John Basil Terpak, a weightlifting legend from the United States of America, was born one hundred and five years ago on July 4th, 1912. Although he could not make it to the podium at any Olympic Games, he received many Medals on the occasion of different World Championships. He participated at the 1936 Olympic Games […]
After a successful Junior World Championships in Tokyo, Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President and Attila Adamfi, IWF Director General extended their stay to have further discussions with the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee. Different functional areas headed by Koji Murofushi, Tokyo 2020 Sport Director paid a visit to the JWC to gain better understanding of weightlifting and […]
The iconic lifter Tommy Kono who passed away last year was born 87 years ago on 27 June 1930. Born in Sacramento under the name Tamio Kono’s family was of Japanese descent. They were relocated to Tuke Lake internment camp during World War II. It was there that he was introduced to weightlifting. Kono had […]
The second issue of the South American Weightlifting Confederation Magazine is out and available online. It contains information about the latest competitions held in South America as well as the 2017 IWF Youth World Championships. An Olympic overview also highlights the South American athletes’ participation while a summary about the modification of the IWF Technical and […]
An inspection visit for the 2018 FISU World University Championships that took place over the weekend in Biala Podlaska, Poland, promises very compact and convenient Championships for the academic student weightlifters next year. FISU Technical Delegate for Weightlifting, Anikó Németh-Móra confirmed: “For a city of merely 58,000 inhabitants, of which minimum of 4,000 students, Biala […]