By mutual consent, the IWF Director General Attila Adamfi is moving on from the Federation after 25 years of service. After starting as a volunteer at key IWF events, Mr Adamfi began working for the Federation full time in 2001 as Competition Director, becoming Director General in 2014.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and World Para Powerlifting have signed a historic agreement called ‘Strengthening the World’, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see both organisations strengthen their relationship in a variety of mutually-beneficial areas.
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Keysha Atiki is only 10 but she can already lift her own weight as she trains with a weightlifting coach who once competed in the Olympics – her grandmother. Mercy Obiero was only the second African woman to compete in weightlifting at the Olympics...
IWF reports that Mr Nicolae ONICA (ROU) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for Dehydrochloromethyl-testosterone metabolite 4-chloro-18-nor-17b-hydroxymethyl, 17a methyl-5a-androst-13-en-3a-ol (S1.1 Anabolic Androgenic Steroids). As a consequence...
IWF reports that Mr Todor YORDANOW (BUL) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for Testosterone and at least one of the Adiols (5αAdiol and/or 5βAdiol) (S1.1 Anabolic Androgenic Steroids). As a consequence...
During this week, IWF was notified by the corresponding Organizing Committees that further IWF Events shall be either cancelled, postponed or be held in a new format due to the virus. List of IWF Events/Other Events affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic...
The 2000 Sydney Olympic Games held great significance, not only in terms of weightlifting history, but also in terms of universal sports history. For the first time female weightlifters were able to compete at an Olympic Games.
Frank Isaac Spellman, one of the most outstanding athlete in US weightlifting history was born exactly 98 years ago on 17 September 1922 in Malvern, Pennsylvania. As a child, he was fascinated by the sight of muscular and strong people, and was determined to be one of them when he is grown.
CALI, COLOMBIA (September 8, 2020) — Everything is ready and arranged in the “Sports Capital of America” and the “Salsa Capital of the World”, otherwise known as Cali, Colombia, for the realization of the first official event for the Cali-Valle 2021 Junior Pan American Games.
This is a reminder that every Athlete included in the International Registered Testing Pool (IRTP) shall submit their whereabouts information through the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) throughout the whole year on a quarterly basis.
It was exactly 100 years ago, that the sport of weightlifting was on the program of the Antwerp Olympic Games in 1920. The Antwerp Games was the seventh modern Olympic Games, and the third where weightlifting was included after 1896 in Athens (GRE) and 1904 in St.
Launching the official journey to the Olympic and Paralympic Games Los Angeles 2028, the Local Organising Committee unveiled its Games emblem with the stories that celebrate sport, art and the city’s unique community.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) today announced the full composition of its interim Athletes’ Commission, as the federation continues to take steps towards enhancing the inclusion of athletes in the sport’s governance.
