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Jenő Boskovics 80 Years Old

Hungarian journalist, a specialist of weightlifting for almost 60 years, Jenő Boskovics celebrated his 80th birthday on 9th October. Former Spokesman of the IWF, founder and Secretary of the AIPS Weightlifting Commission, Jenő Boskovics has been Editor-in-Chief of the World Weightlifting magazine since its first publication 28 years ago.Jenő was greeted by his longtime friend the IWF President and the members of the IWF Secretariat, who conveyed him the good wishes and congratulations of the thousands of people who know and like him worldwide. Happy Birthday and many happy returns, Jenő!           Jenő trying to "write" an article on his new typewriter - made of

Tuvalu’s first appereance at the Olympic Games

Tuvalu was welcomed into the Olympic Family at the 2007 IOC Session in Guatemala City and will have three competitors in Beijing. Two men will be competing in the track events and Weightlifter Logona Esau will be competing in the 69 kg

IWF QUESTIONNAIRE – GLOBAL SURVEY 2005

IWF conducting Global Survey among the National Federations. Please download Questionnaire

Weightlifting’s Olympic Status Confirmed!

Good news: In Singapore, at the IOC Session, the Members of the International Olympic Committee voted confidence to the sport of weightlifting to remain on the program of the Olympic Games in 2012, which will be held in London. This must be considered as a big success for our sport, when some others lost their Olympic

IWF Athletes’ Commission named

Following the guidelines of the IOC and its own policy to involve the athletes into its concepts and decision-making processes, the IWF has renewed and reinforced the IWF Athletes’ Commission as follows: Chairman: Pyrros DIMAS (GRE)Members:Stefan BOTEV (BUL)Maria CHRISTOFORIDI (GRE)Mária TAKÁCS (HUN)Marc HUSTER (GER)Marcus STEPHEN (NRU) Chairman Pyrros Dimas (3-times Olympic Champion) is representing the weightlifting athletes at the International Athletes’ Forum hosted by the IOC in Lausanne on 9-10 June

Successful debut of the “1-kilo rule”

The junior athletes taking part in the first competition of the Busan Junior World Championships, the 56kg category very well exploited the possibilities provided by the new 1-kilo rule in force since 1st May 2005. At what was the first major test of the new choice for the weight of the barbell, the participants quickly adapted to the system, which enhanced the excitement in the