Women’s 48kg All competitors already finished their competition in the Snatch when the two Chinese lifters YU Linglong and QIU Liling came out for their first attempts. Very disciplined and showing an impressive technique, YU Linglong – only 13 years old – won 3 Gold Medals and ended with a Total of 173kg while QIU [...]

The Kazakh athlete, Zulfiya Chinshanlo and the Iranian athlete Behdad Salimikordasiabi were voted to be the Best Lifters of 2012 by the readership of World Weightlifting and the weightlifting public all over the world. Zulfiya received the “Jenő Boskovics Lifter of the Year Challenge Trophy” for the Best Lifter of 2012 at the IWF Congress [...]

The 2013 IWF Youth Weightlifting Championships kicked off today in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The President of the Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Mirabror Usmanov, the Deputy Prime-Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Batir ZAKIROV and the Minister of Culture and sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan Minkhajidin Mirzajanovich KHODJIMATOV honored the Opening Ceremony with [...]

Mr. Batir Zakirov, Uzbekistan Weightlifting Federation President and Deputy Prime Minister welcomed the IWF Congress delegates. After the presentation of appreciations and President Ajan’s address, the delegates received the Quadrennial Report of the IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan, General Secretary, Ma Wenguang and the 3 Committee Chairmen, Sam Coffa, Technical Committee Chairman, Dr. Hasan Akkus, [...]

According to the received preliminary entries, the IWF and the Organizing Committee decided to adjust the timetable for the 2013 IWF Junior World Championships Lima, Peru. Check out the modified timetable here.

According to the Entry List, a record number of athletes will compete at the 2013 IWF Youth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Topping Chiang Mai in numbers (345 weightlifters from 44 countries), 446 weightlifters from 52 countries will participate in the competition to kick off tomorrow. Check out the Start List here!

The last meeting of the IWF Executive Board was held on 6 April 2013 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Board received last the Financial Report for the year 2012 and approved the budget for the year 2013. The auditor report was delivered to the Executive Board by KPMG, the Independent Swiss Company responsible for the IWF [...]

Just months after winning the “Best Athlete of the Kotayk Province” title in Armenia, Olympic medalist Hripsime Khurshudyan has added another accolade to her name. On Friday, March 8, Khurshudyan won the award for the 2013 “Best Female Athlete” in Armenia. The 25-year-old weightlifting champion is best known for her breakthrough performance at the London [...]

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received the IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan at the Presidential Residence Oqsaroy on 5 April 2013. Welcoming the guest, the Uzbek President underlined the contribution of the IWF and its President Dr. Tamas Ajan in the development of weightlifting sport and in the Olympic Movement. At the [...]

FORMER Olympic and Commonwealth weightlifter Tommy Yule has been appointed as British Weight Lifting’s new Performance Director. The 37-year-old was born in South Africa but competed for Great Britain in the Sydney Olympics, and went on to win silver and bronze medals in the Commonwealth Games in 1998, 2002 and 2006. He has competed in [...]

Due to the extreme number of Entries received, the 2013 YWC Timetable had to be revised, the new version can be found here. Please note that according to the new Timetable some bodyweight categories will be held on different day, and it is possible that one category will be organized on two days. The Verification [...]

Patrick Hickey, IOC Executive Board Member, European Olympic Committee President, Ireland National Olympic Committee President paid a visit to Budapest, Hungary and held fruitful discussions with his colleague Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President on issues of mutual interest.