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2023 Asian Men's Classic Powerlifting Championships

Johor Bahru / Malaysia

11 − 18 December, 2023

Australia
Lifters
1.Varady StephenMasters 3-83kg
2.Lewis RichardMasters 3120+kg
3.Viet MerlinOpen-93kg
Team Members
1.Black John +Head Coach
Bahrain
Lifters
1.Alkooheji NajeebJuniors120+kg
2.Alghenaim FahadSubjuniors-59kg
Team Members
1.Alhassan Ayman +Head Coach
2.Al Sharaf Sayed Hadi +Official
Bangladesh
Lifters
1.Saad ArrafiuJuniors-74kg
2.Ibran Tasin Muntaka AliJuniors-74kg
3.Adnan TahmidJuniors-83kg
4.Mishel SadmanOpen-74kg
Team Members
1.Hoque Mominul+Cat.II+Official
2.Ibran Tasin Muntaka Ali +Coach
Brunei
Lifters
1.Haziq NurafiqJuniors-53kg
2.Aidil HaziqJuniors-66kg
3.Amirrudin MateenJuniors-66kg
4.Hirwan FuadJuniors-74kg
5.Goi EthanJuniors-93kg
6.Ayyub IbnuOpen-59kg
7.On KevinOpen-74kg
8.Lim JonathanOpen-74kg
9.Lim MickeyOpen-83kg
10.Aziz AndiOpen-93kg
11.Lau MingOpen-105kg
Team Members
1.Lau Ming+Nat.+Official
2.Goi Ethan +Official
3.Lim Mickey +Official
4.Yusof Malik +Coach
5.Amirrudin Mateen +Coach
China
Lifters
1.Tao FengMasters 1-120kg
2.Chen ZeyuanJuniors-83kg
3.Ma MingwangJuniors-83kg
4.Yang JingJuniors-93kg
5.Piao JiaqiJuniors120+kg
6.Xu MingjieJuniors120+kg
7.Liu WeiqiangOpen-66kg
8.Qiu TianOpen-74kg
9.Li HaoOpen-83kg
10.Xiao TianyuOpen-83kg
11.Wu YueOpen-93kg
12.Cai HaoyuOpen-93kg
Team Members
1.Li Hao+Cat.II+Official
2.Cao Tong+Cat.II+Official
3.Peng Bo +Official
4.Wang Yan +Official
5.Chu Hao +Official
6.Guo Xinling +Official
Chinese Taipei
Lifters
1.Hwang Chien-LihMasters 4-83kg
2.Feng Ching-HongMasters 1-74kg
3.Lee Hsin-YehMasters 1-93kg
4.Wang Mau-LongMasters 1120+kg
5.Chien Yu-ChanJuniors-93kg
6.Wu Yi-ChiuJuniors-120kg
7.Che Yan-ZhenJuniors-120kg
8.Hu Yu-SungSubjuniors-74kg
9.Huang Yung-ChinSubjuniors-120kg
10.Ke Guan-TingSubjuniors120+kg
11.Hou Chia-HengOpen-59kg
12.Yang SenOpen-120kg
13.Wang Pei-YuOpen120+kg
Team Members
1.Chao Chen-Yeh+Cat.I+Official
2.Hsieh Tsung-Ting++Coach
3.Lu Chia-Chun +Official
4.Chang Ching -Fang +Coach
5.Hu Chun-Hsiung +Coach
6.Wu Pei-Chen +Assistant Coach
7.Wu Ching-Han +Assistant Coach
Hong Kong
Lifters
1.Pok Kim-WonMasters 4-59kg
2.Kwok ShunMasters 2-83kg
3.Cheung Chin LamJuniors-74kg
4.McKenley ActonOpen-83kg
5.Lee Ho SangOpen-120kg
Team Members
