{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox games | name = 2016 Commonwealth<br>Weightlifting Championships | logo = | size = | host_city = {{flagicon|MAS}} Bayan Baru, Malaysia | dates = 25–29 October 2016 | stadium = SPICE Arena | previous = 2015 | next = 2017 }}
The '''2016 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships''' were held at the SPICE Arena in Bayan Baru, Penang, Malaysia from 25 to 29 October 2016.<ref>{{cite book |title=Commonwealth Senior Championships |url=https://www.awf.com.au/Portals/0/news/2016/2016%20Commonwealth%20Senior%20Weightlifting%20Championships.pdf?ver=2016-11-07-092343-983 |publisher=Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation |access-date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104221141/https://www.awf.com.au/Portals/0/news/2016/2016%20Commonwealth%20Senior%20Weightlifting%20Championships.pdf?ver=2016-11-07-092343-983 |archivedate=4 January 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Winters |first1=Max |title=Malaysia win two gold medals on home soil at 2016 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1043338/malaysia-win-two-gold-medals-on-home-soil-at-2016-commonwealth-weightlifting-championships |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=Inside the Games |publisher=Dunsar Media |date=30 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107152634/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1043338/malaysia-win-two-gold-medals-on-home-soil-at-2016-commonwealth-weightlifting-championships |archive-date=7 November 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The event was limited to seniors and juniors. At the same venue, youth weightlifters instead contested the preceding World Youth Weightlifting Championships, where they were awarded Commonwealth medals (if desired, their results also featured in the subsequent junior/senior standings).<ref>{{cite web |title=2016 COMMONWEALTH SENIOR, JUNIOR AND YOUTH WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS {{!}} Regulations |url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/09/Regulations_2016-Commonwealth-Championships.pdf |publisher=IWF/CWF |access-date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103143329/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/09/Regulations_2016-Commonwealth-Championships.pdf |archivedate=3 January 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Results shown below are for the senior competition only.<ref>{{cite web |title=RESULTS BY EVENTS OLD BW {{!}} 2016 SENIOR COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS |url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/results-by-events-old-bw/?event_id=365 |publisher=IWF |access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> Junior and youth results are cited here<ref>{{cite book |title=Commonwealth Junior Championships |url=https://www.awf.com.au/Portals/0/news/2016/2016%20Commonwealth%20Junior%20Weightlifting%20Championships.pdf?ver=2016-11-07-092300-840 |publisher=Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation |access-date=4 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104222342/https://www.awf.com.au/Portals/0/news/2016/2016%20Commonwealth%20Junior%20Weightlifting%20Championships.pdf?ver=2016-11-07-092300-840 |archivedate=4 January 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RESULTS BY EVENTS OLD BW {{!}} 2016 JUNIOR COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS |url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/results-by-events-old-bw/?event_id=366 |publisher=IWF |access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> and here<ref>{{cite book |title=Commonwealth Youth Championships |url=https://www.awf.com.au/Portals/0/news/2016/2016%20Commonwealth%20Youth%20Weightlifting%20Championships.pdf?ver=2016-11-07-092207-743 |publisher=Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation |access-date=4 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104222502/https://www.awf.com.au/Portals/0/news/2016/2016%20Commonwealth%20Youth%20Weightlifting%20Championships.pdf?ver=2016-11-07-092207-743 |archivedate=4 January 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RESULTS BY EVENTS OLD BW {{!}} 2016 IWF YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS |url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/results-by-events-old-bw/?event_id=364 |publisher=IWF |access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> respectively.
