His Excellency, Marcus Stephen, former World Championship silver medallist, President of the Republic of Nauru, OWF President and IWF Executive Board Member recently addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on issues of environmental protection.
The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved the sports competitions programme for the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to be held in Singapore in 2010, as well as the qualification system for each event. Some 3,594 athletes will compete in Singapore in 26 sports comprising 201 events. The number of sports […]
Dr. Tamás Aján, IWF President met Mr. Paul Coffa, General Secretary of the Oceania and Commonwealth Weightlifting Federations at his office in Budapest.In recent weeks the President welcomed several visitors at the IWF headquarters: among them Maj.Gen. Intarat Yodbangtoey and Mr. Dragomir Cioroslan, IWF Vice Presidents; Sheikh Sultan Bin Mejren, Asian Weightlifting Federation President and IWF […]
A very high standard of weightlifting performance throughout all categories and impressive turnouts characterized the 1st World University Championships held in Komotini, Greece, 25-28 November 2008. Exceeding all previous figures in the IWF University World Cups, at this first official FISU-controlled World Championships 56 female students participated from 23 countries, whereas 103 men took part […]
Satisfied with the great success of the 1st FISU World University Weightlifting Championships just running in Greece, the International University Sport Federation (FISU) wishes to allocate the 2nd edition to be held in 2010. Prospective organisers, i.e. National University Sports Federations affiliated to FISU may send their application to the FISU headquarters: championships@nullfisu.net