1.Pok Kim Won+Cat.I+Head Coach
2.Ip Wing-Yuk+Cat.I+Coach
3.Luk Ho Yee +Official
4.Grudgings Sam +Assistant Coach
5.Wong Hung Ka +Assistant Coach
India
Lifters
1.Hari Krishnan R VMasters 3-120kg
2.Jebin Jacob GeorgeMasters 1-74kg
3.Mayakrishnan PMasters 1-120kg
4.Yogendra HardiyaMasters 1120+kg
5.Kunal PingaleJuniors-53kg
6.Shivam KanaujiyaJuniors-59kg
7.Shibindas SJuniors-74kg
8.Badhusha Sultan AJuniors-93kg
9.Mannu ChaudharyJuniors-93kg
10.Prameesh SinghJuniors-105kg
11.Sahil Adnan AhmedSubjuniors-53kg
12.Maheswaran PraneelSubjuniors-74kg
13.Kaushal GuptaSubjuniors-83kg
14.Joseph MidhunOpen-59kg
15.Balakrishna ArjiOpen-74kg
16.Fernandes Aren JoyOpen-74kg
17.K C NanduOpen-105kg
18.Sourav Kumar SinghOpen-105kg
Team Members
1.Peter Mohan+Cat.I 
2.Joseph P J+Cat.I+Official
Indonesia
Lifters
1.Yonathan SandiJuniors-74kg
2.Fahdilah Anggi FirmanJuniors-74kg
3.Veraana AndreJuniors-83kg
4.Sanantha ElbertJuniors-93kg
5.Aurelio DevinJuniors-105kg
6.Joeswardhana Abrar AnandikkaJuniors-105kg
7.Ho Peter TroyOpen-74kg
Team Members
1.Maria Anna+Cat.I+Coach
2.Santoso Michelle Theresia +Coach
Iran
Lifters
1.Mostafaeinezhad RezaMasters 1-74kg
2.Safari HosseinMasters 1-83kg
3.Farahmand AbootalebMasters 1-83kg
4.Yarali KamranMasters 1-93kg
5.Dolatshahi MehdiMasters 1-105kg
6.Islamibabaheidari AbbasMasters 1-120kg
7.Javadifar JavadMasters 1-120kg
8.Mortezavi HamedJuniors-105kg
9.Ghorabjazi AliSubjuniors-66kg
10.Zafari MehrdadOpen-59kg
11.Tahmasebi MehdiOpen-93kg
12.Rezaei AlirezaOpen-105kg
13.Alafbehbahani HosseinOpen-105kg
14.Morad Niay Shirjouposht MohammadOpen-120kg
Team Members
1.Piriniae Jafar+Cat.I 
2.Soltani Farshid+Cat.I+Head Coach
3.Hosseinpour Reza +Coach
4.Soleimani Mostafa +Coach
Japan
Lifters
1.Harada SeijiMasters 3-83kg
2.Honda HirokazuMasters 2-74kg
3.Okamoto YasuoMasters 2-105kg
4.Katsurada TomoakiMasters 1-74kg
5.Sasaki YoichiMasters 1-105kg
6.Kasamatsu WataruJuniors-53kg
7.Sato TaigaJuniors-66kg
8.Nemoto KeitaJuniors-66kg
9.Kandabashi TokitoJuniors-74kg
10.Miller JacksonJuniors-83kg
11.Okano RintaroJuniors-93kg
12.Hoshino KoheiSubjuniors-66kg
13.Kanzaki KaitoSubjuniors-74kg
14.Nakagawa TetsutaOpen-83kg
15.Yamashita KantaOpen-83kg
16.Nagai HajimeOpen-93kg
17.Horiguchi YosukeOpen-93kg
18.Tomomatsu SoushiOpen-105kg
19.Yamakawa TaikiOpen-120kg
Team Members
