Twice Olympic Technical Official and indispensable at major weightlifting events organized in Canada, Philippe Hedrich died on 15 December. As informed by his lifetime friend, Philippe Saint-Cyr, Mr. Hedrich came from France to Canada in the early 60s. He first started to lift weights in France and he got involved quickly with weightlifting in Quebec. […]
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An IWF Technical Officials Education Seminar was organised by the Uganda Weightlifting Federation under the auspices of the International Weightlifting Federation Development Programme in November at the National Olympic Committee in Kampala. The federation welcomed participants from within the country, including coaches (both individuals and clubs), technical officials, administrators, managers and athletes. Mr Milan Mihajlovic, IWF Technical […]
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The 2019 ‘Shengxin’ IWF World Cup, a Silver Level Qualification event for Tokyo 2020 was successfully declared on the 12th of December with towering success for China over the other 20 participating countries. After the highly successful World Cup in Fuzhou, China delivered the second of such event within one year. This time Tianjin, “The Diamond […]
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The Arabic Weightlifting Federation held its elections on 13 December in Doha, Qatar on the occasion of the 6th International Qatar International Cup. The President Mr. Mohamed Yousef Al Mana (QAT) was re-elected unanimously for another term by the delegates of 19 countries present at the Election. Mr. Mohamed Jaloud, IWF General Secretary’s position as […]
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A meeting of the IOC Executive Board in Lausanne last week approved a significant increase in the quotas for young male and female weightlifters at the Dakar 2022 Youth Olympic Games. The total number of weightlifters will rise to 144, from 110 at Buenos Aires 2018, with an equal number of places for boys and […]
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