The delegation of the French Weightlifting Federation paid a visit to the IWF Secretariat. Marc Andrieux, President of the French Weightlifting Federation (FFHMFAC) and Alexandra Vigoureux, Administrative, Financial and Legal Director held a meeting with Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President to talk about major issues with regard to the cooperation of the two organizations. Several […]
At the Ceremony organized to honor “Bosnia and Herzegovina Best Athlete in 2013”, two young athletes and two weightlifting officials received high recognition. Zeljko Komsic, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina handed over the awards to the winners. In the category “Young Talent”, Ms. Amina MASIC (born in 1999) and Mr. Nermin Zecic (born in 1996) […]
Dika Toua from Papua New Guinea, Olympic Games representative 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, the 2006 Commonwealth Games silver medallist and eight times Oceania Champion , along with Jenly Wini from Solomon Islands, Oceania Champion in the 58kg category and 2012 Olympic representative, were presented the OWF Regional Coaching Diploma on Monday 20th January. Both women […]
The IWF regularly consults the leadership of the leading Weightlifting Federations. This time, the Delegation of the Russian Weightlifting Federation paid a visit to the IWF Secretariat to discuss topical items of the cooperation. IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan met the delegation which consisted of Sergey Syrtsov, RFWF President and Maxim Agapitov, RFWF Vice-President. In […]
The 1st official meeting of the Independent IWF Anti-Doping Commission was held on 29 January 2014 in Budapest in presence of Dr. Patrick Schamasch, Dr. Michael Petrou, Dr. Monika Ungar and Dr. Magdolna Trombitas. Mandated by the IWF Executive Board and Congress, the Anti-Doping Commission prepared the Action Plan to follow in the fight against […]