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Hall of Fame member and Gold Medalist Tara Nott celebrates 45th birthday!

Cunningham, the first United States weightlifter to win Olympic gold since Chuck Vinci in 1960 —and the first US female weightlifter ever to win Olympic gold was born on 10th May 1972. She was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. Tara Lee (Nott) Cunningham was the first Kansan to bring home a medal during the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. She is the only athlete to have trained for three different sports at the United States Olympic Training Center (gymnastics, soccer, and weightlifting). A native of Stilwell, Cunningham also competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and finished 10th overall in the 48kg bodyweight category. Cunningham was an American record holder in two different weight classes and was honored with the establishment of the Tara Nott Award. She was a two-times gold medalist at the Pan-American Games, a seven-times USAW national champion and eight-times World Team member. Honors: Cunningham was inducted into the Colorado College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001 and is also a member of the Blue Valley High School Hall of Fame. She was named the 2000 Citation Winner by the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame as well as was inaugurated in the IWF Hall of Fame in

The ASOIF Medical & Science Consultative Group (AMSCG)

Dominik Dörr, Member of the IWF Medical Committee had a presentation about the IWF's proactive approach on transgender inclusion. He summarized the result of the survey among the IF’s and said, the members of the group all came to the conclusion (because of the big variety of "solutions" by the IF's), that there should be only one "rule" (set up by the IOC), which should be implemented by all IF's. The AMSCG was created in 2005. The primary role of the AMSCG is to look at practical and operational issues of common interest for all the IFs in the areas of medical and anti-doping activity, including all athletes’ health related matters. The AMSCG can also be called upon to give its opinion about the work of WADA as well as content of the WADA Board Meetings. The group usually meets twice a year. The AMSCG is chaired by Dr. Margo Mountjoy (CAN). The Canadian sports medicine physician is a member of the FINA Bureau, of the Games Working Group of the IOC’s Medical Commission as well as of WADA’s TUE (Therapeutic Use Exemption) Committee. Members of the group are: Hosny Ahmed, Medical Committee Chairman of the International Handball Federation (IHF) Dominik Dörr, Member of Medical Committee of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Pierre-Yves Garnier, Medical Senior Manager of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Alain Lacoste, Chair Medical Commission of the International Rowing Federation (FISA) Michel Leglise, Vice-President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Stuart Miller, Chairman of Medical Commission of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Source:

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