1983-2013 This Year Women’s Weightlifting marks its 30 years Anniversary. Considered as a big novelty at that time, Women showed great determination to participate in this sport, traditionally considered as masculine. Women wanted to compete and most of all they wanted equality. In 1983, the IWF Executive Board unanimously accepted to control Women’s Weightlifting and […]
Women’s 53kg The 20 year old LI Yayun (CHN) Snatched 105kg at the Chinese National competition that finished just one month ago. She tried to break the Junior and Senior World Record in the Snatch here with 104kg, but couldn’t succeed. IOVU Cristina (AZE) wanted to challenge LI, and followed her closely. They lifted exactly […]
The IWF held an Education Seminar today at the Orbis Hotel. More than 60 participants from approximately 25 countries attended the high level Seminar with the professional lecturers. Dr. Michael Irani, IWF MC Chairman and Executive Board Member, Mr. Kyle Pierce, CRC Member and University professor, Mr. Attila Adamfi, IWF Competition Director, Dr. Monika Ungar, […]
First competition day at the 2013 IWF World Championships in Wroclaw started with the crowning of TAN Yayun (CHN) in the Women’s 48kg bodyweight category. After 2 missed attempts on 84kg in the Snatch, the Chinese lifter finally managed to control the barbell at the third. Very confident, with her first attempt in the Clean […]
To comply with the IWF Constitution, the Member Federations which govern sports other than weightlifting – powerlifting, bodybuilding or any other – shall separate their entities and form Member Federations exclusively governing the Olympic sport of weightlifting. The EB approved the Qualification System for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games based on the IOC […]