It is our deep regret to inform the Weightlifting Family that Dominican Weightlifting has lost a great former athlete and National Team Coach, Mr. Plaiter Reyes. He passed away due to a heart attack. He was runner-up in Pan American and Central American and Caribbean Games in the +105kg bodyweight category. The IWF presents its […]
No.141 of WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING special issue on the IWF 2017 Electoral Congress is out. You can find the highlights of the Congress as well as all pictures of the Congress Delegates in the magazine. For more, read our interview with Mr. Intarat YODBANGTOEY, IWF 1st Vice President, Ms. Ursula PAPANDREA, 1st IWF Woman Vice President and […]
A coordination meeting was held in Strasbourg between the leaders of the French University Sport Federation and the French Weightlifting Federation, represented by President Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes, to prepare France’s bid to host the 7th FISU World University Weightlifting Championships in 2020.
Mr. ZHOU Jinqiang, the former First Vice President of Chinese Weightlifting Association, was elected as the President of the Chinese Weightlifting Association with unanimous vote during the Elections of the Chinese Weightlifting Association held in Beijing on July 13, 2017. Mr. ZHOU will take the role and responsibility of leading the weightlifting sport of China […]
Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President was received by Thomas Bach, IOC President at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne. IOC President congratulated Dr. Ajan on his reelection. Following the IOC decision, the meeting aimed to frame the future work of the 2 Working Groups to be put into place by the IWF in the most efficient […]