After the two days Executive Board Meeting, the IWF held its Congress in Paris, France.Reports of the IWF President, General Secretary and IWF Committees were approved. Dr. Tamás Aján thanked the effective and productive involvement and engagement of the 3 Committees, their Chairmen and Members. Dates and places of the 2012 Continental Championships and Olympic […]
IWF Disneyland for the 22nd edition for Women World Championships. In Antalya we had 203 lifters of 50 countries. The previous records are 231 athletes of 53 countries. Among men there are 327 lifters to compete representing 81 nations. In Antalya there were 312 lifters from 63 countries. The most popular categories are women 53 […]
During its Meeting in Paris, France, the Executive Board of the IWF allocated the future World Championships: Senior World Weightlifting Championships 2013 Warsaw, Poland2014 Astana, KAZ2015 Houston, USA Junior World Weightlifting Championships2013 Lima, PER2014 St. Petersburg / Vladivostok, RUS 2015 Warsaw, Poland Youth Weightlifting Championships2013 Tashkent, UZB
In accordance with the decision taken on the 14th September 2010, the IWF Executive Board on the 3rd November 2011 reconfirmed that NFs who have not submitted their whereabouts information according to the IWF Anti-Doping Policy, and despite following repeated warnings, cannot participate in the 2011 IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Paris, France. The countries […]
The weightlifter Fernando Reis made history of his sport in Brazil. His was the first gold medal of the country in weightlifting in the category above 105 kg at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Fernando went on a diet heavy in recent months of fattening. He gained 30 pounds in a year and […]