Forty years ago, in Moscow (RUS), the IWF Executive Board took a decision that would change the face of weightlifting: the acknowledgment that our International Federation needed to rule also on women competing in the sport. This was naturally the consequence of the increasing activity of female athletes around the world, who were missing a […]
The leaders of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) were this Saturday in the office of the IWF Secretary General Antonio Urso in San Marino in order to hold their annual auditors’ meeting. The EWF President Antonio Conflitti was accompanied by the EWF Secretary General Milan Mihajlovic and the EWF Treasurer Astrit Hasani. The members of […]
As the smallest country in the European Union and one of the tiniest nations in the world, Malta is not often in the news headlines. Sport is no exception to this rule. Until June 2022, the archipelago (located in the Mediterranean) hadn’t produced any world champion in Olympic sports. In Leon, Mexico, at the IWF […]
Following the recent change of dates of the 2023 IWF Grand Prix I in Havana (CUB), now taking place from June 8-18, the deadline to submit preliminary entries for the competition was also modified: it is now March 8, three months before the start of the event. The IWF has sent a Circular to all […]
The International Weightlifting Federation is pleased to announce the launch of the procedure to create a Refugee Team, comprised of three men and three women. Candidates to this team have now until March 25, 2023 to send their application form to the IWF, who will then decide on the composition of the Refugee Team. To […]