Prior to the 2012 President’s Cup St. Petersburg, Russia the Russian Weightlifting Federation held a press conference in the presence of the IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan. This competition organized now for the second time became the first international scale weightlifting event in Russia. In 2011 Belgorod, 5 World Records were broken, and top class […]
Receiving a gold medal in your sport is always a big moment in your sport career. Hungarian weightlifter Peter Nagy got close at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China, but had to settle for the silver in the +105kg category. The gold originally went to Egyptian athlete Mohamed Massoud Ihssan who after testing proved […]
FISU and IWF have extended the deadline for submitting Entries to the 3rd World University Championships in Eilat, Israel until 11 October 2012. Last-minute entries can therefore be submitted only by National University Sports Organisations (FISU members) online: http://wuc.in-1.it/ The Championships will take place 5-9 November 2012.
In the framework of the Regional IWF Development program, a Coaching and Referee Seminar was held in Nairobi, Kenya jointly by the Confederation of Eastern and Central Africa Weightlifting and the Kenya Weightlifting Federation. The lectures were held by Mr. Kyle Pierce, Member of the IWF Coaching and Research Committee and official expert of IWF […]
On the mission of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov has awarded the Member of the International Olympic Committee and the President of the International Weightlifting Federation Tamas Ajan the Dostyk order of the 2nd degree. The head of state expressed his gratitude to Tamas Ajan for his personal contribution […]