaOpen-84kg
4.Kolata KarolinaOpen84+kg
Team Members
1.Znojek Arkadiusz+Cat.I+Head Coach
2.Nocek Grzegorz+Cat.I+Coach
3.Janaszek Szymon +Assistant Coach
4.Zajac Andrzej +Assistant Coach
Slovakia
Team Members
1.Knasinsky Lukas +Coach
South Africa
Lifters
1.Barry ElisabethMasters 2-47kg
2.Anthony CarolMasters 2-52kg
3.Rees JacquiMasters 184+kg
4.Maree AnikaSubjuniors-76kg
5.Perotti OliviaOpen-84kg
6.Rees ChristiOpen84+kg
7.Leighton MeganOpen-69kg
Team Members
1.Smith Hannie+Cat.I+Official
2.Leighton Heather+Cat.I+Official
3.Oppenheim Dan+Cat.I+Coach
4.Rees Jacqui+Cat.I+Coach
5.Ludik Andre +Head Coach
6.de Wet Henk +Coach
7.Leighton Megan +Coach
8.de Wet Laura +Coach
9.Anthony Rodney +Coach
10.Maritz Ilze-Mari +Coach
11.du Toit Chantelle +Coach
12.Barry Elisabeth +Coach
13.Crain John +Assistant Coach
14.Bekker Matt +Assistant Coach
15.Anthony Carol +Assistant Coach
16.Anthony Andrew +Assistant Coach
17.Kriel Antoinette +Assistant Coach
Sweden
Lifters
1.Izindre AnnelieMasters 2-63kg
2.Hoglund PetraMasters 1-84kg
3.Jakobsson SandraMasters 1-76kg
4.Westerberg HilmaJuniors-69kg
5.Forslund LinneaJuniors-69kg
6.Rudin AgnesJuniors-76kg
7.Wik FridaOpen-76kg
Team Members
1.Langva Anett+Cat.I 
2.Olsson Lars-Gunnar+Cat.I 
3.Nilsson Per +Head Coach
4.Selberg Amit +Head Coach
5.Lind Andreas +Head Coach
6.Bjork Oscar +Coach
7.Ring Tomas +Coach
8.Langva Anett +Coach
9.Hoglund Johan +Assistant Coach
10.Mirblom Rasmus +Assistant Coach
11.Langva Selberg Mario Michael +Assistant Coach
Syria
Team Members
1.Mohamad Ziad+Cat.II+Head Coach
2.Almasri Hasan +Coach
U.S.America
Lifters
1.Nagata ClaudiaMasters 2-69kg
Team Members
1.Keller Robert+Cat.I 
2.Nagata Claudia A+Cat.I 
3.Petrencak Steve +Head Coach
4.Ferrantelli Mike +Coach
5.Miner Yoli +Coach
6.Mamola Adam +Coach
7.Reale Gary +Coach
8.Walter Chris +Coach
9.Ferrantelli Kelly +Coach
10.Ross Jason +Coach
11.Kummer Jordan +Coach
12.Sides Daniel +Coach
13.Cencich Thomas +Coach
14.Patrick Colton +Coach
15.Brown Austin +Coach
16.Rodriguez Michael +Coach
17.Thacker William +Coach
18.Bennett Kenneth +Coach
19.Losa Jonathan +Coach
20.Rosenzweig Dana +Assistant Coach
US Virgin Islands
Lifters
1.Suzan AmyMasters 1-69kg
Team Members
1.Parks Garmez +Official
2..parks Garmez +Coach
Ukraine
Lifters
1.Motrunchyk OksanaOpen-47kg
2.Vedmid OksanaOpen-57kg
3.Buturlym HannaOpen-63kg
Team Members
1.Bazaiev Sirazhutdin+Cat.I+Official
2.Naleykin Viktor +Head Coach
3.Orobets Vasyl +Coach
Summary Table
Number of LiftersWorld Women's Open, Sub-Junior, Junior & Masters Classic Bench Press Championships134
World Men's Open, Sub-Junior, Junior & Masters Classic Bench Press Championships267
World Women's Open, Sub-Junior, Junior & Masters Equipped Bench Press Championships80
World Men's Open, Sub-Junior, Junior & Masters Equipped Bench Press Championships178
Persons as …Referee13
Representative225
Referee & Representative16
All Together913