Mr. Juan Santana, former President of the Puerto Rican Weightlifting Federation has passed away and for this we are all in mourning. He was also NORCECA President for years before Murray Levin and competed as Grand Master well over his 80 years of natural age. He will be remembered as someone being part of our […]
IWF has reasserted its commitment to fighting illegal betting, match-fixing and corruption in sport by signing up to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Integrity Betting Intelligence System (IBIS). As an intelligence-sharing digital platform, IBIS will enable the IWF and its Member Federations to access an extensive network of monitoring and data-sharing across sports, event owners […]
The Final Entry List for the 2015 IWF Junior Championships has been published on our website. Check it out here! Please make sure to attend the Verification of the Final Entries on 4 June at 19:00 CET.
The decision was confirmed to the Thailand Weightlifting Association (TAWA) from the Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF). The move follows the recent cancellation of the original plan to hold the event in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal. Kathmandu was to host the event – the 26th Asian Championships for women and the 45th for men – in […]
The Entries closed for the Pacific Games as the Pacific Games Council concluded the nomination period for the 28 participating sports. In weightlifting, 78 athletes took part in the Games held in Noumea (50 Men and 28 women), 77 in Samoa (49 Men and 28 Women), 86 in Fiji (55 Men and 31 Women), while […]