Shortly after his retirement (prior to the 2008 Olympic Games) due to health reasons, Iran’s two-times superheavyweight Olympic Champion Hossein Rezazadeh was appointed as the Head Coach of the Iranian team. His first trip abroad in this new function took him to Hungary, where a mini national team are having a training camp at the National […]
National Federations can order and buy the licence stamps 2009-2012 for their international referees from the IWF Secretariat against payment of the following new fees: Referee Licence Cat. 1 – US$200Referee Licence Cat. 2 – US$100 Any new referee card (whether Cat. 2 or Cat. 1) costs US$200 – including the licence. Please don’t forget […]
The 1st FISU World University Weightlifting Championships website is now in operation: http://wuwl2008.duth.gr The Championships to be held under the auspices of FISU and IWF co-operation and technical surveillance will take place at the Democritus University of Thrace in Komotini, North-Eastern Greece. National Weightlifting Federations are requested to submit entries through their National University Sport […]
In his letter addressed to the IWF President, Dr. Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, highly appreciated the efforts and contributions of the Weightlifting Federation to the great success of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
President Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes announced that the French Weightlifting Federation will host the 1st Women’s International Tournament “Monique Maurice Memorial” on 15 November 2008. The Tournament is to commemorate Mme Maurice, international referee and activist of the Federation, deceased two years ago in an accident. Participation in the Tournament is by invitation and the top three […]