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IWF Annual Book 2005 ? Centenary Issue

Compiled by IWF Honorary Life President Gottfried Schödl, the latest issue of the IWF Annual Book 2005 gives an account on the Centennial Year more comprehensive and detailed than ever before. Printed on 82 pages, the Annual Book reports on all the important events, world records, medal tables, Federation activities, etc. that marked the year […]

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2005 Annual World Ranking Lists published

1034 performances by 725 women from 90 countries, as well as 1758 results achieved by 1361 men from 125 nations constitue the 2005 Annual World Ranking Lists just published by the IWF Secretariat. The rankings are available on this website and are just being mailed out in a printed book format to the National Federations […]

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2008 Beijing Olympic Qualification System

Olympic Qualification for the 260 athlete slots at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games starts with this year’s World Championships in Santo Domingo. The detailed Olympic Qualification System is now published and downloadable from this website. IWF 2008 Beijing.doc

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WHEREABOUTS INFORMATION

IMPORTANT! WHEREABOUTS INFORMATION FOR FEBRUARY – MAY 2006 ! Please go to the link under: Sport & Organization / Anti-Doping Info / Whereabouts Data Forms

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Alert! – Voting about to be frustrated by irresponsible “voters”

When launching the “Lifters of the Year 2005” election, we hoped that last year’s disaster won’t repeat this time – when spam “voting cards” carrying only one name, that of Hossein Reza Zadeh – overloaded and paralysed the IWF’s communication system for weeks. Much to our dismay, however, we have to see that irresponsible people […]

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