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Hungary and IWF mourning one of their greatest

Imre Földi, first Olympic champion of Hungarian weightlifting, Sportsman of the Nation died shortly before his 79th birthday due on 8 May. Földi medalled in three Olympic Games in the 56kg category: winning silver in 1964 Tokyo and 1968 Mexico City, before finally winning gold in 1972 Munich, where he set a world record, one in his altogether 20 world records. He was six times world and ten times European champion. For a long time he was the only weightlifter in the world to have participated in 5 Olympic Games. He was also successful as a coach of his daughter, Csilla Földi who collected 16 European champion gold medals. In 2002 Imre Földi was awarded the Olympic Order and had Tatabánya's Sports Hall being named after him in 2009. In 1993 he became a member of the Hall of Fame and in 2005 he was elected by the IWF among the Lifters of the Century . With Földi's death the weightlifting world lost one of its all-time greatest champions and Hungary its most successful weightlifter ever. Our sympathy goes to the family and the Hungarian Weightlifting

Fiji Weightlifting Association Elections

The Fiji Weightlifting Association held its Annual General Meeting on April 2nd, 2017. The following officials were elected: President: Atma Maharaj General Secretary: Ritesh Ratiram Vice President: Della Shaw-Elder Vice President: Makitalena Cikamatana Treasurer: Sikeli Tuinamuana Committee Members: Wallene Powell-Vueti, Roselyn Cikamatana, Henry N Elder. Athletes Representative: Manueli Tulo Long-term Executive Member, Mr Chris Yee has decided to step down from the role of Vice President. However, he will contribute to continue supporting Weightlifting Fiji through his role as a life member. Full list of Weightlifting Fiji Officers: Patron: Dr Robin Mitchell Vice Patron: George Patterson Life Members: Vidhya Prakash Lakhan, Major General Sitiveni Rabuka, Vilitati Silatolu Qumivutia, Chris Dard Keung Yee. National Development Officer: Joe Vueti Assistant National Development Officer: Manueli Tulo Congratulations to all the elected

Mohamed Ahmad Alharbi met IWF President

A delegation of the Olympic Committee from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia paid a visit to Budapest upon the invitation of Hungarian Sport Authorities. The President of the Saudi Arabian Weightlifting Federation, Mohamed Ahmad Alharbi was also part of the delegation. Mr. Alharbi had a meeting with IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan on the occasion of this

Jordanian Weightlifting Federation Elections

The General Assembly of Jordanian Weightlifting Federation elected Mr. Azzam Al-Zubi as President of the Jordanian Weightlifting Federation. Mr. Al-Zubi became National Champion in 1969 and represented Jordan in many international competitions. He was National Team Coach between 1985 and 1997, and became International Technical Official. Prior to the elections, Mr. Al-Zubi was the National Team Manager and General Secretary. The elected officials are as follows: President:  Azzam Al-Zubi General Secretary:  Ismail Suboh Vise President: Ibrahim Emyan Treasurer: Omar Abu Lebdeh Team Manager: Eng. Ziad Al Madani Chief of Women Committee: Ms.Maram Dyab Chief of Support & Marketing Committee: Ms. Kawther Wrekat Congratulations to all the elected

2017 JWC Preliminary Entry reminder

The 2017 IWF Junior World Championships will be held in Tokyo, Japan, on 15 - 23 June. The deadline to send your Preliminary Entry Forms is 15 April 2017, so if you have not yet submitted the forms, please do so urgently! All documents can be found on the IWF website, please note the new e-mail address of the Organizing Committee: : [email protected] We hope to see you in

2017 IWF Youth World Championships Bangkok, THA overall

The Organising Committee of the 2017 IWF Youth World Championships Bangkok, THA did an outstanding work providing great conditions for all participants and athletes. The competition site as well as facilities provided to the participants reached the highest standard du to the efficient work done under leadership of Boosaba Yodbangtoey, TAWA President. Altogether 187 Women from 40 countries and 237 Men from 49 countries competed at this qualification competition foe the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games. World Record were broken by two American lifters - one in the Men’s 69 bodyweight category and the other one in the Men’s 77kg: CUMMINGS JR Clarence (USA) broke his own Youth World Record in the Clean and Jerk setting it to 185kg and equaled the 322kg Youth World Record in the Total. MAURUS Harrison James (USA) 192kg and broke the Youth World Record in the Clean and Jerk setting it to 192kg. The IWF Media Trophy of Best Lifter within Women was awarded to PALACIOS DAJOMES Angie Paola (ECU) while for Men the winner was CUMMINGS JR Clarence (USA). According to the Team Classification, the first 6 best performing Men and Women Team stood up on stage during the Closing Ceremony to receive a special award. Women Team Classification from 1st to 6th: CHN, THA, KAZ, USA, UZB and ROU. Men Team Classification from 1st to 6th: CHN, IRI, KAZ, RUS, TUR, USA and THA. Check out the YOG 2018 Qualification Team Classification  Men / Women (Updated 10.04.2017) The Team Classification is calculated from the Total results of the best six (6) athletes per NOC. The seven (7) best-ranked teams at the IWF Youth World Championships obtained two (2) quota places per gender for their NOC. The teams ranked from eight (8) to seventeen (17) at the IWF Youth World Championships obtained one (1) quota place per gender for their NOC. For more details please consult the RESULT BOOK and check out the PHOTO