The World Para Powerlifting Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Powerlifting World Championships, is an event organized by the
International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Competitors with a
physical disability
A physical disability is a limitation on a person's physical functioning, mobility, dexterity or stamina. Other physical disabilities include impairments which limit other facets of daily living, such as respiratory disorders, blindness, epileps ...
compete, and in a few events athletes with an
intellectual disability
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compete. First held in 1994, the competition was held every four years.
Since 2017, it is held every two years. The competitions are also part of the qualification process to compete at the
Summer Paralympics.
The first IPC Powerlifting World Championships were held in
Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
Located north of the c ...
, Sweden in 1994.
On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international federation for 10 disability sports, including powerlifting, adopted the "World Para" brand for all 10 sports. The world championship events in all of these sports were immediately rebranded as "World Para" championships.
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{{Main world championships
Recurring sporting events established in 1994