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Southeast Asian Weightlifting Federation (SEAWF) Elections

On June 25th, 2015 SEAWF Members voted unanimously to elect Mr. Kosit Paliwan – Executive Board Member of Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA) – as a new President and Dr. Meechai Inwood – Advisory Board Member of TAWA – as a new General Secretary of SEAWF at the SEAWF General Congress. There were 8 national federations from ASEAN countries i.e. CAM, INA, MAS, MYA, PHI, SIN, THA and VIE. The International Weightlifting Federation was represented by Major General Intarat YODBANGTOEY and the AWF Official Representative was Mr. Mohamed JALOUD.

The 1st Southeast Asian Weightlifting Championships had grand opening ceremony at Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province being a world’s heritage site of UNESCO.