We are pleased to invite the weightlifting community to the first webinar series organized by ITA on behalf of IWF in 2022. In the course of 5 weeks, 5 webinars are provided covering the key Anti-Doping areas. The first webinar information are the following: Topic: Introduction to Anti-Doping (Including Overview of the system, rights and responsibilities, ADRVs ) […]
The XL Manuel Suarez International Tournament took place between 15-19 March 2022 in Havana, Cuba. At the event, which was also a qualifier for the Central American and Caribbean Games 2023, International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) was represented by Interim President, Dr. Michael Irani and General Secretary, Mohammed Jalood while the Pan American Weightlifting Confederation […]
After careful consideration due to the current COVID-19 situation in China, Chinese Weightlifting Association (CWA) have had to re-evaluate China’s ability to host the upcoming 2022 IWF World Championships. Given the much stricter COVID-19 prevention and control rules being implemented, which would mandate that all teams and officials would have to carry out a 21-day […]
It is with great sadness that we have learned the passing of Ibrahim Bangura, Sierra Leone Weightlifting Federation’s President. Next to his role in weightlifting, he was also the President of the Sierra Leone University Sports Federation. IWF is sending its deepest condolences to Sierra Leone Weightlifting Federation, to Weightlifting Federation of Africa […]
IWF is happy to announce that from 17th March 2022 the application within 2022 IWF Development Program is open for Member and Regional Federations. The deadline to submit applications is 6th April 2022. All the documents, including application form and the guidelines can be found here. Note that the mandatory documents to be submitted are: The […]