Local Weightlifting Committees (LWC)

Pacific WeightLifting Association : The PWA covers the State of California from south of Fresno to the Oregon Border and includes 10 Counties in Western Nevada.

Idaho Weightlifting: Idaho Weightlifting is Local Weightlifting Committee's Homepage and a great source for a variety of training routines.

Motor City Barbell: USAW Michigan Olympic Weightlifting Homepage.

New Jersey Weightlifting: This site contains information about the sport in the state of New Jersey including records, pictures, the Hall of Fame, entries and results.

Washington Weightlifting: Washington LWC President Al Reed's site with information about Washington State Weightlifting.

Regional Training Centers

Anderson/Cohen Weightlifting Center: The Anderson/Cohen Weightlifting Center is the home of Team Savannah.

High Altitude Sport's Training Center: Located in Flagstaff at Northern Arizona University, the site of the 1998 US Senior National Championships.

MIKE'S GYM: Home of Team Southern California is a Regional Training Center located in Bonsall, California.

USA Weightlifting Development Center: Dr. Kyle Pierce is the Director of this center located on the Campus of LSU Shreveport, LA. It's also the venue for many National Meets.

United States Olympic Education Center: At Northern Michigan University is the home USA Weightlifting's College "Scholarship" Program.

US WeightLifting Teams, Clubs and Training Sites

American Weightlifting: Founded with one simple goal in mind: to re-establish the United States as a dominating power in the sport of Olympic Weightlifting by bringing The Greatest Coach in the history of the sport to their facility.

Aurora Weightlifting Club: Founded and operated by Thomas Kraus, the Aurora Weightlifting Club trains out of West Aurora High School.

The Athlete's Congress: A New Weightlifting Team from the San Jose, California Area.

Calpian Weightlifting Club: From the Seattle Washington area, this club has consistently been among the top three clubs in the Nation every competitive season.

Coffee's Gym: The best Woman's Team in the United States. This club also includes 4 Male US Olympians.

Columbus Weightlifting Club: Hosts of The Arnold (Schwarzenegger) Classic Weightlifting Meet.

Devil's Power: Devils Olympic Training Hall at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey.

East Coast Gold Weightlifting Team: ECG, our Nation's Largest Weightlifting Team, comprised of Athletes and Coaches from all over the North East Region of the USA.

Gayle Hatch Weightlifting Team: From Baton Rogue, LA. This Team has had over 40 repesentatives on US International Teams including 1984 Olympian Tommy Colandra and 1988 & 1992 Olympian Brett Brian.

Lost Battalion Hall Weightlifting Team: New York City's home for Olympic Weightlifting for the past 40+ Years is still going strong!

McNeese State University: 2001 National Collegiate Weightlifting Champions from Lake Charles, LA.

Midwest Weightlifing Club: Host of the 2004 Senior National Championships, located in Schererville, IN.

Midwestern State University Strength Research Laboratory: Wichita Falls, Texas.

Minnesota High School Weightlifting: Their goal is to provide information on the sport of weightlifting in Minnesota to high school student-athletes and coaches.

Mustang Weightlifing Club: Part of Team Arizona, located in Mesa, AZ.

Nevada Barbell Club: In Reno, Nevada and sponsors of the High Desert Open in July.

Peaks Weightlifting Club: A Flagstaff, AZ Strength & Conditioning facility that specializes in developing and training weightlifting athletes.

Power Sport Center: Dave Gremore's Olympic Weightlifting Training Facility is located in Denmark, Wisconsin, 13 miles southeast of Green Bay.

Pure Strength: Sean Waxman's Sport Performance Institute in Southern California,

Rancho Buena Vista High School: Southern California High School coached by USA Weightlifting Senior International Coach, Mike Burgener.

The Sports Palace: The USA's "TEAM of the 80's", the Sports Palace Weightlifting Team, Coached by 3 time US Olympic Coach, Jim Schmitz now has 2 different training locations in San Francisco and South San Francisco, California.

Team Beaufort: Located Beaufort, SC they were the 2000 AAU Junior Olympic Games Team Champions.

Team Georgia Weightlifting: The vision of Team Georgia Weightlifting is to educate and develop the physical and mental aspects of athletes and coaches from around the State of Georgia.

Team Florida: Information about Olympic Weightlifting in the State of Florida with 25+ Training Centers throughout the State.

Team New Jersey: Established in 2000 by 1980 Olympian Bob Giordano. They train at Fairleigh Dickinson University, in Madison, NJ, where they are coached by Bobby "G" and Nik Curry.

Team Sacramento Olympic Weightlifting Club: Kathy Redcher-Bowling's Team Sac Page. It has Team Sac Bios, photos, maps, links, even the weather.

Team Sacramento Olympic Weightlifting Club II: Located at CAL State University, Sacramento, this growing Team has had great sucess Collegiately and is gaining notice on the National scene.

Team Savannah: One of the most sucessful teams in USA Weightlifting history. Half of the 2000 Olympic Team and the Woman's Coach came from this Team.

Team Wesley: One of the Premier Teams in the US. Home of Olympians Wes Barnett and Pete Kelley.

Universty of Arizona Olympic Weightlifting Club: This club was formed at the U of A in Tuscon 5 years ago and has been successful in State and Collegiate Competitions.

The West Park Weightlifting Club: Located in West Park, OH, a section of Cleveland.

Wichita Falls Weightlifing Club: A young club that has already had great success, including winning National Junior Team Titles and placing lifters on the last 2 Junior World Teams.

Woodward Academy War Eagles: Located in Atlanta, started by the 1999 USA Weightlifting Developmental Coach of the Year, C.J. Stockel and now Coached by National Junior Record Hoilder, Emily Tyre.

Masters Weightlifting: Masters (age 35 and older) weightlifting in the USA.

US WeightLifters

Sibby Flowers: One of the pioneers in US Women's Weightlifitng.

Cara Heads: 2000 Olympian, 7 time National Champion and multiple American Record Holder who has also produced a manual to Live Like A Champion.

Ken Patera: The First American to Clean and Jerk 500 pounds and also the only American to Press 500 pounds!

Norik Vardanian: Son of Olympic Weightlifting Champion Yurik Vardanian, makes us question, "Is history about to repeat itself?".

International Weightlifting Data: Searchable Database with information about Weightlifters & International Weightlifting competitions by name, type of competition, age group and year.

2003 Senior World Weightlifting Championship: Vancouver, Canada - November 14 - 22.

IWF-Masters Weightlifting: Information about Masters (age 35 and older) weightlifting, including schedules, results, qualifying totals and World Records.

The 76th European Senior Weightlifting Championship: Rijeka-Croatia, 19-26th May 1997

European Weightlifters

Frank Rothwell: 1972 Irish Olympian that won many titles.

Andrei Chemerkin: 1996 Olympic Weightlifting Champion and World Record Holder.

Marc Huster: 1996 and 2000 Olympic Weightlifting Silver Medalist and World Record Holder.

Markus Balk: Information on Manfred Nerlinger and World Records (All in German)