1.Sasaki Yoichi +Head Coach
2.Nakazawa Yuto +Coach
3.Inoue Eri +Assistant Coach
4.Hoshino Kohei +Assistant Coach
5.Sato Taiga +Assistant Coach
6.Harada Seiji +Assistant Coach
7.Yamakawa Taiki +Assistant Coach
8.Kanzaki Kaito +Assistant Coach
9.Nemoto Keita +Assistant Coach
10.Okamoto Yasuo +Assistant Coach
11.Kitami Nanaka +Assistant Coach
12.Satoh Minami +Assistant Coach
13.Kasamatsu Wataru +Assistant Coach
14.Nagai Hajime +Assistant Coach
15.Kandabashi Tokito +Assistant Coach
16.Urauchi Yumiko +Assistant Coach
17.Tomomatsu Soushi +Assistant Coach
18.Horiguchi Yosuke +Assistant Coach
19.Honda Mayumi +Assistant Coach
20.Kokuzawa Shizue +Assistant Coach
21.Imai Shigemi +Assistant Coach
22.Miller Jackson +Assistant Coach
23.Katsurada Tomoaki +Assistant Coach
24.Nakagawa Tetsuta +Assistant Coach
25.Okano Rintaro +Assistant Coach
26.Honda Hirokazu +Assistant Coach
27.Aoki Toyohiro +Assistant Coach
28.Yamashita Kanta +Assistant Coach
Kazakhstan
Lifters
1.Turlubekov KairatMasters 4-93kg
2.Aparin YuriyMasters 3-105kg
3.Gurlyov DenisJuniors-53kg
4.Kozhevnikov RuslanJuniors-66kg
5.Kolesnikov DanilJuniors-93kg
6.Chsherbina VassiliyJuniors-120kg
7.Kyrykbayev AbylaiJuniors120+kg
8.Amanbayev DamirSubjuniors-53kg
9.Polyachenkov AnatoliySubjuniors-59kg
10.Kuznetsov YegorSubjuniors-105kg
11.Demidov DmitriySubjuniors-120kg
12.Baigabulyli BaurzhanSubjuniors120+kg
13.Kairzhan IspandiyarOpen-59kg
14.Salmen AzatOpen-74kg
15.Ionin YakovOpen-74kg
16.Khalilov RamirOpen-83kg
17.Tulegenov KuanyshbayOpen-83kg
18.Turysbekov AskarOpen-105kg
19.Rybka DenisOpen-105kg
20.Fedoryak DanilOpen-120kg
Team Members
1.Starkov Vyacheslav+Cat.I+Coach
2.Prokopenko Ivan +Coach
3.Pichshyev Roman +Coach
4.Tadzhiev Turap +Coach
5.Aparin Yuriy +Coach
6.Deineka Irina +Coach
7.Altaibayev Andrey +Coach
8.Prokopenko Andrey +Coach
9.Tsarenko Dmitriy +Coach
10.Yevdokimov Yevgeniy +Coach
11.Assylzhan Almerdenov +Coach
12.Zhakypbekov Zhakhrizat +Coach
Kuwait
Lifters
1.Alrefai FahadJuniors-53kg
2.Alqattan MohammadJuniors-59kg
3.Abul BaderJuniors-74kg
4.Alhajeri MohammadJuniors-93kg
5.Alsager KhaledSubjuniors-74kg
6.Alaradi AliSubjuniors-83kg
7.Dashti AbdulmohsenSubjuniors-93kg
Team Members
1.Alqallaf Mohammad+Cat.II+Coach
2.Jamal Yousef +Coach
3.Graizini Anthony +Coach
4.Aloun Mahdi +Assistant Coach
5.Alrefai Faisal +Assistant Coach
