IFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2024 IFA WORLD ARMWRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP
30 September – 06 October 2024, Loutraki, Greece
36 pullers from UK & IRELAND made the trip to Greece to contest the World Championships. (3 of them registered as IRELAND, 2 LITHUANIA, 1 ROMANIA who pull regularly in our tournaments also included here).
GOLD MEDALS
MARIA HANLON Junior U-15 WOMEN 55kg LEFT & RIGHT
JULIA JABLONSKA Junior U-15 WOMEN 63 kg LEFT & RIGHT
ELIJAH FINNERTY Junior U-15 MEN +78kg LEFT
JOSEPH FINNERTY Junior U-18 MEN 78kg LEFT
AGY GORZYNSKA Grand-Masters WOMEN +70 kg LEFT & RIGHT
TEOFIL WIETRZAK Grand-Masters MEN 78kg RIGHT
ELLIOTT ECCLES Senior MEN 105kg RIGHT
SILVER MEDALS
JOSEPH FINNERTY Junior U-18 MEN 78kg RIGHT
CRAIG SANDERS Senior MEN 78 kg RIGHT
ALAN MILNE Senior-Grand-Masters MEN LEFT 78 kg
STEPHEN KIRLEW Masters MEN 95kg LEFT & RIGHT
JAMES BEECH Masters MEN -105kg LEFT
PAUL MAIDEN Masters MEN -105kg RIGHT
BRONZE MEDALS
TEOFIL WIETRZAK Grand-Masters MEN 78kg LEFT
ALAN MILNE Senior-Grand-Masters MEN RIGHT 78 kg
ALEX KIRICHENKO (IRELAND) Junior U-18 MEN 86kg LEFT
DAN HANLON Masters MEN 86kg LEFT
MURRAY WHITEHEAD Senior MEN 86 kg RIGHT
JAMES BEECH Masters MEN -105kg RIGHT
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
ADRIAN O'DWYER (IRELAND) Senior MEN 105kg 4th RIGHT
ELIJAH FINNERTY Junior U-15 MEN +78kg 4TH RIGHT
MARK WALDON Grand-Masters MEN 95kg 4th LEFT
ALEX KIRICHENKO (IRELAND) Junior U-18 MEN 86kg 5th RIGHT
DAN HANLON Masters M 86kg 5th RIGHT
HARRY LIELL Senior Men 86kg 5th RIGHT
ION GROSU (ROMANIA) Grand-Masters MEN +105kg 5th RIGHT
JOSHUA MORGAN Junior U-15 MEN 63KG 5TH LEFT & RIGHT
MURRAY WHITEHEAD Senior Men 86kg 5th LEFT
TIM LIELL Grand Masters 86kg 5th LEFT
ETHAN FISHER Senior MEN 78kg 6th RIGHT
ION GROSU (ROMANIA) Grand-Masters MEN +105kg 6th LEFT
JASON BROOKS Grand-Masters MEN +105kg 6th RIGHT
RYAN FINNERTY Masters M 86kg 6th RIGHT
DAN EARTHQUAKE Grand-Masters MEN +105kg 7th LEFT
ETHAN FISHER Senior MEN 78kg 7th LEFT
MARK WALDON Grand-Masters MEN 95kg 7th RIGHT
STANLEY HAMILTON Masters M 86kg 7th RIGHT
THOMAS LILLEY, Senior MEN 57kg 7th LEFT & RIGHT
JACK ORME Junior U-18 MEN 78kg 8th LEFT
TIM LIELL Grand Masters 86kg 8th RIGHT
STUART ACTON Senior MEN +105kg 9th LEFT
DAN EARTHQUAKE Grand-Masters MEN +105kg 10th RIGHT
RYAN FINNERTY Masters M 86kg 10th LEFT
THOMAS MITCHELL Senior Men 70kg 11th LEFT
ASHLEY HARMSWORTH Senior MEN 70kg 12th RIGHT
JULIUS ZIURAUSKIS, (LITHUANIA) Senior Men 86kg 12th LEFT
DAN EARTHQUAKE Senior Men +105kg 13th RIGHT
HARRY LIELL Senior Men 86kg 13th LEFT
JACK ORME Junior U-18 MEN 78kg 13th RIGHT
STUART ACTON Masters MEN +105kg 14th LEFT
STUART ACTON Senior MEN +105kg 14th RIGHT
ASHLEY HARMSWORTH Senior MEN 70kg 15th LEFT
DAN EARTHQUAKE Senior Men +105kg 15th LEFT
DAN SMITH Senior MEN 78kg 15th RIGHT
STUART ACTON Masters MEN +105kg 16th RIGHT
THOMAS MITCHELL Senior Men 70kg 16th RIGHT
ADAM BARNETT Senior MEN 78kg 17th RIGHT
ALEXANDRU BUGAN (IRELAND) Senior MEN 105kg 19th LEFT
MINDAUGAS MACKEVICIUS, (LITHUANIA) Senior Men 86kg 22nd LEFT
MINDAUGAS MACKEVICIUS, (LITHUANIA) Senior Men 86kg 24th RIGHT
ALEX KIRICHENKO, (IRELAND) Senior MEN 95 kg 26th LEFT
REFEREE TRAINING
DAN EARTHQUAKE, DAN HANLON, JAMES BEECH & STANLEY HAMILTON attended the referee seminar. Dan Earthquake already had the Junior refs level, the others gained it from the training.
