weightlifter

See also: weight lifter

English

A weightlifter

Alternative forms

• weight lifter

Etymology

weight +‎ lifter

Noun

weightlifter (plural weightlifters)

1. (weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts.
2. A person who uses weights to train the muscles of the body, usually for strength or for improved performance in a sport.

Translations

person who competes for maximum weight lifted

• Armenian: ծանրորդ (hy) (canrord)
• Azerbaijani: ştanqçı, ştanqaçı, ştanqist
• Catalan: halterofilista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舉重運動員／举重运动员 (jǔzhòng yùndòngyuán)

• Danish: vægtløfter c
• Dutch: gewichtheffer (nl) m
• Finnish: painonnostaja (fi)
• French: haltérophile (fr) m
• Georgian: ძალოსანი (ʒalosani), შტანგისტი (šṭangisṭi)
• Greek: αρσιβαρίστας (el) m (arsivarístas)
• Hungarian: súlyemelő (hu)
• Japanese: 重量挙げ選手 (jūryōage senshu)
• Kazakh: зілтемірші (zıltemırşı)
• Macedonian: кре́вач на те́гови m (krévač na tégovi)
• Maori: kaimōkihi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vektløfter m

• Persian: وزنه‌بردار (fa) (vazne-bardâr)
• Polish: ciężarowiec (pl) m, sztangista (pl) m, sztangistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: levantador de peso m, levantador de pesos m,
• Romanian: halterofil (ro) m, halterofilă f
• Russian: штанги́ст (ru) m (štangíst), гиреви́к (ru) m (girevík), тяжелоатле́т (ru) m (tjaželoatlét)
• Spanish: halterófilo m
• Swedish: tyngdlyftare c
• Thai: นักยกน้ำหนัก (nák-yók-nám-nàk)
• Turkish: halterci (tr)

person who uses weights

• Czech: vzpěrač m
• German: Gewichtheber (de) m
• Maori: kaimōhiki