Kyrgyzstan
Lifters
1.Kalybekov EdilbekSubjuniors-120kg
Team Members
1.Romanova Tatiana+Cat.I+Official
Luxembourg
Team Members
1.Parage Gaston+Cat.I+IPF Official
Malaysia
Lifters
1.Anuar ShamsulMasters 3-93kg
2.Jeevan DayalanMasters 1-74kg
3.Wong Hou Keet Jonathan GabrielMasters 1-74kg
4.Wanyonyi Moses SimiyuMasters 1-93kg
5.Nasrul FaizMasters 1-105kg
6.Pang JoviJuniors-59kg
7.Muhammad Arif AmirJuniors-59kg
8.Hew Yew JoeJuniors-66kg
9.Lee Hong YuinJuniors-66kg
10.Teoh Jiuun YiJuniors-74kg
11.Wong Jin XianJuniors-83kg
12.Ahmad Adam EdmundJuniors-83kg
13.Visser NormanJuniors-93kg
14.Khoo Glenn MinnsonJuniors-93kg
15.Jugah DominicSubjuniors-66kg
16.Lau Toh LoongSubjuniors-66kg
17.Sharpe JeremySubjuniors-74kg
18.Chu Chi KinSubjuniors-74kg
19.Iskandar NazrinSubjuniors-83kg
20.Singh JohrranSubjuniors-93kg
21.Muhammad Haris IkhwanSubjuniors-93kg
22.Chong Eu GeneOpen-59kg
23.Chin Yu Wai Kenneth KadenOpen-59kg
24.Ahmad Hisham AkmalOpen-66kg
25.Yeoh Han PinOpen-74kg
26.Chin EricOpen-83kg
27.Chai Bor RenOpen-93kg
28.Eu Shaun AndrewOpen-93kg
29.Loh Cen HaoOpen-105kg
Team Members
1.Howard Andrew+Cat.II 
2.Singh Duzbionjit +Head Coach
3.Akram Azrul +Official
4.Muthusamy Vigneswara +Official
5.Nurul Dizamira Atika +Official
6.Lam Kelvin +Assistant Coach
Mongolia
Lifters
1.Purev BayarMasters 3-74kg
2.Bazarsuren UurtsaikhMasters 2120+kg
3.Bazarvaani GanbilegMasters 1-83kg
4.Baasandorj MunkhbaatarMasters 1-93kg
5.Enkhbaatar AdiyatumurOpen-93kg
Team Members
1.Dash Battulga+Cat.I 
Pakistan
Lifters
1.Baig Mustafa FaranJuniors-105kg
Team Members
1.Cheema Adeel Asghar +Official
2.Adnan Muhammad Abdul Jabar +Coach
Philippines
Lifters
1.McGowen WilliamMasters 4-105kg
2.Agabon Alexei LaurenzJuniors-59kg
3.Sy James EmmanuelJuniors-74kg
4.Galauran Mark JasonJuniors-93kg
5.Nefalar John AlejoJuniors-93kg
6.Esmundo Rhodison JayJuniors-105kg
7.Teodosio Ross EmanuelJuniors-120kg
8.Caharop MatthewSubjuniors-59kg
9.Perillo Adrian JosefOpen-59kg
10.Cacabelos Axel John EricOpen-59kg
11.Relos Ryant ErwinOpen-74kg
12.Redulla Jr. NestorOpen-93kg
13.Cahilig Rafael RenzoOpen-105kg
Team Members
1.Santos John Reginald+Cat.II 
2.Scarlata Filippo +Head Coach
3.Capulong Willord +Coach
4.Torres Peter Edward +Coach
5.Salamat Thom +Assistant Coach
6.Cruz Esmeralda +Assistant Coach
Qatar
Lifters
