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IOC honours IWF Director with Achievement Diploma

Mrs. Anikó Németh-Móra, Director & Chief of Protocol of the IWF was honored to be awarded the IOC “Women and Sport” Achievement Diploma in recognition of her outstanding contribution to promoting the development and participation of women and girls in sport.  As an advocate of the recognition of Women’s Weightlifting she was lobbying hard for women competition to be part of the Weightlifting Competitions at the Olympic Games. The IOC encourages and supports the promotion of women in sport at all levels and in all structures, with a view to implementing the principle of equality. For having shown such strong vocation and persistence in her goals and work, Mrs. Anikó Németh-Móra received the acknowledgement of Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic

UAE launches its Women’s Team

United Arab Emirates Weightlifting Federation is now developing its Women's Team. Since Women competition was introduced at the World Championships inthe Unites States in 1987, as the 1st among the Gulf States, UAE launched and competed with a Women Team. During the World Weightlifting Championships in Antalya AL BALOOSHI Alia Ali (in the 53kg bodyweight category), AL BALOOSHI Ayesha and SALEH Muna Ahmed  (both in the 58kg bodyweight category) represented UAE within Group C. The IWF wants to record this move as a welcome effort appreciating the girls’ contributions, who did their best in the competition. Their Coach ELZAWAWI Nagwan (EGY) has great hope in her Team, and emphasized the importance of showing another facet of the

Become a staff member of LOCOG

London 2012 is seeking to recruit a Weightlifting Services Manager responsible for the planning, organization, management and conduct of the administration functions of the Weightlifting event at the London 2012 Olympic Games and the Paralympic Powerlifting event at the Paralympic Games. Those interested in the position can get more details on the following

Doping controls in Antalya

From the 515 athletes participating at the 2010 World Championships held in Antalya, Turkey 141 were subjected to doping control. The International Weightlifting Federation states that in its fight against doping, this high percentage (approximately 28% of the athletes competing in Antalya were tested) has to be

Education Program in Antalya

For the 5th time since the IWF has launched its Education Program it is running as a great success. The most recent edition of the lectures took place during the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships in Antalya on the 18th and the 22nd of September with translators working simultaneously in 4 languages: Chinese, Spanish, Russian and French. Renowned and experienced lecturers were present such as:Mr. Kyle Pierce, Professor in the Kinesiology and Health Science Department at the Louisiana State University in Shreveport started on Ethical issues and the Olympic Movement.Mr. Sam Coffa, IWF Vice President, Chairman of the Technical Committee discussed Technical issues and rule modifications in Weightlifting.Mr. Attila Ádámfi, Competition Director of the IWF talked about another aspect of Technical issues and comptition management.To conclude, Dr. Ágnes Tiszeker, Director of the Hungarian Anti-Doping Organization and medical doctor gave up to date information on anti-doping related news and regulations. She presented the downsides of doping under medical and sporting terms as well. In order to best meet your expectations, we are improving our Program and Methods from one Seminar to the other. We would like to draw your attention to the importance of these sessions for the athletes and coaches in order to give them broader information about Weightlifting related topics. Our responsibility is to offer every attendee the same opportunity to receive answers to questions they may have regarding the discussed

Antalya 2010 WWC Overall

At the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Weightlifting Championships Antalya, the Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Mehmet Ali Sahin said during his inaugural speech that „There is one language which is spoken as a common one by mankind, and it's the language of sports." He also said that this competition will contribute to peace and friendship among participating countries. The Weightlifting Championships held in Antalya, Turkey was a well organized and wonderfully managed competition that welcomed 515 participating lifters out of 74 countries. 65 platforms were provided for the training within the competition hall which considerably facilitated the work out sessions of the athletes. 203 women from 50 countries competed on stage at the Expo Center for the 21st edition for Women World Championships. This year's competition has been mostly about breaking records. Women performed above all expectations with setting 20 new World Records. The majority where realized by lifters from China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey. The one and only World Record among Men was set by the Chinese lifter LIAO Hui who dominated the 69kg category and showed a high technical superiority in his outstanding performance. He broke the Senior World Records in Clean & Jerk as well as in Total. The 1500th Women's World Championship Medal was awarded to SHIMKOVA Svetlana (RUS) who reached first place in the Women 69kg bodyweight category. The ELEIKO-IWF Press Commission's Trophy of "Best Lifter" within Men went to LIAO Hui (CHN) while the "Best Women" Trophy was awarded to KASHIRINA Tatiana (RUS). According to the Team classification, the first 6 best performing Men and Women Team stood up on stage during the Closing Ceremony to receive a special award. Within the 312 participating men lifters out of 63 countries, the Chinese Team finished as first. The ranking follows as Russia, Poland, Uzbekistan, Iran and Korea. Among Women, China, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Russia, Colombia and Thailand got awarded within Team classification. (For more details please consult the RESULT BOOK) Altogether 28 athletes from 11 countries won the so highly coveted Gold Medals.We were delighted to witness great fights, happy surprises, and tactical games as well as unfortunate defeats. On behalf of the IWF we are thankful to the Turkish Organizing Committee and Dr.Hasan Akkus for providing successful and pleasurable Championships. Regarding the qualifications for the Olympic Games, you can consult the current ranking for London 2012 on the IWF official website by the following links Women /