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IWF confirmed WADA Code compliant

The International Weightlifting Federation - as one of the first IFs - has been confirmed WADA compliant as it continues to ensure it operates under the highest anti-doping standards. WADA announced the IWF’s compliance following the review of the IWF’s Corrective Action Report (CAR) which found that the IWF had properly completed all necessary requests through improvements. Speaking following the announcement, IWF President Tamas Ajan said: “We are very pleased that WADA has recognised the work the IWF has done in ensuring our anti-doping policies and practises are compliant with global best-practice. The IWF is completely committed to protecting clean athletes and will continue to implement robust anti-doping measures at both international and Member Federation level, to address the incidence of doping in the sport. The IWF highly values our partnerships with WADA and with National Anti-Doping Organisations across the world. And we are honoured that a representative of our federation was speaking on this issue of Code Compliance at the WADA Symposium in Lausanne.” Dr Eva Nyirfa, legal counsel to the IWF, participated in panel discussion entitled Code Compliance Monitoring – the ADOs’ Perspective at the WADA Symposium, on 21 March. WADA Code Compliance is an ongoing process by which all Anti-Doping Organisations must demonstrate the validity of their work to WADA. As standards are updated, continued compliance must be shown. For example, on November 2017, WADA adopted amendments to the 2015 WADA Code related to compliance, notably introducing a new International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories (ISCCS) which takes effect on 1 April 2018 . President Ajan added: “The IWF continues to enjoy a good working relationship with WADA and is grateful for the support WADA has provided. We will continue to work closely with WADA as we implement the measures agreed with the IOC and other partners that prove our continued commitment to the clean athletes of our sport.” IWF was also represented at the WADA Symposium by Attila Adamfi, Director General, dr. Patrick Schamasch, Anti-Doping Commission Chairman, Lilla Rozgonyi, Communications and Marketing Director, Dr. Lilla Sagi, Junior Legal Counsel and Melody Exhenry, Anti-Doping

The official documents of the 2018 IWF Junior World Championships are available

The Regulations and all forms for the 2018 IWF Junior World Championships were uploaded and can be downloaded here. The Championships will take place in the capital city of Uzbekistan, Tashkent from 6th to 14th of

IWF Development Program Donations

Once again, several Federations received donation of new equipment in the framework of the IWF Development Program 2017. Jordan, France, Paraguay and Libya also got new weightlifting barbell sets, besides the countries awarded earlier in 2017. The IWF gladly supports Member Federations every year with equipment most needed, and wishes all the weightlifters to grow and prosper using

Chilean world champions receive Tokyo 2020 scholarship

From 11 Chilean athletes selected by the NOC and the IOC to receive the Olympic Solidarity Tokyo 2020 scholarship, two were weightlifters. Arley Mendez, triple world champion, and María Fernanda Valdez, gold medalist in clean and jerk in Anaheim, were notified of this decision last week and signed the respective contract with the President of the Chilean Weightlifting Federation Italo Barattini and the President of the Chilean Olympic Committee Miguel Angel Mujica, on a ceremony held at Santiago on Thursday 1st of March, in the presence of the NOC General Secretary Jaime Agliati and the Vice President Aquiles Gómez. Both athletes were proposed to IOC - by the recommendation of IWF - in view not only of the excellent results last year, but also because they have a good chance to qualify for Tokyo Olympic Games and fight for medals. Another important factor is their projection to Santiago 2023, when Chile will hold the most important sport event in America: the Pan-American

IWF TCRR 2018 Seminars for Technical Officials and Coaches in Bangkok

There were 2 grand seminars arranged in dual sessions simultaneously for Technical Officials and Coaches during March 11th – 13th, 2018.  Both seminars were officially cooperated amongst 3 sport bodies i.e. Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) and Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA).  This seminar-workshop on weightlifting education events were internationally standardizing organized, with being honourably presided over by Mrs. Boossaba YODBANGTOEY, the AWF General Secretary and the TAWA President.  Besides, the courses are significantly conducted by Mr. Myint SWE, Mr. Dong-Chul YEOM, Dr. Meechai INWOOD, Dr. Niwat LIMSUKNIRUN, Dr. Sirilak THATMAN, Dr. Aphinya DATTUYAWAT, Mr. Nippon LIMBOONSUEBSAI and other distinguished experts of weightlifting sport.  Main objectives of the 3-day seminars were to share, to review and to update the IWF Technical and Competition Rules & Regulations (TCRR) under revision as of January 1st, 2018.

“Bear of Bellenberg” died at the age of 67

German weightlifting legend Rudolf Mang is dead. The silver medal winner of the 1972 Summer Olympics died in Munich on Monday (14.03.2018) evening at the age of 67 years as a result of a heart attack in his gym in Bellenberg, Bavaria. Known as the "Bear of Bellenberg" Mang won the silver medal in the weight class over 110 kilograms at the Summer Games in Munich, behind the Russian Vasily Alexeev. In the course of his career, which he had to end in 1974 for health reasons, Mang set 42 German records and four senior and 19 junior world records. In 2015 Mang gave an interview to the "Augsburger Allgemeine". The occasion was his 65th birthday and his upcoming pension. "At a general exam after Olympics, the doctors told me how bad my joints were, so I stopped competing in 1974 at the age of 24," he said. After that, he made fitness equipment and ran a studio in Bellenberg. "There I am today, and almost every day," said Mang at the time in the interview. "I don’t have any more ambition to lift heavy weights every day, I prefer to sit on the bike ergometer and do something for the stamina." The IWF sends condolences to the German Weightlifting Federation and the Mang family. Source: