International Events

Team Canada – WCHM Members return victorious from the 2023 Pan American Masters Championships   Despite the controversies in the USA Weightlifting World, the American host (USA Masters Weightlifting) continues to produce Championships which are very impressive to our Canadian athletes. This year our teams did well competing against their formidable American counterparts. Each Canadian … Read more

WCHM athletes are ready for the Pan Am Masters The 2023 Pan American Masters Weightlifting Championships will be held in Orlando, USA, from May 24  – 28.  There are 27 athletes representing the Canadian Masters (WCHM); fifteen men and eleven women.  Our group is composed of some well experienced international masters athletes, such as Isabelle … Read more

2023 Masters World Cup- Women’s Team brings home Third Place! New Canadian Masters Records established!!   Congratulations to our members who participated in the 2023 Masters World Cup. Team Canada Women won third place. Here we see Manon Poulin (Gold Medallist and Award Guardian) receiving their TeamnAward the with Ruth Stewart (Gold Medallist), on her … Read more

The Masters World Cup is about to commence (March 3 – 12),  and, on behalf of Weightlifting Canada Haltérophilie Masters, I would like to extend all our best wishes to our Canadian team.  Listed below are our participating members.    You will note that Paule Poulin will also be representing Canada, though she resides in … Read more

Team Canada at the 2022 World Masters Weightlifting Championships A whole lot of Champions After almost three years training for a minimal number of weightlifting competitions, an impressive number of Canadian athletes participated in the 2022 World Masters Weightlifting Championships in Orlando, Florida.  This year the event was hosted by the USAW Masters Committee and … Read more

CANADIAN MASTERS WEIGHTLIFTERS READY TO HEAT UP ORLANDO It might be winter, but the sport of masters weightlifting will be sizzling with Canadian Masters Weightlifters at the Wyndham Resort International in Orlando, Florida. From December 2-10, weights will be flung overhead, weightlifting shoes will be fixed on the weightlifting platform and the Canadian flag will … Read more

Canadian Masters Women’s Team Awarded Second Place at Pan Am Masters Championships Here are the results of all the Canadian athletes who competed at the 2022 Pan American Masters Weightlifting Championships.   Special congratulations to Isabelle Gauthier, from Montréal, who captured not only a Gold Medal but also World Masters and Pan American Masters records … Read more

Canadians capture medals at the 2021 Pan American Masters Weightlifting Championships The 2021 Pan Am Masters Championships have concluded and our small Canadian contingent held their own.  We managed 2 Gold, 6 Silver, 1 Bronze medal and 4 made it close to the podium. This is the first international competition held in-person during Covid pandemic … Read more

CANADA’S BEST MASTERS WEIGHTLIFTERS RECEIVE THEIR AWARDS Our 2021 Canadian Masters Weightlifting Championships were certainly a unique approach at trying to avoid the devastating impact of the COVID pandemic by providing a different and unique approach to our National Meet. All members were eligible to enter this competition without a qualifying total.  And our World … Read more