The records in the men division (1973-1992) in junior world Olympic weightlifting (a sport in which the athlete attempts a maximum-weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates) shows that 56.7% of the participants were at the age of 20,  23.3% were at the age of 19, 10% were at the age 18, and 10% were 17.
AAU Junior Olympic Games, Annual competition for multiple sports sponsored by the US Amateur Athletic Union The first competition was held in 1975. The Junior World Weightlifting Championships is organised by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). Olympic weightlifting, a sport consisting of a single lift of a barbell with plates 
