On Friday, 18th January a delegation from the International Powerlifting Federation, led by the IPF President Gaston Parage, visited Budapest for a meeting with the IWF President,  Dr. Tamás Aján. Mr. Gaston Parage is also the General Secretary of the Luxembourg Weightlifting Federation. Background of this visit in the beautiful City of Budapest was to inform Dr. Aján, who is  [...]

The newly elected Albanian Weightlifting Federation leadership paid a visit to the IWF Secretariat and were received by the IWF President at his office. AWF President Mr Elez Gjoza and the new Secretary, Mr Muharrem Berisha came to exchange information regarding a future co-operation with the IWF, with special focus on the 2013 European Championships [...]

The IWF is calling its Member Federations to send their nominations for Technical Officials for selection at the four major events in 2013. Nominations for the following worldwide events: 2013 IWF Youth World Championships (Tashkent, UZB) 2013 IWF Junior World Championships (Lima, PER) 2013 Summer Universiade (Kazan, RUS) 2013 IWF World Championships (Warsaw, POL) must [...]

Nicolas Hurel, IOC Head of ORIS and Helge Stenersen, IOC ORIS Sport Analyst visited the IWF in order to finalize the Youth Olympic Results & Information Services (YORIS) requirements document. The baseline document for the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Weightlifting Competition with regard to Timing and Scoring was reviewed in details.

The IWF Constitution as well as the Technical and Competition Rules & Regulations 2013-2016 approved by the Congress in Baku in effect with 1 January 2013 are now published on the website. Click here

In the framework of the IWF Development Program and under the leadership of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation, a large scale Coaching and Technical Seminar was held for the Pacific Island Countries. The different events took place in Fiji, Tonga, Marshall Islands, Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia and Guam with Paul Coffa, OWF General Secretary [...]

Russian weightlifting Olympic champion Arkady Vorobiev has died at the age of 88. “On December 22, the outstanding athlete and scientist, two-time Olympic champion Arkady Vorobiev died at the age of 88,” the federation said in a statement published on its website. Vorobiev won the gold medal at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne and [...]

Dato Ong Poh Eng was elected president of the Malaysian Weightlifting Federation (MWF) at the MWF annual general meeting (AGM) Saturday 29 December. Also IWF Executive Board Member, he organized the 2010 IWF Continental Clubs Grand Prix, Commonwealth Championships and the 2011 Junior World Championships in Penang, Malaysia. Ong, who is also Penang Amateur Weightlifting [...]

It is full speed ahead for British Weight Lifting’s plans for the next four years, after both UK Sport and Sport England agreed to increased levels of funding for 2013-17. UK Sport today announced an overall increase in funding for the governing body of 7.5 per cent, with their total figure for Olympic weightlifting and [...]

At the Member Convention in Leipzig on 15 December 2012, Dr. Christian Baumgartner was elected new President of BVDG, running against Claus Umbach, who held this position for the last 12 years. The new elected Executive Board Members of the BVDG are: Patrick Fassott, Frank Schlizio, Christian Baumgartner, Frank Mantek, Carsten Diemer, Monique Ludwigs and [...]

Please note that due to the holidays the IWF office will be closed from 22 December 2012 until 2 January 2013. On the occasion of the Festive Season, the IWF Secretariat wishes you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

Mr. Attila Adamfi, IWF Competition Director recently paid a visit to Nanjing, China in order to proceed to the Technical Visit in preparation of the Youth Olympic Games Nanjing 2014. He was received by the Nanjing 2014 Team and the appointed Competition Manager, Mr. Li Hao. The venue to host Weightlifting competitions will be the [...]