Season’s Greetings
Please note that due to the holidays the IWF office will be closed from 23 December 2014 until 5 January 2015. On the occasion of the Festive Season, the IWF Secretariat wishes you all a Happy and Prosperous New
IWF Development Program 2015 – documents available
The IWF continues supporting the National and Continental/Regional Federations in the framework of the IWF Development Program. For the sixth time, the IWF Member Federations have the possibility to improve their organisational, coaching, training, educational and anti-doping activities by filling the Application. Please click here to download the documentation package for the year 2015. We remind you that the deadline to return the completed forms is 10 February 2015. Please send the filled in documents to
Lima to be venue for 2024 Olympic host city decision after win bid to host 2017 IOC Session
Lima will host the 130th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in 2017 after defeating Helsinki in an election in Monaco. The Peruvian capital won comfortably with 54 votes, against 30 for its Finnish rival. It will be the third IOC Session on South American soil in five years following the 2013 event in Buenos Aires and the 2016 edition due to be held in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the Olympics i the Brazilian city. In a 15-minute presentation this morning, during which IOC member Iván Dibós and Peruvian Olympic Committee President José Quiñones González, each spoke, the growing strength of the nation as a major events venue was outlined. It follows the decision last year to award Peru the 2019 Pan American Games. The Session will be held in the summer of 2017, although a specific date is yet to be revealed. But it will be particularly significant because a decision is due to be made there as to which city hosts the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics. Peruvian Olympic Committee President and IWF Vice President José Quiñones González led Lima's successful bid to host the 2017 IOC Session, where the host city for the 2024 Olympics will be chosen, The United States is one leading contender in the contest, with a process currently underway to decide which city out of Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. will launch a bid. Other countries reportedly considering attempts are Germany, Qatar, Istanbul, South Africa, Italy, Azerbaijan and France. Contenders for the 2024 Olympics must submit their candidacies next year by September 15, before a preliminary application phase lasting until April or May 2016. The formal Candidate city phase will continue until the vote in Lima in the summer of 2017. Source: Nick Butler for insidethegames at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte
Rio 2016 Volunteer Program deadline extended
The Rio 2016 Organizing Committee extended the deadline for its Volunteer Program to December 15th. Do not miss out on this great opportunity to participate and make the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games part of your own life’s history. Check out the Rio 2016 Volunteer Program portal here: http://www.rio2016.com/en/get-involved/volunteers People who want to volunteer specifically for Weightlifting, got to send an email to Pedro Meloni, Weightlifting Sport Manager ([email protected]) with a short resume. Applications will be open until 15 December 2014. Good Luck to
IOC Session gave recognition to the NOC of Kosovo
The 127th IOC Session today in Monaco granted full recognition to the National Olympic Committee of Kosovo. The NOC of Kosovo met the requirements for recognition as outlined in the Olympic Charter. These include the sport and technical requirements as well as the definition of “country” as defined in Rule 30.1 – “an independent State recognised by the international community.” Kosovo is recognised as a country by 108 of the 193 UN Member States. The NOC of Kosovo was established in 1992 and has more than 30 affiliated National Federations (NFs), 13 of which are Olympic sports federations. Of these, eight are full members of their respective International Federations (IFs), while the other five are provisional or associate members of their respective IFs. Full recognition of the NOC is in the interests of the athletes and should remove any uncertainty they may have. It will allow them to take part in qualifications for the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and in future editions of the Games. The International Weightlifting Federation wishes to congratulate to the National Olympic Committee of Kosovo and supports the great efforts and cooperation of the Kosovo Weightlifting
Hungarian Péter Nagy winds up WUWC 2014 with last victory
In what was a competition taking many unexpected turns, Turkish Resul ELVAN finally emerged victorious in total. However, the first gold medal in snatch went to Radoslav TATARCIK of Slovakia and the second, in clean and jerk, and with that the third, in total, was earned by the Turk thanks to his superior performance of 202kg, while Korea pocketed two more silver medals. Thailand’s recent World Championship bronze medallist, Chitchanok PULSABSAKUL, fortified with her teammate and fourth-placed Praenapa KHENJANTUEK left little room for others on the podium and little doubt about who will win the top positions in the women’s +75kg category. With their world class performance they put the crown not only on Thailand’s overall performance but the whole World University Championships in Chiang Mai. Since 2008, Péter NAGY, Hungarian superheavy champion has been collecting the available University titles, including that of Universiade champion (2011) and now, at his last competition of this kind, he grabbed nothing less than the WUWC 2014 Champion title once again. His supremacy in the +105kg could not be questioned, whereby he was unsuccessfully challenged by two Koreans in the clean and jerk who were eventually happy to share the dais with him. The WUWC 2014 came to an end in Chang Mai after 4 days of exciting and high standard competitions. Many congratulations to the participating athletes and thanks to the hosts! (Source:
