Let’s make a list of Weightlifters to Follow on Instagram.
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Best Instagram Accounts by Country
Before we start, You Must Follow Hookgrip.
Shameless Plug: All Things Gym is @atginsta
The IWF official instagram: iwfnet
The Kazakhs:
- The Boss Ilya Ilyin is ilyailyin_official
- Rustem Sybay is rustemsybay
- Almas Uteshov is almas0105
- Svetlana Podobedova is svetlanapodobedova
- Vladimir Sedov is sedovvv
- Maya Maneza is mayamaneza
- Margarita Atabaeva is margo20m
- Zhassulan Kydyrbaev is zhassulan.kydyrbaev
- Denis Ulanov is deniscontrabondist
- Ermek Omirtay is ermekomirtay
- Alexandr Zaichikov is sasha_iwf92
- Aidar Kazov is aidarkazov
- Yevgeni Yevstafiev is kulay1987
The Russians:
- Dmitry Klokov is klokovd
- Apti Aukhadov is aukhadov
- Adam Maligov is adammaligov
- Timur Maligov is timur_maligov
- Khetag Khugaev is hetag.hyga
- Artem Okulov is okulllov
- Artem Ivanov is artemivanov_
- Dmitry Berestov is berestovdmitrii
- Dmitry Lapikov is lapikovd
- Antoniy Savchuk is anton23136
- Dmitry Khomyakov is KHOMYAKOVD
- Alexandr Ivanov‘s is ivanovalexander89
- Magomed Abuev’s account is magomedl
- Alexey Lovchev is lovchev_aleksey
- Oleg Chen is chenoleg
- Timur Naniev is tima_105
- Andrey Demanov is andreydemanov
- Nadezda Evstyukhina joined evstyukhina
- Oxana Slivenko is oxanaslivenko
- Khadzhimurat Akkaev is akkhad161
- Dmitry Klokov is klokovd
- Razmik Unanyan is razmik94
- Chingiz Mogushkov is mogushkovchingiz
- Vasiliy Polovnikov is polovnikovvasiliy
- Victor Getts is viktorgetts
- Vladislav Lukanin is vladislav.sochi84
- Rinat Kireev is kireevrinat
- Vladislav Rigert is rigertworkout
- Mikhail Koklyaev is Koklyaev_mikhail
- Tatiana Kashirina is tani240191
- Aleksandr Krasnov is krasnov_sascha
- Maksim Mironov is maksmironoff
- Maxim Sheyko is maxim_sheyko
- Aleksey Yufkin is artuch1
- Ruslan Albegov is albegov_ruslan
- Artur Mudurdumov is mugurdumov1988
- Egor Ivanov is egorka4822
- Ksenia Maksimova is maksimovak1
- Tatiana Matveeva is matveeva_tatiana_
- Marina Kaneva is mari7972
- Elena Sukhar is lena18089
- Olga Zubova is zubova.olga
- Nadezda Lomova is nadin245lomova
- Svetlana Tsarukaeva is svetlana_tsarukaeva555
- Olga Afanasyeva is olga_afanasjeva
- Lyaysan Makhiyanova is laysan102
- Marcel Guidea is marcelguidea
The Iranians:
- Behdad Salimi is behdadsalimi
- Kianoush Rostami is kianoush_rostami
- Rasoul Taghian is rasoultaghian
- Bahador Moulaei is bahadormoulaei
- Sohrab Moradi is ayoub.moradi
- Jaber Behrouzi is jaberbehrouzi
- Saeed Mohammadpour (Saeid Mohamadpur) is saeid.mohamadpur
- Mohsen Bahramzadeh is mohsenbahramzadeh
- Mohammadreza Barari is mohammadrezabarari_original
- Mohammad Reza Barari is mohammadreza_barari
The Americans (US):
- Pat Mendes is buffmendes
- Ian Wilson is iwilson1894
- Kendrick Farris is kendrickjfarris
- Clarence “CJ” Cummings is cummingzswagg
- Donovan Ford is dford_105
- D’Angelo Osorio is ooosorio
- Jon North is attitudenation
- Morghan King is kingmorghan
- James Tatum is jamestatumusa
- Travis Cooper is dozertdc
- Jared Fleming is jaredf94
- David Garcia is davidtheheavyweight
- Norik Vardanian is VardanianWeightlifting
- Colin Burns is burnscolin
