Mrs. Boossaba Yodbangtoey, President of the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association and Executive Member of the Thai Olympic Committee assures the Weightlifting Family through the IWF that – despite the recent street protests – the organisation of the 1st EGAT Youth World Championships in ChiangMai will go ahead as planned, completely undisturbed.The events would have had […]
Zone one championships ???, Nigeria (not confirmed yet) Zone two championships 24-28/09 Sierra Leone Zone three championships 02-06/06 Mauritius African Championships (youth and junior) 26/07-02/08 Uganda African Championships (senior) 20-27/12 Libya (not confirmed yet) Zone One : Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Nigeria,Somalia, Central African Republic, Congo, Tanzania, Rwanda & Burundi, Sao Tome […]
The officially approved new logo of Weightlifting Federation of Africa is launched. The designer is En. Mohamed Juma Ramadan, deputy general secretary WFA.
Paul Coffa General Secretary of Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation officially informed us that after lengthy consultation with the Organising Committee of the 2009 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships for Senior and Junior the exact period is October 18th – 23rd, 2009. The host city of the Championships will be Penang (Malaysia). The program is as follows; October 18th […]
The newly elected Olympic Committee of Ethiopia is strengthened by President of Weightlifting Federation.Dr. Gobena Kebede. The board of high ranking officials: MR. BIRHAN KIDANEMARIAM – PRESIDENTMRS. BISRAT GASHAWTENA – 1ST VICE-PRESIDENTDR. GOBENA KEBEDE – VICE-PRESIDENTMRS. DAGMAWIT GIRMAY – GENERAL SECRETARYMR. GEBEYAW TAKELE – TREASURER