Malaysia’s Nor Azimah Bahauddin has been selected to be an International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting Classifiers for the International Powerlifting Competition (an IPC Powerlifting approved competition), to take place in Amman, Jordan next year.

In Powerlifting, athletes must lower the bar to the chest, hold it motionless on the chest and then press it upwards to arms length with locked elbows. The bench press is the only discipline with 10 different categories based on body weight. The athletes are given three attempts and the winner is the athlete who lifts the highest number of kilograms.

• Men compete in the 48kg, 52kg, 56kg, 60kg, 67.5kg, 75kg, 82.5kg, 90kg, 100kg and +100kg divisions.
• Women compete in the 40kg, 44kg, 48kg, 52kg, 56kg, 60kg, 67.5kg, 75kg, 82.5kg and +82.5kg divisions.

From the moment the name of the athlete is announced with name, country, attempt and weight on the bar, the competitor has two minutes to complete the attempt. Each athlete has three attempts.

International classification for the International Powerlifting Competition will take place on 20-21 July 2011, while the competition will be from 20-28 July 2011.

In order to become a classifier, a person needs to be at least a medical doctor or physiotherapist. For a full list of classifiers, go to http://bit.ly/plIOQg.