The 2012 Women and Sport Awards were presented on the opening day of the 5th IOC World Conference on Women and Sport, with India’s Manisha Malhotra winning the World Trophy for her commitment to helping disadvantaged girls progress through sport. The five continental winners were Peninnah Aligawesa Kabenge (Africa), the Bradesco Sports and Education Progamme [...]
5th IOC World Conference on Women and Sport held in Los Angeles, California
Participants in the 5th IOC World Conference on Women and Sport called on sports leaders to take a more proactive role in advancing the cause of women in and through sport as the event came to a close in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday. The IWF was represented by Ms. Celsa Alvarez Suarez (ESP), Member [...]
Review of the World Anti-Doping Code
Montreal, February 15, 2012 Dear WADA Stakeholder, As you will be aware, the Code Review Process commenced on 28 November, 2011. Correspondence was sent to all stakeholders informing them of the review and drafting process that will continue over the next two years, with three rounds of consultation and culminating in the World Conference in [...]
Deadline for the 2012 IWF Development Program
The IWF continues supporting the National and Continental/Regional Federations in 2012 in the framework of the IWF Development Program. We remind you that the deadline to return the completed forms will expire on 20 February 2012. Please send the filled in documents available here to ten.tenfwinull@tnempoleved
Chile Weightlifting Federation Vice-President visited the IWF Secretariat
Italo Barattini, Chile Weightlifting Federation Vice-President and Category 1 International Technical Official paid a visit to the IWF Secretariat in order to discuss different matters concerning the development of weightlifting in Chile. Further to that, several ongoing issues were raised during the conversation pointing out the importance and future possibilities of grassroots development.
IWF Anti-Doping Policy working group
Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President following his statement on the IWF Congress at the 2011 IWF World Championships Paris, France, called an expert meeting in Budapest in order to launch the review process of the IWF Anti-Doping Policy. Experts such as the IOC Medical Director, WADA Legal Director and WADA European Regional Office and International [...]
Winners of the 2011 Lifter of the Year voting: Two Russians!
At World Weightlifting’s traditional election of the Best Lifter of the Year, the majority of voters – 525! – agreed that the “Jeno Boskovics Challenge Trophy” for Women in 2011 should go to Svetlana Tsarukaeva from Russia. Tsarukaeva collected altogether 4,087 points – winning with a colossal advantage. Also Russian Khadzimurat Akkaev turned out to [...]
WADA Media Symposium
WADA held a Media Symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland on 7 February where the IWF was represented by Lilla Rozgonyi, IWF Communication Assistant. The Hon. John Fahey, WADA President held a lecture entitled “WADA in 2012”. David Howman, WADA Director General explained “The challenges facing anti-doping in 2012 and how WADA will respond to those challenges”. [...]
IWF Technical Visit in Almaty
IWF Competition Director, Attila Adamfi recently paid a visit to the headquarters of the Kazakh Weightlifting Federation in order to discuss several details in regard to the 2014 IWF World Championships to be organized in Astana. The Federation was represented by Mrs. Gapura Turlykhanova, Vice President, Mr. Alexei Ni, Executive Board Member and Head Coach [...]
The Hellenic Weightlifting Federation has high ambitions
The Hellenic Weightlifting Federation (HWF) President Pyrros Dimas, three times Olympic Champion and bronze medallist made an official visit to the IWF Secretariat with Tasos Papachristou Communication Director in order to discuss cooperation opportunities between the two organizations. Pyrros Dimas, with his achievements highly contributes to the success of the IWF Anti-Doping Campaign launched during [...]
Junior World Championships and Pan American Olympic Qualification Event TIMETABLE
We re pleased to inform you that the Timetable of the forthcoming Junior World Championships and Pan American Olympic Qualification Event to be held in Antigua Guatemala in May 2012 is already available. Click here to download. Further documents to be published soon. Les informamos con mucho placer que el Programa del Campeonato Mundial Juvenil [...]
Manufacturer identifications on the Olympic Games uniforms
We draw your attention to Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter regarding the advertising – manufacturer identifications on the uniforms. The IOC Executive Board determines the principles and conditions under which any form of advertising or other publicity may be authorised. No form of publicity or propaganda, commercial or otherwise, may appear on persons, on [...]
