This will be the first time in almost a decade that Gay Games Powerlifting will take place. The LGBT Powerlifting Union has announced they will be assisting Gay Games Guadalajara 2023 in the delivery and promotion of the Powerlifting event – which will mean that powerlifting will be restored to its original place on the first day of the Gay Games.
Chris Morgan, World Champion powerlifter & co-president of the LGBT Powerlifting Union, gets us up to date with the latest news on this strength sport
LGBT International Powerlifting Championships Announce theme for 2020 “Empowerment”.
The LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender) International Powerlifting Championships (LGBT IPC) were held in Blackpool from July 19-21. Fifty athletes and a further hundred coaches, friends, family and spectators attended the event, making it the largest LGBT Powerlifting event of all time in regards to overall engagement.
The LGBT Powerlifting Union will host the LGBT+ International Powerlifting Championships in Summer 2019, with the modern Blackpool Sixth Form College providing the venue, for what promises to be a prestigious new sports event for the town.
Powerlifting returns to sports programme at the Hong Kong Gay Games in 2022. The LGBT Powerlifting Union has agreed to assist the organisers of Gay Games Hong Kong, 2022 in the delivery and promotion of their Powerlifting event in the next Gay Games cycle.
Gay Games Ambassador Chris Morgan wins European Championship Gold in Nancy, France in June 2018. AFTER a long period of injury and illness, Chris has returned from the GPC European Powerlifting Championships in Nancy, France with a Gold Medal in the Masters 2, Unequipped Deadlift setting a new British record at 235 kilos at a bodyweight of the 88.8 kilos class (90 Kilo Class).
LGBT International Powerlifting Championships (LGBT IPC) introduce Mx category for transgender, non binary and intersex athletes. Registration for the LGBT International Powerlifting Championships 2018 is now open and organisers have introduced a new optional Mx category to encourage people from Transgender, Non Binary and Intersex Communities to participate in sports.
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Gay Games Ambassador Chris Morgan has taken his 9th World Championship Gold Medal and once again has become a World Champion in the sport of Powerlifting. Chris was lifting in his first World Championship after recovering from major knee surgery back in April 2016 and took first place in the Masters Category, Unequipped Deadlift (90 kilo bodyweight class), at the competition held in Trutnov, Czech Republic.
