Once again, several Federations received donation of new equipment in the framework of the IWF Development Program 2017. Jordan, France, Paraguay and Libya also got new weightlifting barbell sets, besides the countries awarded earlier in 2017. The IWF gladly supports Member Federations every year with equipment most needed, and wishes all the weightlifters to grow […]
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From 11 Chilean athletes selected by the NOC and the IOC to receive the Olympic Solidarity Tokyo 2020 scholarship, two were weightlifters. Arley Mendez, triple world champion, and María Fernanda Valdez, gold medalist in clean and jerk in Anaheim, were notified of this decision last week and signed the respective contract with the President of […]
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There were 2 grand seminars arranged in dual sessions simultaneously for Technical Officials and Coaches during March 11th – 13th, 2018. Both seminars were officially cooperated amongst 3 sport bodies i.e. Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) and Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA). This seminar-workshop on weightlifting education events were internationally standardizing […]
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German weightlifting legend Rudolf Mang is dead. The silver medal winner of the 1972 Summer Olympics died in Munich on Monday (14.03.2018) evening at the age of 67 years as a result of a heart attack in his gym in Bellenberg, Bavaria. Known as the “Bear of Bellenberg” Mang won the silver medal in the […]
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The 2018 IWF World Championships Ashgabat, TKM will be held on 1-10 November. The IWF Executive Board will meet on 29-30 October while the Congress will be on 31 October.
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