International Weightlifting Federation
The IWF National Federations are kindly reminded that the deadline for confirming their final entries for the 2024 IWF World Championships in Manama (BRN) is November 6, 2024. At this stage, and through the IWF E-entry system...
International Weightlifting Federation
The IWF recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSA), so that new and reinforced ways of co-operation can be implemented in the years to come.
International Weightlifting Federation
The Commonwealth Games Federation confirmed this week the location of the 2026 event in Glasgow, the Scottish city that had already hosted the competition in 2014. At the same time, the sports programme of the Games was presented and Weightlifting is proudly part of it, along with nine other sports.
International Weightlifting Federation
The IWF President Mohammed Jalood was this week in Golem, Albania, for the founding Congress of the Balkan Weightlifting Federation. This regional organisation assembles 11 National Federations – Albania...
International Weightlifting Federation
A premiere for weightlifting in Moldova: for the first time, a representative of the sport was elected to the Executive Board of the country’s National Olympic Committee (NOC). This feat was accomplished by Antonio Conflitti...
International Weightlifting Federation
The IWF couldn’t have received a better “gift” on World Weightlifting Day! On October 16, the IWF President Mohammed Jalood was in Shilong Town (Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China) to inaugurate the first-ever museum consecrated to our Sport.
International Weightlifting Federation
The IWF President Mohammed Jalood praised weightlifters around the world for their dedication and passion for the sport as the IWF celebrated the inaugural World Weightlifting Day on 16 October. An annual celebration established by the IWF...
International Weightlifting Federation
Alberto Miglietta is the new President of the Italian Weightlifting Federation (FIPE), after the electoral assembly held this weekend in Rome (ITA). Mr Miglietta was chosen with 99.68% of favourable votes from the delegates and succeeds Antonio Urso in the leadership of the Italian national body.
International Weightlifting Federation
The Norwegian city of Forde, host of the 2025 IWF World Championships, will organise this Saturday (October 12), an exciting one-year-to-go event, featuring both local and international weightlifting stars.
International Weightlifting Federation
The 2024 IWF World Junior Championships, held from September 19-27 in Leon (ESP), produced great performances on a sport level, but registered another very significant milestone: it was the IWF event with the highest proportion of athletes tested before its start.
International Weightlifting Federation
The IWF National Federations have received on 3 October 2024 all the necessary information concerning the IWF Ordinary Congress to be held in Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel in Manama, BRN on 4 December 2024.
International Weightlifting Federation
The 2024 World Junior Championships ended with super-heavyweight victories for Cuba in the women and Korea in the men, and a first world record for Canada since the 1950s. Marifelix Sarria became Cuba’s first ever junior world champion when she made all six lifts for a wide-margin success.
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Two world records, another “holiday” victory for the champion from Turkmenistan, seven lifts of 200kg or more and an unforgettable arrival on the world stage for a Brazilian teenager. Those were some of the features of the most entertaining session so far at the World Junior Championships in León...
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Yekta Jamali made her mark in her sport’s history today when she became the first member of the Weightlifting Refugee Team to win medals. Jamali, who left Iran in 2022 and lives in Germany, finished third...
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TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) - Iranian weightlifter Alireza Abbaspour grabbed three medals, including two silver and one bronze, at the 2024 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Spain.
