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Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes became Knight of the Order of Legion of Honor

Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes became Knight of the Order of Legion of Honor for his services to French Sport and French Weightlifting in particular. The long serving President of the French Federation, former IWF Executive Board Member received this high distinction of the President of the French Republic from the hands of Denis Masseglia, President of the French Olympic Committee. Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes was Member of the Executive Board of the French Weightlifting Federation since 1972, Secretary General from 1976 until 1984 and President between 2001 and 2013. He organized four Weightlifting Championships: 1975 – 1st IWF Junior World Championships in Marseilles, 2005 – FISU World Championships in Villeneuve-Loubet, and in 2005 – Lilles and 2011 Paris the IWF World Championships. The highest state award of France was presented to Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes at a Gala held on 24 January 2014, in the presence of over 600

President of Ghana Weightlifting Federation elected NF President of the year 2013

Ben Nunoo Mensah, President of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation was voted by the sports writers association of Ghana (SWAG) as the best National Federation President (out of the 36 National Federation Presidents in Ghana) for the year 2013. He received this high recognition for the tremendous work done to promote weightlifting in Ghana in the last eight (8) months. This honour will be a major booster for Ghana Weightlifting Federation in 2014. The Federation hopes to commission a modern weightlifting hall and gym in April, and also introduce weightlifting to most of the second cycle schools in Accra and the security services in Ghana. Source: Husseini Akueteh Addy, Secretary-General, Ghana Weightlifting

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay – Apti Aukhadov

The Torch Relay journeys to Grozny on Tuesday, approximately 515 miles southeast of Sochi. Close to 85 torchbearers will carry the flame in Grozny, including Olympic weightlifter Apti Aukhadov. Follow the Sochi 2014 Torch Relay Sochi 2014

European Coaches Forum held in Rome, Italy

The EWF held a European Coaches Forum at the Centro di Preparazione Olimpica Rome, Italy. 36 Coaches from 29 Federations attended the very successful course. The topic was the introduction of a “European Coaching Passport”. During the 2 days Forum, important discussions were initiated and Member Federations shared coaching procedures and exchanged knowledge. The main presenter at the Forum was Colin Buckley, EWF Executive Board Member in charge of the European Coaching Framework. The IWF was represented by Mr Milan Mihajlovic, Member of the IWF Coaching & Research

Updated TO Examination

The IWF Technical Committee has updated the IWF Technical Officials’ Examination documents following the IWF TCRR 2013-2016. The documents can be found in the Download Center. IWF Technical Officials’ Examination - Questions IWF Technical Officials’ Examination -

Iraqi Weightlifting Federation Elections

The Iraqi Weightlifting Federation held its Elections on 9 January 2014. The following Officials were elected: President: Mohammed Kadum Mezail Vice President: Mohammed Hassan Jaloud General Secretary: Dr.Mustafa Salih