Archive from 2017

Tom Goegebuer elected as President of the Royal Belgian Weightlifting Federation

Mr. Tom Goegebuer, former European Champion, three-times Olympian has been elected as President of the Royal Belgian Weightlifting Federation after his resignation from the active sport career following the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Ms. Myriam Busselot has been reelected as General Secretary. Congratulations to all the elected

Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association Level 1 Coaching Course

Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association organized in the framework of IWF Education Program a Level 1 Coaching Course supported by IWF and the Panamerican Weightlifting Federation. The event was held at the National Sports Resource Center in Georgetown, Guyana between 9th-11th December 2016. The three days of intense practical and theoretical lessons were conducted by Mr. Kyle Pierce and attracted 29 participants of which 23 completed the course. On the opening day Mr. Christopher Jones, Director of Sports in Guyana, Mr. Noel Adonis, Vice President of the Guyana Olympic Association and Mr. Frank Tucker, President of Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association welcomed all participants. Trainers qualified to train beginners in weightlifting now. The media was on hand to capture the moments and circulate the same in the local press. Source: Guyana

New Constitution & By-Laws and Technical and Competition Rules & Regulations

The IWF has published the 2017 version of the Constitution & By-Laws, as well as the Technical and Competition Rules & Regulations (TCRR). You can find under the download section. For additional information / explanation on the TCRR modification please see the Presentation. The World Records for the new bodyweight categories have been established based on the results already achieved by athletes with the relevant bodyweight. Please see the World Records

Serbian Weightlifting Federation Electoral Congress

The Serbian Weightlifting Federation Electoral Congress was held on 29 December 2016 in the City of Belgrade. Elected board members for the period of 2016 - 2020 are: President: Milan V. Mihajlovic General Secretary: Rita Spajzer Vice President: Branko Calic Board Members: Zoltan Kajdoci, Novica Milenkovic, Milan Spasic, Zeljko Aleksic. Congratulations to all the elected

Mexican Weightlifting Federation Elections

The Mexican Weightlifting Federation Elections were held on 7th January 2017. 34 associations of the country attended and Dr. Rosalio Antonio Alvarado Del Angel was reelected unanimously as President of the Federation. He received full support from the Members to continue his presidency from 7th January 2017 until 7th January 2021. Congratulations to all the elected

Vasily Ivanovich Alekseyev would have turned 75

On January 7th, the greatest weightlifter of our times would have been 75 years old. The super heavyweight category weightlifter began practicing weightlifting at the age of 18; even so he reached outstanding accomplishments as a member of the Soviet Team he has two Olympics, eight- eight World and European Championships Medals. It was the beginning of a series of 80 world records Alekseyev set between 1970 and 1977. During the best 8 years of his career, he won all national competitions in the men’s category +110 kg. Alekseyev’s 1972 world record for a combined lifting total of 645 kilograms still stands, as it can’t be beaten because one of the lifts has since been removed. The 186cm tall, 160kg giant who had long suffered heart problems died of a heart attack in 2011 at the age of 69 in a clinic in Germany; where he won his first Olympic Gold medal at the 1972 Munich Games. In Montreal, Alekseyev’s clean-and-jerk, combined with his Olympic Record 185 kg in the Snatch, gave him his second consecutive Olympic Gold in 1976. The strongest man in the world - as Sports Illustrated magazine called him - failed to defend his Olympic title in Moscow in 1980 after being hampered in the snatch by an old injury. He retired, but went on to coach a unified team of former Soviet weightlifters at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, where the team won ten medals - five golds. The big Russian who popularized the sport was elected to the weightlifting Hall of Fame in 1993 by the IWF and voted as the all-time best sportsman of his country. He lived quietly in Shakhty, located on the south-eastern spur of Donetsk mountain ridge, 75 kilometres northeast of Rostov-on-Don; and in the centre of the town next to the stadium there is a 5,6 m tall Vasily Alekseyev