IWF President Dr. Tamás Aján and IWF Competition Director Attila Ádámfi had a technical visit in the city of Kosice, Slovakia where the 3rd Youth World Championships will be held in 2012 September. IWF representatives were welcomed by the President of the Slovakian Weightlifting Federation Pavel Mutafov, the Vice President Ján Stefanik, Technical Director Stefan […]
The International Weightlifting Federation has been informed with deep sorrow about the death of Waldemar Baszanowski this morning. He was one of the greatest weightlifting personalities ever and fantastic weightlifter. His results speak for themselves. Double Olympic Champion, several times World and European Champion, Waldemar Baszanowski lived an exemplary existence and by losing him, we […]
Siarhei Lahun, the 22 year old Belarus lifter died in tragic circumstances on 23 April 2011. Gold Medallist in 2007 at the Junior World Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic, Siarhei Lahun continued on the path of international success as a senior lifter. He competed in 2009 at the World Championships in Goyang, Korea where […]
Media experts and international weightlifting specialists are analyzing the results of the European Championships and the Asian Championships in order to make a comparison between the two events held at the same time; on two different continents; with different Technical Officials. In order to facilitate the work of professional analyzers, the IWF decided to produce […]