==Medal table== {{Medals table | caption = | host = MAS | flag_template = flagcountry | event = | team = | gold_AUS = 2 | silver_AUS = 3 | bronze_AUS = 2 | gold_ENG = 2 | silver_ENG = 0 | bronze_ENG = 0 | gold_FIJ = 1 | silver_FIJ = 1 | bronze_FIJ = 2 | gold_GHA = 1 | silver_GHA = 0 | bronze_GHA = 0 | gold_IND = 4 | silver_IND = 1 | bronze_IND = 2 | gold_KIR = 0 | silver_KIR = 1 | bronze_KIR = 0 | gold_MAS = 2 | silver_MAS = 3 | bronze_MAS = 3 | host_MAS = yes | gold_MRI = 0 | silver_MRI = 1 | bronze_MRI = 1 | gold_NZL = 0 | silver_NZL = 2 | bronze_NZL = 2 | gold_PAK = 0 | silver_PAK = 0 | bronze_PAK = 1 | gold_PNG = 1 | silver_PNG = 0 | bronze_PNG = 0 | gold_RSA = 1 | silver_RSA = 0 | bronze_RSA = 0 | gold_SAM = 1 | silver_SAM = 0 | bronze_SAM = 0 | gold_SRI = 0 | silver_SRI = 2 | bronze_SRI = 1 | gold_WAL = 0 | silver_WAL = 1 | bronze_WAL = 1 }}
==Medal summary== ===Men=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} |- |56 kg |Gururaja<br>{{IND}} || 249 kg |Azroy Hazalwafie<br>{{MAS}} || 239 kg |Manueli Tulo<br>{{FIJ}} || 235 kg |- |62 kg |Mohd Zaidi Nordin<br>{{MAS}} || 261 kg |Thilanka Palangasinghe<br>{{SRI}} || 259 kg |Anbarasu Gopal<br>{{IND}} || 259 kg |- |69 kg |Mohd Hafifi Mansor<br>{{MAS}} || 302 kg |Sudesh Peiris<br>{{SRI}} || 288 kg |Gareth Evans<br>{{WAL}} || 287 kg |- |77 kg |Ajay Singh<br>{{IND}} || 318 kg |Loro Wellkinson Peuji<br>{{MAS}} || 312 kg |Mohamad Fazrul Azrie<br>{{MAS}} || 308 kg |- |85 kg |Kojum Taba<br>{{IND}} || 330 kg |Richie Patterson<br>{{NZL}} || 318 kg |François Etoundi<br>{{AUS}} || 302 kg |- |94 kg |Forrester Osei<br>{{GHA}} || 310 kg |Shivam Saini<br>{{IND}} || 300 kg |Ben Shaw<br>{{AUS}} || 300 kg |- |105 kg |Owen Boxall<br>{{ENG}} || 353 kg |David Katoatau<br>{{KIR}} || 343 kg |Andrius Barakauskas<br>{{NZL}} || 318 kg |- |<nowiki>+</nowiki>105 kg |Damon Kelly<br>{{AUS}} || 373 kg |David Liti<br>{{NZL}} || 369 kg |Nooh Dastgir Butt<br>{{PAK}} || 369 kg |}
===Women=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} |- |48 kg |Thelma Toua<br>{{PNG}} || 156 kg |Hannah Powell<br>{{WAL}} || 149 kg |Dinusha Gomes<br>{{SRI}} || 148 kg |- |53 kg |Joti Mal<br>{{IND}} || 175 kg |Roilya Ranaivosoa<br>{{MRI}} || 174 kg |Phillipa Patterson<br>{{NZL}} || 163 kg |- |58 kg |Erika Yamasaki<br>{{AUS}} || 174 kg |Marceeta Marcus<br>{{MAS}} || 154 kg |Ulina Sagone<br>{{FIJ}} || 153 kg |- |63 kg |Mona Pretorius<br>{{RSA}} || 194 kg |Seen Lee<br>{{AUS}} || 188 kg |Frenceay Titus<br>{{MAS}} || 182 kg |- |69 kg |Rebekah Tiler<br>{{ENG}} || 217 kg |Eileen Cikamatana<br>{{FIJ}} || 215 kg |Rakhi Halder<br>{{IND}} || 202 kg |- |75 kg |Apolonia Vaivai<br>{{FIJ}} || 208 kg |Kylie Lindbeck<br>{{AUS}} || 199 kg |Jabriella Teo Samuel<br>{{MAS}} || 179 kg |- |<nowiki>+</nowiki>75 kg |Iuniarra Sipaia<br>{{SAM}} || 243 kg |Kaity Fassina<br>{{AUS}} || 229 kg |Shalinee Valaydon<br>{{MRI}} || 213 kg |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.awf.com.au/Portals/0/news/2016/2016%20Commonwealth%20Senior%20Weightlifting%20Championships.pdf?ver=2016-11-07-092343-983 Senior results book] *[https://www.awf.com.au/Portals/0/news/2016/2016%20Commonwealth%20Junior%20Weightlifting%20Championships.pdf?ver=2016-11-07-092300-840 Junior results book] *[https://www.awf.com.au/Portals/0/news/2016/2016%20Commonwealth%20Youth%20Weightlifting%20Championships.pdf?ver=2016-11-07-092207-743 Youth results book]
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