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IWF120y/8 – 2000: Dika Toua (PNG), an example of longevity in sport!

18 Feb 2025 08:30 International Weightlifting Federation

Despite her tiny and fragile appearance (she is 1.50m tall and weighs about 50kg), Loa Dika Toua (PNG) is a perfect example of determination...

IWF120y/11 – 1896: Without a formal structure but already in the Games

08:30 International Weightlifting Federation

The foundation of the IWF in 1905 does not mean that the sport of weightlifting was only “born” then. From that important moment on, it became more structured, but its practice was popular by the middle of the 19th century.

IWF120y/10 – 1960: Yuri Vlasov (URS), the intellectual “strongest man”

Yesterday 08:30 International Weightlifting Federation

Born in 1935, Yuri Vlasov started weightlifting 21 years later, while studying at the Air Force Academy. His talent and natural abilities were rapidly spotted, and in 1959 he earns his first World and European titles.

Gold-medallist powerlifter Yashtika Acharya dies in Bikaner gym after heavy weightlifting rod slips during training

19 Feb 2025 11:42 Economictimes.indiatimes.com

A tragic accident occurred in Bikaner, Rajasthan, when 17-year-old gold-medallist power-lifter Yashtika Acharya died after a 270-kg rod fell on her neck during practice. Despite being rushed to the hospital, she was declared dead.

IWF120y/9 – 1920: FIH (IWF in French) becomes the official name

19 Feb 2025 08:30 International Weightlifting Federation

The name “International Weightlifting Federation” – and the corresponding acronym (IWF) – was not the one that was originally defined on the foundation date, in 1905. By then, its first designation was “Amateur Athletes World Union”, combining the sport of weightlifting and wrestling.

Samoa gives Oceania’s hopes a huge boost with opening of new IWF academy and stadium

18 Feb 2025 10:51 International Weightlifting Federation

The future of weightlifting in Oceania looks brighter than ever after a landmark event in Samoa at the weekend. More than 90 coaches, about 40 athletes, 20 national federation presidents from the Pacific region...

IWF120y/8 – 2000: Dika Toua (PNG), an example of longevity in sport!

18 Feb 2025 08:30 International Weightlifting Federation

Despite her tiny and fragile appearance (she is 1.50m tall and weighs about 50kg), Loa Dika Toua (PNG) is a perfect example of determination, perseverance, and longevity in sport! She is just 16, when in 2000...

IWF120y/7 – 2014 & 2025: IWF gets a new visual identity

17 Feb 2025 09:25 International Weightlifting Federation

In order to modernise its image and gain a renovated dynamism, the present IWF characteristic logo is created in 2014. With its distinctive intricated plates and the acronym (IWF) or full name (International Weightlifting Federation) next to them...

IWF120y/6 – 1910: First ‘scientific’ barbells in the market

16 Feb 2025 13:28 International Weightlifting Federation

Weightlifting is intrinsically connected with one basic sports equipment: the barbell. If today, the most modern technologies are applied to the production of the bars, plates, and collars, the initial steps of this industry were given at the beginning of the 20th century.

IWF120y/5 – 2023: Creation of the IWF Refugee Team

15 Feb 2025 09:00 International Weightlifting Federation

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (BRA), an important novelty occurred: the International Olympic Committee (IOC) introduced the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team. Consisting of 10 athletes, this...

IWF120y/4 – 1975: Junior lifters compete at the highest level

14 Feb 2025 13:00 International Weightlifting Federation

Marseille, in France, had the honour to host in 1975 the first edition of the IWF World Junior Championships, from then a competition where many of the brightest stars of weightlifting could already shine at a younger age (Lasha Talakhadze was junior world champion in 2013...

IWF120y/3 – 1928: Egypt initiates successful tradition

13 Feb 2025 10:00 International Weightlifting Federation

The Egyptian Weightlifting Federation was the first African national body to be affiliated with the IWF in 1930, a time when its lifters were already shining in the international scene. Two years before...

IWF120y/2 – 1988-1996: Naim Suleymanoglu becomes a legend

12 Feb 2025 14:01 International Weightlifting Federation

Despite his short height (1.47m), Naim Suleymanoglu is considered one of the greatest weightlifters in history, after being the first to earn three gold medals at the Olympic Games. Initially representing Bulgaria (he was born in January 1967 in Ptichar to Turkish parents)...

IWF120y/1 – 2000: Women compete in the Olympics

11 Feb 2025 14:19 International Weightlifting Federation

While the sport was included in the inaugural edition of the Games, in 1896 in Athens (GRE), only men’s events were contested for over 100 years. In 2000, in Sydney (AUS), the door was finally open to women, reflecting the evolution of weightlifting in the five continents.

2025-2028 IWF Refugee Team: few days left to apply!

10 Feb 2025 14:20 International Weightlifting Federation

All the candidates to the 2025-2028 IWF Refugee Team have still six days – until February 16 – to send their application to the IWF, in accordance with the regulations published in the first days of the year.

2025: Celebrating IWF’s 120th anniversary!

10 Feb 2025 13:37 International Weightlifting Federation

2025 is a very special year for the IWF, as it marks the 120th anniversary since its foundation on June 10, 1905. In Duisburg, Germany, the pioneering national federations that established the basis of the world governing body for the sport of weightlifting...

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