Olympic Weightlifting in other Languages
The sport we know as weightlifting is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for weightlifting in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for weightlifting in each of these languages. You will notice that many of the names appear to be phonetic spelling of weightlifting in the other languages.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of weightlifting |
|---|---|
| Adyghe | ХьылъэIэт |
| Afrikaans | Gewigoptel |
| Arabic | رفع أثقال |
| Aragonese | Halterofilia |
| Armenian | Ծանրամարտ |
| Asturian | Halterofilia |
| Azerbaijani | Ağır atletika |
| Bashkir | Ауыр атлетика |
| Basque | Halterofilia |
| Belarusian | Цяжкая атлетыка |
| Belarusian | Цяжкая атлетыка |
| Bengali | ভারোত্তোলন |
| Bosnian | Dizanje tegova |
| Bulgarian | Вдигане на тежести |
| Cantonese | 奧運舉重 |
| Catalan | Halterofília |
| Chinese | 举重 |
| Croatian | Dizanje utega |
| Czech | Vzpírání |
| Danish | Vægtløftning |
| Dutch | Gewichtheffen |
| Egyptian Arabic | رفع أثقال |
| English | Olympic weightlifting |
| Esperanto | Halterlevado |
| Estonian | Tõstesport |
| Finnish | Painonnosto |
| French | Haltérophilie |
| Galician | Halterofilia |
| German | Gewichtheben |
| Greek | Άρση βαρών |
| Haitian | Altewofili |
| Hebrew | הרמת משקולות |
| Hindi | भारोत्तोलन |
| Hungarian | Súlyemelés |
| Icelandic | Ólympískar lyftingar |
| Indonesian | Angkat besi |
| Italian | Sollevamento pesi |
| Japanese | 重量挙げ |
| Javanese | Angkat wesi |
| Karakalpak | Awir atletika |
| Kazakh | Ауыр атлетика |
| Korean | 역도 |
| Kyrgyz | Оор атлетика |
| Latvian | Svarcelšana |
| Lithuanian | Sunkioji atletika |
| Malay | Angkat berat |
| Malayalam | ഭാരോദ്വഹനം |
| Marathi | भारोत्तोलन |
| Mongolian | Хүндийн өргөлт |
| Nepali | भारोत्तोलन |
| Norwegian | Vektløfting |
| Norwegian | Vektløfting |
| Occitan | Alterofilia |
| Persian | وزنهبرداری |
| Polish | Podnoszenie ciężarów |
| Portuguese | Halterofilismo |
| Romanian | Haltere |
| Russian | Тяжёлая атлетика |
| Sanskrit | भारोत्तोलनक्रीडा |
| Serbian | Дизање тегова |
| Serbo-Croatian | Dizanje utega |
| Slovak | Vzpieranie |
| Southern Azerbaijani | هالتر |
| Spanish | Halterofilia |
| Swahili | Kunyanyua vyuma |
| Swedish | Tyngdlyftning |
| Tajik | Вазнбардорӣ |
| Tamil | பாரம் தூக்குதல் |
| Tatar | Авыр атлетика |
| Thai | ยกน้ำหนัก |
| Turkish | Halter |
| Turkmen | Agyr atletika |
| Ukrainian | Важка атлетика |
| Uzbek | Ogʻir atletika |
| Vietnamese | Cử tạ |
| Welsh | Codi pwysau Olympaidd |
Related Pages
- Weightlifting home
- About Weightlifting Sports
- Weight Lifting at the Olympic Games
- Sport Names in Other Languages
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