Regarding the participation, voting and candidate-nominating rights of the IWF members at the upcoming IWF Electoral Congress in Madrid (31 March – 1 April 2009), and with reference to Article 18 of the Constitution, the IWF Executive Board took the following unanimous decision: In order to be eligible to vote and present candidates for election at […]
Today, on 19 February 2009, the IWF Executive Board started its 2-day meeting in Budapest, Hungary. Dr. Ottó Török, State Secretary of Sport welcomed the Board in the city where the IWF has been headquartered for 32 years, under the leadership of President Dr. Tamás Aján.Among the first decisions of the Board was to replace […]
Countries with positive lifters between 1st January and 31st December 2008.: ARM 3 In-Competition BIH 1 In-Competition BLR 1 Out-of-Competition BRA 1 In-Competition BUL 12 Out-of-Competition CHI 1 In-Competition CUB 2 In-Competition DOM 2 In-Competition GRE 11 Out-of-Competition IND 1 Out-of-Competition IRI 1 In-Competition IRQ 4 In-Competition JOR 2 In-Competition KAZ 1 In-Competition KGZ 1 […]
2008 Lifters of the Year: Liu Chunhong and Matthias Steiner At the end of 2008, World Weightlifting, the International Weightlifting Federation’s official quarterly – according to its traditions – asked the weightlifting public of the world to vote for the best weightlifters of the year. It was the 27th Lifter of the Year election […]
The Electoral Congress of the Weightlifting Federation of Africa, held under the auspices of the IWF on 5th February 2009 in Tunis, Tunisia, elected the new leadership of the Federation for the next term. The Congress, initiated by the IWF to replace the inconclusive Electoral Congress held in Egypt last October, was chaired by IWF […]