- Caine Wilkes is thedragonwilkes
- Jenny Lyvette Arthur is jennylyvette
Mixed:
- Mart Seim is martseim
- Max Lang is max_lang_weightlifting
- Toshiki Yamamoto is toshikis160j200
- Benjamin Hennequin is hennequinbenjamin
- yangyang – (chinese weightlifting videos)
- Li Yajun is yajun1215
- Lydia Valentin is lydiavalentin
- Mohamed Ehab is mohamed_ehab_youssef
- Oleksiy Torokhtiy is torokhtiyo
- Bartłomiej Bonk is bartlomiej.bonk
- Simon Martirosyan is simon.martirosyan
- Daniel Dolega is danieldolega
- Arkadiusz Michalski is arekmichalski
- Richie Patterson is richie_patterson
- Yuliya Kalina is kalinka24101988
- Arturs Plesnieks is artursplesnieks
- Milko Tokola is milkotokola
- Anna Everi is anna_everi
- Zoe Pablo Smith is zoepablosmith
- Karen Tovmasjan is karentovmasjan
- Andres Mata is matandrs
- Mirco Scarantino (3rd at Worlds) is mircopesi
- Luis Mosquera (62kg Jr World Champions) is luisjavierhd16
- Carlos Andica is carlosandica
- Muhammad Begaliev is muhammadbegaliev
- Ruslan Nurudinov is rnurudinov
- Erkand Qerimaj is erkand_qerimaj
- Daniel Godelli is daniel_godelli666
- Carolina Valencia (Mexico’s 48kg) is krovalencia
- Cristina Iovu is iovucristina
- Fernando Reis is rreisfernando
Ilya Ilin, fairly active with selfies and travel photos – account name: ilyinilya
Ian Wilson, active with training photos and videos – account name: iwilson1894
Thanks John. Added them.
Gregor, the Ilya Ilyin account you have listed is a fake. I think that’s what this guy was trying to say. You have ilyailyin4ever listed but his actually account is ilyinilya4ever.
Thanks fixed
Diane Fu – dianefu
Juggernaut Training Systems – juggernauttraining
Talia VanDoran – littlemissironmiss
Kalle Beck -letkallelift
USA Weightlifting – usa-weightlifting
Kendrick J. Farris – kendrickjfarris
Stephanie Ainsworth – lbebsg78kg
Hookgrip – hookgrip
Chyna Cho – chynacho
Yatin Parasher – yatinparasher
Streaky Yates – lbebstreaky
Rasmus Thorø – Coachthor
Also a great guy, hes a gymnastics and personal trainer with heavy emphasis on improving body composition.
Jared Flemming – jaredf94
Two upcoming danish crossfitters – account: Thecrossfitjourney
Not to brag- but myself, jeffleemoon.. tall skinny 69kg wanna bee OLY lifter… M.S in Human Movement… vegetarian based diet/CrossFit director. New to IG and trying to start a “movement”
Kevin Cornell kevincornellfit he has some training vids and sots press vids
dont forget about the rock http://instagram.com/therock.
Tima Turieva (2013 World Champion, 2014 European Champion) – 1992tima
Adam Maligov (bronze medalist at 2014 European Championship) – adammaligov
Andrey Demanov (2x European Champion) – andreydemanov
Dmitry Berestov (Olympic Games 2004 winner) – berestov_dmitriy
Alexander Ivanov(2x World Champion, silver medalist of Olympic Games 2012) – ivanovalexander89
Julia Konovalova (silver medalist at 2014 European Championship) – konovalovajul
Razmik Unanyan(bronze medalist at 2014 European Championship) – razmik94
Timur Naniev (silver medalist at 2014 European Championship) – __nanik__
Vladimir Safonov (trainer of Vasiliy Polovnikov, Oxana Slivenko and Julia Konovalova) – vladimirsafonov73
Japanese beast Toshiki Yamamoto: toshikis160j200