Olympian weightlifter Hoang Anh Tuan has been presented with the Labour Order, Second Class, for his contributions to sport after winning silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the men’s 56kg category.Tuan was presented with the State award at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 29 to honour the best sportspeople and disabled athletes […]
Norwegian Weightlifting Federation President Per Mattingsdal and Ms Trine Selbek Secretary General have been reconfirmed in their positions for the next quadrennium.
Interview with the 1st Vice President of IWF – How could you sum up your opinion about the last four years IWF work? – From a technical point of view I can never be satisfied. Never. No matter how much work we do, no matter how much innovations, how much changes we made, we can […]
Today, on 29 March 2009, at the General Assembly of the French Weightlifting Federation (FFHMFAC), one of the world’s largest and oldest, Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes was re-elected as President for another term with 93% of the votes.President Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes has chaired various Organising Committees for World and Continental Championships and the French Federation will be the […]
Jose Quinones, President of the Peruvian Weightlifting Federation, was elected as President of his country’s National Olympic Committee. Under his chairmanship, Peru was the host of the 2007 University World Cup and the Pan-American Olympic Qualification Championships in 2008.