1.Afani FirasMasters 1-93kg
2.Dawy AhmedMasters 1-105kg
3.Al Hashme YuosefMasters 1-120kg
4.Hagibrahim ElbaraaJuniors-83kg
5.Aboughazi JobranJuniors120+kg
6.Amor WaelSubjuniors-74kg
7.Anil Kumar MidhunOpen-74kg
8.Boulos ChristopheOpen-83kg
9.Elgamal AnasOpen-93kg
10.Abdalla ElkarneebOpen-93kg
11.Medany MohamedOpen-105kg
12.Mohamed AbdallahOpen-105kg
13.Salah AbdelrahmanOpen-120kg
Team Members
1.Afani Firas+Cat.II+Official
2.Ferreira Ricardo Daniel +Head Coach
3.Al Shaikh Almaha +Official
4.Dendar Shaheed +Official
5.Hamed Usama Alony +Official
6.Nefdt Kayleigh Gabriela +Physiotherapist
Saudi Arabia
Lifters
1.Sembawa AbdulwahidJuniors-53kg
2.Sandogji IbrahimJuniors-59kg
3.Fallata MajedJuniors-66kg
4.Baw AbdulrahimJuniors-93kg
5.Almarshad AbdulrahmanJuniors-93kg
6.Alzuwayyid JawadJuniors120+kg
7.Alzahid MohammedSubjuniors-53kg
8.Althubaiti YazeedSubjuniors-59kg
9.Almutawah NasserSubjuniors-74kg
10.Alessa MusabSubjuniors-93kg
11.Shetewi SalehOpen-83kg
12.Abou Al Zahab SalehOpen-105kg
Team Members
1.Alghamdi Ahmed+Cat.II+Official
2.Alrashed May +Official
3.Alqahtani Mohammed +Official
4.Almari Abdulaziz +Official
5.Buayshah Abdulrahman +Official
6.Alyami Ali +Coach
7.Almousa Hayam +Coach
8.Gadin Ahmed +Coach
9.Abduljabbar Ahmed +Coach
10.Almulaim Ahmed +Coach
11.Alalaq Haidar +Coach
Singapore
Lifters
1.Koike TetsuoMasters 2-74kg
2.Du Plessis MarkMasters 2-83kg
3.Enriquez MarkMasters 1-74kg
4.Sims JoshuaMasters 1-83kg
5.Wong Keen MunMasters 1-83kg
6.Mehra AkshayMasters 1-93kg
7.Yong Chang Sheng RyanJuniors-59kg
8.Ho TristanJuniors-66kg
9.Oh ClarenceJuniors-66kg
10.Por SeanJuniors-74kg
11.Tan Bobby Kian TongJuniors-74kg
12.Chan Lucas SpencerJuniors-83kg
13.Low Jing YiJuniors-93kg
14.Seah Woei JinJuniors-93kg
15.Chong WayneJuniors-105kg
16.Castro WadeSubjuniors-66kg
17.Tan JoshuaSubjuniors-66kg
18.Ong KaedenSubjuniors-74kg
19.Tan JasperSubjuniors-74kg
20.Chiang LoicSubjuniors-83kg
21.Lim OliverSubjuniors-93kg
22.Mohammad Noh Deen HadifSubjuniors-93kg
23.Tan Wei HanSubjuniors-105kg
24.Afiq IrfanSubjuniors-120kg
25.Koh Xin MiaoOpen-66kg
26.Ong Wei ChaaiOpen-66kg
27.Cheong Cheng WenOpen-74kg
28.Lee ClintonOpen-74kg
29.Wong GarethOpen-83kg
30.Pang Ashton Xue QunOpen-83kg
31.Muhammad FadlullahOpen-93kg
32.Tan Darryl EugeneOpen-105kg
Team Members
1.Lingam Harisean+Nat. 
