International Weightlifting Federation RSS



IWF Vice President paid a visit to Budapest

Mr. Jose Quinones, Vice President of the IWF, President of the South American Weightlifting Confederation paid a visit to the IWF Headquarters in Budapest. He discussed with IWF President, Dr. Tamas Ajan some details on the South American Junior and Youth Championships to be held in Lima, Peru. It will be a special event as the Under 15, Under […]

Continue reading



Accreditation System open for 2018 FISU World University Championships in Poland

Exactly one year before the event, the FISU Online Accreditation System is open for registration to the next FISU WUC to be held in Biala Podlaska, Poland, next September. Link: https://accreditation.fisu.net/Pages/Home.aspx The host Polish Academic Sport Association (A.S.Z.) which received the FISU Award for best University Sport Federation of the Year 2016 and the organising University, the […]

Continue reading



EWF Training Camp and Seminar in 2017 Berlin Olympic Training Centre

The German Weightlifting Federation hosted a total 64 participants at the training camp from 14 EWF Federations. Weightlifters started their day with calisthenics exercises and after breakfast they left for the weightlifting hall for morning training and afternoon weightlifting training. In the weightlifting training, German WF Scientists Dr. Jürgen Lippmann and Jan Patzke introduced a biomechanical […]

Continue reading



7 DAYS – 2017 IWF World Championship Preliminary Deadline

Dear National Federations, Please be reminded that the Preliminary Entry Form for the 2017 IWF World Championships in Anaheim, California, USA is due 27 SEPTEMBER 2017. You can find the entry forms at the following link. We invite all National Federations to send their Preliminary Entry Forms to the USA Weightlifting (registration@nullwwcanaheim.com) and to the IWF Secretariat […]

Continue reading



WFA Coaching Training Education Course in Cairo, EGYPT

In the framework of the IWF Continental Contribution the WFA held a Coaching Training Education course in Cairo, Egypt on 21-27 August with 25 participants. The well known lecturers gave presentations in their field of expertise. Dr. Ali Ramadan on Anti-Doping (“The supplements and its impact on the athletes”),  Dr. Wail El Aasar on Nutrition (“How to maintain the useful nutrition […]

Continue reading