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EWF successfully celebrates its 55th anniversary in Poland

The European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) lived a memorable weekend in Warsaw (POL), when many commemorative activities took place to celebrate the organisation’s 55th anniversary. In the Polish capital, the EWF was founded on September 20, 1969 and the date has been remembered by the weightlifting family of the Old Continent, with an EWF Executive Board and Special Congress, but also with the U23 European Championships. To highlight the festivities, a new EWF logo was unveiled.


Delegates to the EWF Congress

The commemoration was led by Antonio Conflitti, EWF President, and Milan Mihajlovic, EWF General Secretary, and besides the EWF authorities, several guests from the IWF family were also in attendance – they included IWF Executive Board members Khaled Mehalhel, President of the African Weightlifting Federation, and Mohamed Al Harbi, General Secretary of the Asian Weightlifting Federation.

Among the most important topics presented at the Congress, was the approval of the new EWF logo, a more modern emblem of the Continental Federation, which, however, retains elements from the previous emblem, such as the leaves of laurels, which were joined to a disc, a representative element of our Sport and, of course, the official name of the organisation.

The EWF Executive Board

Also on this occasion, distinctions were presented to personalities from the European weightlifting family, according to the decision of the Executive Board. They included the EWF Gold Collar to Antonio Urso, EWF Honorary President and IWF General Secretary, and to Oleksandr Gerega, President of the Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation for his active support to the Sport “in a period of extreme difficulty for the country”.

The new EWF logo

The EWF President Antonio Conflitti enthusiastically commented on the successful activities in Warsaw: “I feel privileged to witness this anniversary event. It is also why it was decided, at the EWF Executive Board level, to have this meeting with the Member Federations to celebrate this anniversary moment and, of course, to make important decisions for the present and the future of our sport.”

“I thank the Secretary General, Dr. Milan Mihajlovic, and the entire Executive Board for supporting the EWF projects and the meeting in Warsaw. I congratulate all those who participated, I thank the guests and colleagues from the IWF Executive and, last but not least, I wish good luck to the athletes and all the teams participating these days in the European Championships for Juniors and U23, in  Raszyn. I thank and congratulate the Polish Weightlifting Federation for the good activity, but also for the commitment to organise our activities at a high level,” the EWF President also stated.

The IWF President Mohammed Jalood was also in Poland to witness the performances of the lifters competing in the Championships (gathering around 450 athletes from 35 countries). Mr Jalood was positively impressed by the sports complex facilities where the event is taking place in Raszyn. 

IWF President Mohammed Jalood at a medal ceremony in Raszyn

“Thank you Mr President for being here with us, despite your extremely busy agenda. Your presence in Poland, on the occasion of EWF’s 55th anniversary, is highly appreciated!” Mr Conflitti concluded. 

Source: www.ewf.sport