Gayle Hatch has been named head coach of the USA men’s weightlifting team that will be competing Nov. 23 to Nov. 28 in Seoul, Korea. Hatch served as the head coach of the 2004 men’s U.S. Olympic weightlifting team that competed in Athens, Greece.
The English Committee of the BWLA are pleased to announce the appointment of Maggie Lynes as the Weightlifting Team Manager for the 2010 Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held in October 2010 in Delhi, India. Maggie was a competitor in the early 1990’s winning silver medal at the 1990 European Senior Championships, and gold in […]
The BWLA Annual General Meeting elected Louis Martin MBE as President of BWLA. Louis was an outstanding weightlifting competitor from the late 1950’s to the early 1970’s. During this time, Louis was four World Championship titles 1959, 1961, 1963 and 1965. Louis won silver at the 1964 Olympic Games and bronze at the 1968 Olympic […]
The BWLA offices are relocated to Leeds with World Class Lifting; and Joyce Marufu will take full responsibility for administration services. The new address is: BWLA, 110 Cavendish, Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, Leeds, LS6 3QS.Telephone Number: 01138127098. The email for Joyce at present is Joyce.marufu@nullworldclasslifting.org
Qi Xihui of Hunan waves to the audience during the awarding ceremony for the women’s weightlifting over 75kg category in the 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan, East China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 20, 2009. Qi won the gold medal with a total of 324kg. (Xinhua)