Venezuelan athletes Betsi Rivas (second from the left) and Junior Sánchez (third from the left) have received their Olympic diplomas, rewarding their weightlifting performances at the London Games. The award ceremony took place at the headquarters of the Venezuelan NOC, in the presence of NOC President Eduardo Álvarez; the President of the national weightlifting federation, […]
The 2012 IWF Youth World Championships will be held in Kosice, Slovakia from 16-22 September. The Venue hosting the competition is the Spolocenský Pavilon. Richard Rasi, Mayor of Kosice warmly welcome all participants to this great event contributing to the promotion of weightlifting sport to a younger generation. “I am convinced that this championship will […]
The IWF Grand Prix – President’s Cup will be held from 12 to 14 October, 2012 in St. Petersburg, Russia at the Palace of Sports “Yubileyniy”. Mr. Attila Adamfi, IWF Competition Director made an official Technical visit to St. Petersburg in order to finalize with Mr. Anton Kislyakov, Russian Weightlifting Federation Vice President the latest […]
USA Weightlifting is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Massik as its CEO. Michael joins the USAW having had a very deep background in NGB leadership and Olympic movement. For the past four years, he was a principal with Massik-Burton LLC, a firm that provides consulting services to multiple National Governing Bodies. Prior to […]
Weightlifters all around the world participated in days of celebrations returning to their home countries after the London 2012 Olympic Games with their Olympic Medals. The story was different for the Iranian weightlifters, who displayed solidarity and fair play to help the victims of twin earthquakes that jolted the country’s northwestern in the East Azerbaijan […]