The IOC published its Report on the London 2012 Olympic Games including Weightlifting data. The IWF also publish its Report with regard to the Weightlifting event. You can find both Reports under the London 2012 section: http://www.iwf.net/london2012/london-2012-olympic-games/ To relieve the excitement of the Games check out the IOC videos on Youtube Weightlifting Images Best of [...]

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) held its General Assembly in Lausanne on June 15th 2013 chaired by the ANOC President H.E. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah. IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan participated in the ANOC General Assembly where 800 delegates from the 204 National Olympic Committees as well as other Presidents of the Olympic [...]

Since the Electoral Congress in Moscow, the first official visit at the IWF was Dr. Antonio Urso, President of the European Weightlifting Federation. “I came here to honor your victory” Dr. Urso said to the IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan. The meeting included an analysis and evaluation of the elections; and they discussed ways to [...]

IWF EWF “Weightlifting for Sports, Club Coach” ended on 9 June 2013 in Halmstad Sweden. The launch of this course is a result of International Weightlifting Federation and the European Weightlifting Federation implementing a standard coaching curriculum for all coaches. The first level of the course out of the four concluded with 36 Participants from [...]

SASCOC on Wednesday announced their latest and updated athlete support system for the country’s leading Olympic and Paralympic sportsmen and women at a function at Olympic House, Johannesburg. This follows a successful Olympic and Paralympic Games in London last year where our Olympians returned with six medals and our Paralympians won 29 medals. Immediately after [...]

A significant competition, the 49th Alps-Adria Tournament was held in Sarajevo on the 1st June 2013. The host city Sarajevo and the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina gave very good hospitality for the participating teams and organized a successful tournament. Teams participated from the following countries: 1. Bosnia and Herzegovina 2. Croatia 3. Veneto In [...]

On the occasion of the IOC EB-ASOIF Joint Meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, the IOC presented the new grouping of the 28 sports federations on the programme of the Summer Olympic Games in Rio 2016. On the request of the ASOIF, the IOC has conducted a complex study and reevaluated the International Federations to determine [...]

The world of sport met again this year at the SportAccord Convention. The conference took place in Saint Petersburg and gave immense opportunities for the delegates to build new business relationships, promote their sports and services as well as work on developing new projects. Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President, Mr. Ma Wenguang, IWF General Secretary [...]

The President of the Kenya Weightlifting Association Mr. Pius Ochieng was elected as second Vice Chairman of the NOC-Kenya. This is a major milestone in the development of weightlifting sport in Kenya. Dr. Kipchoge Keino was reelected as President.

From 27th May to 2nd June, the Russian Championships are being held in Kazan, capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. The Championships inaugurate the renewed and revamped ‘AK Bure’ ice hockey hall, the venue of weightlifting at the 2013 FISU Summer Universiade. Weightlifting will be one of the 27 sports to feature on the program [...]

15th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships The 15th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships are being held in Doha, Qatar from 26th May till 2nd June 2013. The Weightlifting events of the Arab Championships are held at the Al Sadd Sports Club. Weightlifters are competing in two periods. Men are competing at the morning sessions in the 50kg [...]

Mr. Mohamed Yousef Al Mana, President of Qatar Weightlifting and Bodybuilding Federation (QWBF), Asian Weightlifting Federation President (AWF) was elected President of Arab Weightlifting Federation (AWF) by all 18 Arab nations whom participated in the Electoral Congress held at Holiday Villa Doha on Monday. The West Asia Weightlifting Federation was also initiated, with the aim [...]