The Serbian Weightlifting Federation Electoral Congress was held on 29 December 2016 in the City of Belgrade. Elected board members for the period of 2016 – 2020 are: President: Milan V. Mihajlovic General Secretary: Rita Spajzer Vice President: Branko Calic Board Members: Zoltan Kajdoci, Novica Milenkovic, Milan Spasic, Zeljko Aleksic. Congratulations to all the elected […]
The Mexican Weightlifting Federation Elections were held on 7th January 2017. 34 associations of the country attended and Dr. Rosalio Antonio Alvarado Del Angel was reelected unanimously as President of the Federation. He received full support from the Members to continue his presidency from 7th January 2017 until 7th January 2021. Congratulations to all the elected […]
On January 7th, the greatest weightlifter of our times would have been 75 years old. The super heavyweight category weightlifter began practicing weightlifting at the age of 18; even so he reached outstanding accomplishments as a member of the Soviet Team he has two Olympics, eight- eight World and European Championships Medals. It was the […]
In October 2015, the Trinidad and Tobago Weightlifting Federation working in partnership with University of Trinidad and Tobago was pleased to announce the first credited weightlifting foundation research course recognized by the International Weightlifting Federation. The event was a huge success. Going for gold has been sponsored by the IWF in October 2016. The outcome […]
NBA basketball club New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis and heptathlete Laura Ikauniece-Admidina were named the Athletes of the Year at the 12th Latvian Annual Sports Awards ceremony in December, 2016. The other contenders were skeleton racer Martins Dukurs and his brother Tomass Dukurs, boxer Mairis Briedis, bobsledder Oskars Melbardis, and sprint canoer Aleksejs Rumjancevs. […]