2023
Malayasia 2023
A smaller team went this year due to distance & the Armgods Invasion of Canada going on at the same time.
Our team & results:
Adrian O'Dwyer - Silver - 105kg Senior left, Gold right.
Andy Thorn - Silver +105kg Senior Grand masters Left & Right
Dan Axworthy - Gold - U70kg Senior Grand Masters L&R, Seniors 10th left, 9th right.
Davy Gibson - U78kg Grand Masters 5th Left & 6th Right.
Stanley Hamilton - U86kg Masters 4th Left, Silver Right
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2022: A Dream
It started with a dream - Paul Maiden & Dean Bolt yearned for a big UK & IRELAND team to take on the World. 35 athletes & our head Ref Kath Wittaker answered the call & gained 27 medals & 5th place in the teams competition - there were 28 participating nations. In the face of tough oppostion the UK & IRELAND put in a heroic performance.
Gold Medals
Agy Gorzynska - GMW L78
Elliot Eccles - J21 L&R95
Dean Bolt - M L105
Daniel Axworthy SGM L+&R70
Teo Wietrzak GM R78
Thomas Mitchell L70
Silver Medals
Alan Milne SGM R86
Billy Davies J21 L&R86
Paul Maiden MR+105
Stanley Hamilton MR86
Stuart Acton ML+105
Bronze Medals
Agy Gorzynska GMWR78
Alan Milne SGML86
Craig Sanders L78
Mindaugas Dulskas L&R+105
Nicolas Hall GM R105
Oleksandr Bilobrovka L63
Sergii Saraev 95L
Stanley Hamilton ML86
Teofil Wietzrak GML78
Tim Liell GML86
Honourable Mentions
David Gibson GM 4th R78
Ethan Fisher J21 4th L&R78
Mark Waldon GM 4th L&R105
Robert Nicholl M 4th L+105
David Gibson GM 5th L78
Tim Liell GM 5th R86
Greg Foster 6th L95
Harry Liell 6th L86
Luke Bowers M 6th R86
Stuart Acton M 6th R+105
Tom Mitchell 6th R70
Adrian O'Dwyer 7th R105
Anil Najran 7th R78
Luke Bowers M 7th L86
Oleksandr Bilobrovka 7th R63
Paul Maiden 7th R+105
Dan Earthquake M 8th L+105
Dan Hanlon 8th L86
James Beech 8th L&R105
Lewis Claxton 8th R63
John Scowby 9th L&R+105
Harry Liell 9th R86
Lewis Claxton 9th L63
Robert Nicholl M 9th R+105
Connor Sale 10th L&R86
Robert Nicholl 10th L+105
Dan Earthquake M 11th R+105
Josh Davis 12th R105
Dan Earthquake 13th L+105
Greg Foster 14th R95
Tom Woodward 15th R95
Josh Davis 16th L105
Craig Sanders 17th L86
Tom Woodward 20th L95
Tom Mitchel 20th L70
Stanley Hamilton 12th R86
Ad Barnett 14th R86
Anil Najran 16th L78
Craig Sanders 17th R78
Dan Earthquake 18th R+105
Stanley Hamilton 18th L86
David Gibson 20th L78
Dan Hanlon 21st R86
David Gibson 21st R78
Luke Bowers 21st L86
Referee Training
Kath Whittaker, Josh Davies & Dan Earthquake attended the Referees Seminar.