Preview of European Weightlifting Championships26.03.2009 It will be Bucharest (Romania) hosting the 90th edition (22nd for female) of European Weightlifting Championships, from the 3rd to the 12th of April 2009. After the great success of Beijing Olympic Games, the great champions of Weightlifting Sport on the continental platform come back. Numbers are so high: 250 […]
Nauru Olympic Committee appoints new President His Excellency, Marcus Stephen, OWF President has recently been elected President of the Nauru Olympic Committee for the next four years. Marcus is the only Head of State to have competed at three Olympic Games. He competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, 1996 Atlanta Olympics and at the 2000 […]
The Romanian Federation has prepared and launched the details for the 35th Men’s and 15th Women’s World Junior Weightlifting Championships, which will be held in Bucharest, 12-21 June 2009.You can download the Invitation, the Schedule and the Forms from this website. Regulation Preliminary Entry Form WOMEN Preliminary Entry Form MEN Final Entry Form WOMEN Final […]
In the time period 8-12 March, 2009 a coaching course was organized by the Weightlifting Federation of United Arab Emirates for local coaches and administrators of olympic lifting. The total number of participants was over 30 people, including 3 female coaches. The place of the course was a conference center with all the necessary high […]
Former Kronenzeitung sports journalist and AIPS member, 67-year-old Norbert Wallauch has been elected to the top position in the Austrian Weightlifting Federation. Wallauch, who was elected in Linz, follows Johann Parmetler as President. Between 2001 – 2007 Wallauch was the President of the International Powerlifting Federation. Officer bearers ÖGV 2009 – 2012 President : Norbert […]