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German Meissen Cup

The time has come and German Weightlifting in cooperation with All Things Gym presented its first ever LIVE broadcast of a German Weightlifting competition held past Friday. Among others, European Champion Mirco Scarantino (ITA), European Junior Champion Ritvars Suharevs (LAT) and  Max Lang (GER), who won this competition twice in the past, participated in the meet of the so called Meißen Cup in Saxony. In the women’s class Rebeka Koha (LAT), who finished 4th at Rio Olympics, current European Champion Joanna Lochowska (POL) and vice-European Champion Atenery Herandez (ESP) was also there to battle for the ultimate “Meißener” porcelain. Check out the video on YouTube in case you missed it:

Brazilian Weightlifting Federation Elections

The Brazilian Weightlifting Federation held its Election in Belo Horizonte on March 31, 2017. Enrique MONTERO was unanimously elected by the Brazilian annual meeting as President of the Brazilian Weightlifting Federation. The Assembly was attended by members and representative of the Brazilian Olympic Committee. The following officials were elected: President: Enrique Montero Dias Vice President: Ranier Nardi Rezende Congratulation to all the elected

One of the oldest world record set 17 years ago

In some sports, most of the world records are fresh from the oven while rare are those established long time ago. For example, Lasha TALAKHADZE set a new World Record at the European Championship on April 8th 2017 with 217kg in the Snatch while the oldest one was set on 17 years ago on April 29th. In 2000, at the end of the first month of spring the Polish Szymon KOLECKI set a new World Record in the 94kg bodyweight category in the Clean and Jerk with 232 kg. As an interesting fact, the Snatch and Total World Records also set in the same bodyweight category were set on November 27, 1999. Three-times Olympic Champion Akakios KAKIASVILIS alias Kakhi KAKHIASHVILI, the President of the Weightlifting Federation of Georgia set both of them in Athens (188kg in the Snatch and 412kg in the Total). These are the oldest records in weightlifting

Development Program Seminar held in Buenos Aires

The Argentinean Weightlifting Federation organized a Seminar in Buenos Aires for the South American Federations within the framework of the IWF Development Program. The topics covered the Development policies and the growth of weightlifting in the region and beside the local experts; Mr. Carlos Segura - President of UNO Deportes Mr. Gabriel Andreu - Development Director at National Sports Secretary Mr. Gustavo Majauskas - General Secretary of the Argentinean Weightlifting Federation Dr. Rosalio A. Alvarado Del Angel from Mexico and Mr. Eduardo Gonzalez from Venezuela did presentations. The IWF was represented by Mr. Jose Quinones, IWF Vice President, Chairman of Development and Education Commission and Ms. Timea Horvath, IWF Development and Education Manager who gave information on IWF's Development and Education programs. The seminar was very interactive as the participants shared their own experiences with each other. After the Seminar the South American Confederation held an unofficial meeting where they discussed the most important South American events and necessary arrangements. All participants agreed that the seminar was a great success and more of this kind of seminars shall be done for the development of weightlifting in the region. The IWF hopes this was the beginning of a series and could support more seminars not only in South America but everywhere in the

Swedish Weightlifting Federation Elections

The Swedish Weightlifting Federation held its Election on 23rd of April 2017. Thomas Wesselhoff was unanimously elected by the Swedish annual meeting as President of the Swedish Weightlifting Federation replacing  Eva Helgesson. Approximately 40 delegates took part in the annual meeting. The following officials were elected: President: Thomas Wesselhoff Vice President: Kjell-Åke Johansson Member: Fredrik Svensson Member: Erling Åkesson Member: Gabriella Pröckl Member: Patrik Helgesson Member: Thomas Östlund Congratulations to all the elected

European Small Nations Elections

The European small nation’s delegates met in San Marino for the quadrennial electoral congress to elect the General Secretary for weightlifting. Jesmond Caruana, President of Malta Weightlifting Association was elected for this position for the period between 2017-2021 with the full support of all members present. Mr. Caruana started the sport of weightlifting back in 1981; in 2002 he took the position of Treasurer of the association and held the position of General Secretary and President of Malta Weightlifting Association since 2009. He was elected in many different positions in the world of international weightlifting such as Member of the Technical Committee of the European Weightlifting Federation, Vice President of the European Union Weightlifting Federation, Executive Board Member of the Commonwealth Weightlifting and Mediterranean Weightlifting Federation. Congratulations to all the elected