2.Foo Wesley+Nat.+Head Coach
3.Barcelo James+Cat.I+Coach
4.Farid Farhanna+Cat.I+Coach
5.Yap Matthew+Cat.II+Coach
6.Tristan Geordi+Nat.+Coach
7.Fomin Alex +Coach
8.Chua McGere +Coach
9.Chua Carissa +Coach
10.Goh Joon Khong +Coach
11.Ang Christophe +Assistant Coach
12.Yong Joben +Coach
13.Tan Pepin +Coach
14.Loo Daphne +Coach
15.Yuliati Naniek +Coach
16.Low Jing Yi +Coach
17.Lee Clinton +Coach
18.Sng Mahavira +Coach
19.Tan Sze Yin +Assistant Coach
Sri Lanka
Lifters
1.Rohan Camillo PaulasMasters 3-105kg
2.W.suranga de SilvaMasters 1-66kg
3.Thilakarathna ChandanaMasters 1-83kg
4.G.h.j.fernando HiranMasters 1-93kg
5.Darin WeerasingheMasters 1-120kg
6.Jenosha MendisJuniors-74kg
7.M.sulesh MendisSubjuniors-120kg
8.S.sumudu PradeepOpen-59kg
9.Jayasinghe UvinduOpen-105kg
10.S. PushanthanOpen120+kg
Team Members
1.Kapila Perera +Official
2.I.p Nandasena +Official
3.D.t.c. Weerasiri +Official
Thailand
Lifters
1.Levine PaulMasters 3120+kg
2.Vasuwat NatchakasemMasters 1-74kg
3.Neamprem PhanthepMasters 1-83kg
4.Taveeratana SirausJuniors-66kg
5.Leong RaphiJuniors-83kg
6.Apinyovichien KoraweeSubjuniors-59kg
7.Holmshaw MatthewSubjuniors-66kg
8.Pavaravadhana TommySubjuniors-74kg
9.Dokmai KittipatSubjuniors-74kg
10.Jitsajjapong WitchaSubjuniors-83kg
11.Makepoowadol AkarawintSubjuniors-83kg
12.Bin Azahar Muhammad HakimOpen-59kg
13.Smulders EricOpen-66kg
14.Senumong KasemsandOpen-66kg
15.Sriprayoon PattOpen-74kg
16.Kemmink DanielOpen-120kg
17.Phuangjhan NatthachatOpen-120kg
Team Members
1.Nuwaboot Nattacha+Nat. 
2.Phuangjhan Natthachat+Nat. 
3.Lucey Peter +Head Coach
4.Cofino Kim +Coach
5.Wararatchai Kaely +Coach
6.Potisarn Jakphet +Coach
7.Doble Del Castillo Matthew +Coach
8.Nuwaboot Nattacha +Coach
9.Senumong Kasemsand +Coach
10.Phuangjhan Natthachat +Coach
11.Vasuwat Natchakasem +Coach
12.Guenther Alex +Assistant Coach
13.Herfeld Michael +Assistant Coach
14.Sangsathien Nutnicha +Assistant Coach
15.Junplag Theeraphop +Assistant Coach
United Arab Emirates
Lifters
1.Alzaabi FaisalMasters 1-83kg
2.Alkhanbouli MohammadMasters 1-105kg
3.Alajmi HamadMasters 1120+kg
4.Alredha MajidJuniors-74kg
5.Endoso JohnSubjuniors-105kg
6.Mansour AlmarzooqiOpen-74kg
Team Members
1.Ali Hag Khalid +Head Coach
2.Al Shehhi Aaesha +Official
3.Elmekki Faouzi +Head Coach
4.Saeed Surur +Official
5.Kutschbach Kathlen +Physiotherapist
Uzbekistan
Lifters
1.Khardin KonstantinMasters 2-93kg
Team Members
1.Fotiev Sergey+Cat.I 
2.Khardin Konstantin+Cat.I 
3.Sametdinova Elvira+Cat.II 
Vietnam
Lifters
1.Dang the HungJuniors-105kg
Team Members
1.Truong Quoc Anh+Nat. 
2.Nguyen Dieu Linh+Nat. 
3.Pham Anh Tu +Head Coach
4.Hoang Vu Hai Linh +Coach
Summary Table
Number of Lifters2023 Asian Women's Classic Powerlifting Championships162
2023 Asian Men's Classic Powerlifting Championships273
2023 Asian Women's Classic Powerlifting Championships - Special Olympics Event5
2023 Asian Men's Classic Powerlifting Championships - Special Olympics Event13
Persons as …Referee13
Representative129
Referee & Representative22
All Together617