The 2017 IWF Youth World Championships will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, on 3-10 April. The deadline to send your Final Entry Forms and requested documents is 4 March 2017. All documents can be found on the IWF website, make sure to send them on time.
The Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA) organized its Electoral Congress in Algiers, ALG. 14 Member Federations participated and the IWF was represented by Dr. Tamas Ajan President together with Major Genral Intarat Yodbangtoey Vice President, Mr. Mohammed Hasan Jaloud Executive Board Member and Dr. Fathi Masmoudi Executive Board Member. Mustapha Berraf, President of National Olympic Committee […]
The documents for the Asian Championships to be held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 21 – 29 April, 2017 were uploaded. The Invitation and Regulations as well as all the forms are accessible through the Calendar.
Igor Ivanovich Nikitin is one of the best in weightlifting history, however not only his achievements made him an outstanding personality of the sport. The Russian champion is the only Olympic Silver medallist who can celebrate his birthday only in every four years. With that said, he born exactly 65 years ago, in a leap […]
Charles Robert Vinci Jr was born 84 years ago on February 28th, 1933. He is the last US Olympic Champion who won the Gold Medal. One of the best lifters of all times won first time at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games then at the Rome 1960 Olympic Games in men’s bantamweight of 56 kg […]
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