IWF Honorary Life Vice President Wolfgang PETER (GER) just turned 90 years old! Mr. Peter was first elected to the IWF Executive Board in 1976 and served for 20 years including being 1st Vice President and President of the Medical Committee. In 1994 he became a Member of the Weightlifting Hall of Fame. The IWF […]
Sunday was a special for David Rigert as he turned 70. The Russian-German, born in the land of Kazahstan started his weightlifting career in 1966 following the coaching technic of Arkady Vorobyov. In 1969, he got the chance to meet the famous athlete – who later turned to be coach – Michael Rudolf Plukfelder, who helped […]
The European Weightlifting Federation with the cooperation of Weightlifting Federation of Slovakia organized a Coaches Scientific Conference supported by International Weightlifting Federation. The first day started with the opening speeches of Dr. Antonio Urso EWF President, Mr. Richard Rasi Mayor of Kosice, Mr. Anton Siekel President of Slovak Olympic Committee, Mr. Attila Adamfi IWF Director […]
A Test Event has been held for the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei City, which will be the host of the FISU Games, the second largest sporting event of the world after the Olympic Games, this coming August. The competitions took place in the Universiade venue at the Tamkang University. A 2-day IWF Seminar preceded […]
This International Women’s Month, several organizations honored some women from the Philippines who excel in showbiz, art, sports, science, business, and other previously male-dominated fields. On March 8, International Women’s Day, multinational agency J. Walter Thompson gathered the following women leaders to empower the next generation of Filipinas: Hidilyn Diaz, Armie Jarin-Bennett, Pia Cayetano and […]