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Pan-American Junior Championships, Competitions documents

The documents for the Pan-American Junior Championships to be held in Guayaquil, Ecuador from 1 - 8 May, 2017 were uploaded. The Invitation and Regulations as well as all the forms are accessible through

Rudolf Faja passed away

It is our deep regret to inform the Weightlifting Family that Rudolf Faja from Czech Republic passed away recently after a long disease. He was Category 1 Technical Official and actively involved in many successful European and World Championships in Ostrava, Cheb, Sokolov, Prague and Havirov between 1987 and 2002. The IWF presents its sincere condolences to the Family of Mr. Rudolf Faja as well as to the Czech Weightlifting

2017 IWF Youth World Championships Preliminary Entry Forms Deadline

The deadline for the Preliminary Entry Forms for the 2017 IWF Youth World Championships Bangkok, THA is 4th February 2017. We invite all National Federations to send their Preliminary Entry Forms to the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Federation TAWA ([email protected]) and to the IWF Secretariat ([email protected]) as soon as

Mexican Weightlifting Federation, IWF Development Program

The Mexican Weightlifting Federation organized a National Course for Technical Officials and Coaches within the framework of IWF Development Program 2016. The course took place in San Luis Potosí from 1st to 3rd December 2016. Mr. Diego German Martinez from Colombia held lessons on the Technical and Competition Rules & Regulations, emphasizing mainly the TCRR changes (in effect since 01.01.2017). 43 coaches and National Technical Officials from thirteen states of Mexico participated in the

Pakistan will participate with weightlifters at the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games

Pakistan will enter athletes in 14 disciplines out of the 18 at the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games to be held from 12-22 May in Baku, AZE. The capital city of Azerbaijan got the right to organize the Games back in 2013 from the General Assembly of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF). The first event - including 57 member federations – was hosted by Saudi-Arabia in 2005. In 2009 it was scheduled to take place in Iran but was cancelled and organized by Saudi-Arabia in 2013. This year Pakistan’s goal is to return with as many medals as possible. The athletes at the past two events earned 4 medals, including 3 gold and one bronze. That means they are ranked as the 16th Asian nation out of 38 in the medal tally. Source:

Hellenic Weightlifting Federation Elections

The Hellenic Weightlifting Federation Elections were held on January 24th, 2017. A new President and a new General Secretary were elected. President: Mr. Konstantinos Korlos General Secretary: Mrs. Kyriaki Galani Mr. Korlos has been a Treasurer then the General Secretary for the past year. Mrs. Galani is a former weightlifter, coach and Technical Committee Member. The Hellenic Weightlifting Federation is promoting the participation of women officials in their governance; this is the very first time that a woman holds the General Secretary position within the federation. Congratulations to all the elected