The International Weightlifting Federation has been informed by the Pan American Weightlifting (PAWF) about the death of Dr. Andres Pina del Rosario who was recently elected as Member of the PAWF Medical Committee and was a memorable doctor of the Dominican Olympic Committee. The Weightlifting Family expresses its deepest condolences to Dr. Pina’s relatives and [...]

The IWF wishes to congratulate Weightlifting FIJI that won the award of Best Sports Federation title in the country. The President, Atma Maharaj and his office have done tremendous work in order to bring weightlifting into the center of attention in the Fijian sport life. Through this development, weightlifting is now highly recognized and well [...]

The first Continental Qualification Championships ended on the African Continent yesterday in Nairobi, Kenya. According to the Non-Final Results, the following countries obtained 1 Olympic Quota: Women: NGR, TUN, CMR, MAD Men: ALG, TUN, CMR, RSA, NGR Click here for the Results

The Weightlifting Federation Africa held its Executive Board Meeting in the city of Nairobi, Kenya prior to the kick off of the African Championships – Continental Olympic Qualification Event. Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President, Dragomir Cioroslan, IWF Vice President and Dato Ong Poh Eng, IWF Executive Board Member participated in the Meeting. The Opening Ceremony [...]

With four months to go until the London 2012 Olympic Games, the IOC Coordination Commission has arrived in the capital for its final visit to the host city. The Commission, led by Chairman Denis Oswald, will spend three days – 28 to 30 March – meeting with the London 2012 Organising Committee as well as [...]

The 2012 London Olympic Men’s Qualification status is final. The Women’s Qualification status is not yet final due to one pending case. It will be updated accordingly as soon as possible. The updated Qualification can be found here: Men / Women

Two Russian athletes, Svetlana TSARUKAEVA and Khadzhimurat AKKAEV were voted to be the Best Lifters of 2011 by the readership of World Weightlifting and the weightlifting public all over the world. Both outstanding weightlifters received the ” Jenő Boskovics Lifter of the Year Challenge Trophy” at a ceremony held in Moscow, at the prestigious Radisson [...]

The IWF was saddened to learn about the untimely death of Mr. Oleksander Putsov, General Secretary of the Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation. He was a renowned expert, coach and University Professor of the sport of weightlifting, and he enjoyed recognition both inside and outside his country, Ukraine. He served many Olympic Games, World and European Championships [...]

Ms. Eva Moska and Mr. Attila Adamfi made a Technical Visit prior to the Junior World Championships & Pan-American Championships / Continental Olympic Qualification Event to be held in Antigua Guatemala from 10-18 May 2012. The IWF delegates were impressed by the beautiful city and outstanding conditions provided by the Organizers. All necessary arrangements will [...]

The International Olympic Committee reviewed the membership of its various commissions for the year 2012. On this occasion, Dr. Tamas Ajan’s, IWF President’s mandate was confirmed as Member of the IOC Sport for All Commission and Member of the IOC International Relations Commission. At the same time, Alain Lunzenfichter, Chairman of the IWF Press Commission [...]

Róbert Nagy, IWF Technology Director and Attila Ádámfi, IWF Competition Director paid an official visit to London in order to proceed to the homologation testing of the Olympic Results & Information Services (ORIS). The delegation met Matthew Curtain, LOCOG Weightlifting Manager and his Team from Organizing Committee as well as representatives of the IOC ORIS [...]