Yannis Sgouros, IWF Honorary General Secretary and Prefect of Athens received the highest distinction in the Olympic Movement: the IOC’s Olympic Order, at a ceremony held in the Greek capital. The well-deserved award was presented to Mr. Sgouros by Mr. Lambis V. Nikolau, IOC Member for Greece. – Congratulations!
The Weightlifting Family wishes a very happy life together for Germany’s Olympic champion Matthias Steiner and his wife Inge! The two celebrities got married on 10th July and the wedding ceremony was combined with the baptism of the couple’s newborn son, Felix. (Photos courtesy Steiner/Dörr)
The Chinese Taipei teams proved to be most successful at the 2nd FISU World University Championships with both their men’s and the women’s teams. The 2010 WUC was concluded at the Taiwan National College of Physical Education in the country’s 3rd largest city, Taichung. With the participation slightly marred by the global economic crisis and […]
The host Chinese Taipei University Sport Federation, the Taiwan National College of Physical Education and the CTWA receive nothing but praise from the participants of the 2nd FISU World University Championships for providing perfect conditions in the city of Taichung. Indeed, both the accommodation, the board, the hospitality and the technical facilities are faultless and […]
The 2010 World University Weightlifting Championships – the first such world-scale event in this sport to be held in Taiwan – are about to open tomorrow, on 1st July, in Taichung City, TPE.The National Taiwan Sports University, the largest in the country, will host the Championships on 1-5 July 2010. The IWF is represented at […]