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The 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships was a powerlifting competition for male and female athletes with a disability. It was held in Mexico City in the Mexico and ran from 2 to 8 December. The event was held in the Gymnasium Juam de la Barrera.

This was the first time the competition had been held under the name 'World Para Powerlifting Championships'. On 30 November 2016, the International Paralympic Committee, which serves as the international federation for ten disability sports, including powerlifting, adopted the "World Para" brand for all ten sports. Prior to this the event was known as the IPC Powerlifting World Championships.

Competition
The 2017 IPC Powerlifting World Championships was the seventh championship in its series. Twenty lifting events were contested, with ten categories for both female and male competitors. Medals were given for first, second and third place.

Five countries dominated the results: Nigeria, Egypt, China, Iran and Russia. These five countries took home 41 of the total 60 medals, including 14 golds. Although Egypt led the medal table from day three, Nigeria finished atop the table with five golds after Precious Orji won the final women's event, the over 86kg category. Egypt won the most medals at the competition, with a total of 12, followed by Russia with 9.

Over the 20 events, 15 world records were equaled or surpassed. Some events saw world records broken multiple times, including both heaviest categories. Precious Orji broke her own world record three times to eventually lift 151kg, while in the men's event Siamand Rahman of Iran broke his own world record three times lifting 285.5kg. In the lower weights Egypt's Sherif Othman, in the -54kg category, surpassed the old world record of 181kg four times, finishing with a lift of 205kg.