In the past month, two great Olympic Weightlifting events take place at the Cottonera Sports Complex, with the participation of ten nations: Cyprus, England, Luxembourg, Monaco, San Marino, Scotland, Sicily, Switzerland, Wales and Malta. Malta fielded three teams, namely Malta A, Malta B and the Malta Women’s Selection. In the Women’s Selection, youth athlete Nicole [...]

Delegates from 138 countries completed the election of the Federation’s Officers for 2013-2016 at the IWF Electoral Congress in Moscow today. The Congress Elected the Executives and the Committees. The delegates voted confidence for another term to Dr. Tamas Ajan (HUN) as President and Ma Wenguang (CHN) as General Secretary. The fruitful work accomplished in [...]

Dr. Tamas Ajan (HUN) has been re-elected as President of the International Weightlifting Federation today at the 2013 IWF Electoral Congress held in Moscow, Russia. He withstood the challenge from European President Mr. Antonio Urso (ITA). Dr. Ajan will add 4 more years to his 12 years already served as IWF President. “I thank for [...]

We are happy to announce that starting from today, the IWF Mobile App for Android smartphones is available! The Application includes a Sinclair Point calculator and a Loading feature. An upgraded version will be developed in the near future for other type of smartphones and more features. Download it here and try yourself

Mr. Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee and First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, in the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation held a meeting with Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President. They discussed several aspects related to the actual sports politics.

Men’s 105kg 3 Gold Medals were awarded to the Russian lifter BOCHKOV Rodion ending the competition with a Total of 374kg. His compatriot, DZAGOEV Soslan (RUS) ended up second with a difference of 3kg between the two lifters (371kg). 5th place after the Snatch with only 1 good attempt, SAMORAJ Jaroslaw (POL) came up to [...]

Ahead of the IWF Electoral Congress to be held in Moscow, Russia on 20-21 May, the President of the International Weightlifting Federation Dr. Tamas Ajan informed the press about the preparations and expectations. He is leading a strong and clean campaign to be reelected for his last 4 years term.

Renowned Olympic champion of Hungary, Imre FÖLDI was honoured in a ceremony organised by his city and club Tatabánya on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Multiple world champion and world record holder (in 56 and 60kg) Imre FÖLDI held the unique record of altogether 5 Olympic Games participations, whereby after 2 silver medals, at the age [...]

Two-thirds of tickets to experience the action and thrills of the Commonwealth Games will be priced at £25 or less, it was revealed today. Announcing a family-friendly ticketing strategy focused on delivering packed stadia and a ‘Games for Everyone’, the Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee unveiled that access to sporting events at one of the world’s [...]

Women’s 75kg The Kazakh lifter SHVABAUER Anastasiya won the 3 Gold Medals in the Women’s 75kg bodyweight category lifting 10kg (224kg) more than the Silver Medallist lifter ARTHUR Jenny Lyvette from the United States of America (214kg). FILIATREAULT Johanie (CAN) was in the 5th position after the Snatch with 93kg, but won a Silver Medal [...]

Women’s 69kg The Chinese lifter WANG Xinyue took 10kg advantage in the Snatch, and even though she finished second in the Clean & Jerk, that advantage was enough for her to win the Gold Medal in the Total. ZHAPPARKUL Zhazira (KAZ) performed at her best to grab the victory from WANG but after missing her [...]

Women’s 63kg SHEN Yinyi (CHN) won the Women’s 63kg competition with 100kg achieved in the Snatch, 122kg in the Clean & Jerk and a Total of 222kg. Junior and Youth World Champion in 2012, MOLIE Madalina Bianca (ROU) won the Gold Medal in the Snatch with 103kg. After two missed attempts in the Clean & [...]