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IWF Development Funds kick off Nordic Athletes’ Commission work

The Nordic Weightlifting Federation (NWF) has modernized its constitution this fall to follow the new IWF Constitution. Modelling the IWF Athletes’ Commission the NWF has now an active Athletes’ Commission with ten active athletes, a male and a female representative from each member federation. Amongst themselves the athletes chose Katla Björk Ketilsdóttir (ISL) as the […]

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IWF Meets, Moves Towards Elections

Madrid, 30 January 2022; The International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) Member Federations met at a Special Congress held online today and approved key measures that will enable elections to be held as planned. The elections for the IWF’s leading bodies are scheduled for 25-26 June 2022. Among the measures approved were constitutional amendments to ensure a […]

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2022 IWF Junior World Championships – Heraklion, Greece

This year the IWF Junior World Championships will be held between 02-10 May 2022, in Heraklion, Crete.   The program of the Event is the following: 30 April – IWF Committee Meetings, Verification of Final Entries (Online) 01 May – IWF Executive Board Meeting, ITO Meeting 02-10 May – Competition Registration details The deadline for […]

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More Categories for Weightlifting at Mediterranean Games

The 2022 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the 19th Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran 2022, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to be held from 25 June to 5 July 2022 in Oran, Algeria. The Weightlifting competition will take place from 01 July to 04 July 2022. „I would like to thank the International Committee of Mediterranean […]

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IWF Constitution Translated Into Additional Languages As Governance Reform Continues

The IWF Constitution, independently-drafted and then approved by Member Federations in August 2021, has been translated to Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish as part of the IWF’s ongoing governance reform efforts. The implementation of the provisions of the new Constitution is well underway and the IWF will hold a Special Congress on 30 January, where the members of the independent Ethics and […]

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