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Join us at the IWF Education Program in Wroclaw

We are happy to inform you that the IWF will hold two Education Seminars during the 2013 IWF World Championships in Wroclaw. We kindly invite all our Member Federations to participate! 21st October, 10:00 a.m. in Hotel ORBIS 23rd October, 10:00 a.m. in Hotel ORBIS The main topics will be: Anti-Doping, Nutritional supplements, ADAMS YOG, Nanjing 2014 – General information Olympic Movement, Ethical issues Widely recognized international experts from and outside the IWF will hold the lectures. Make sure that athletes and officials of your Federation will participate in the

Elections of the Hellenic Weightlifting Federation

The elections for the Executive Board of Hellenic Federation took place on 29 September 2013. The composition of the new Executive Board is as follows: President: Pyrros Dimas Vice President: Georgios Paraskevopoulos, Anastasios Lagas, Evangelos Prokopidis General Secretary: Dimitrios Valasiadis Assistant Secretary: Charalampos Sfakianakis Treasurer: Maria Pantikidou Deputy Treasurer: Konstantinos Korlos Members: Vasi leios Georgiadis, Eleni Deskata, Theano Zagkliveri, Nikolaos Iliadis, Konstantinos Kazaklis, Charalampos Sdrolas, Kiriakos Stefanidis

Amended IWF TCRR published

During the IWF EB meeting in Beijing, the IWF TCRR has been amended, including clarifications and typing error corrections, but no essential rule changes. The amended version (IWF TCRR August 2013) has been uploaded to the website and can be accessed

2013 IWF WWC Wroclaw Final Entries: Deadline Today!

Member Federations are herewith reminded that the deadline for submitting the Final Entries (Men and Women) to the 2013 IWF World Championships, Wroclaw, is running out today! In case you have not yet submitted the Final Entry, here is your last chance to do so.

ORIS meeting for Rio 2016 Olympic Games

A meeting of the Weightlifting Working Group of the Olympic Results and Information Service (ORIS) for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has just been held. The 3-days meeting held in Montreux, SUI defined the requirements for the service providers for the Games. The ORIS Weightlifting Document was updated in accordance with the new IWF Rules and Regulations, whereby the experiences from the implementation of the ORIS in London were also considered. The meeting was led by Nicolas Hurel IOC Head of ORIS, and the IWF was represented by Robert Nagy, Technology Director and Attila Adamfi, Competition Director of the Federation. Also present were representatives of the IOC, Rio 2016, ATOS and

GB Weightlifting named Team for 2013 IWF World Championships

THREE members of the GB weightlifting squad have been selected to compete at the World Senior Championships in Poland next month after hitting qualification targets. London 2012 Olympic athletes Jack Oliver (Leeds) and Natasha Perdue (Swansea) will be joined at the event in Wroclaw by Crystal Palace lifter Emily Godley. Swansea-based Perdue, 38, won the British Championships in July and will compete in the 69kg class. Oliver, 22 and based in Leeds, also won the British title in the 85kg class with a total lift of 312kg. Godley, also 22 and from London, is the current English Champion after lifting a total of 190kg in the tournament in February. All three have just returned from a warm weather training camp in Tenerife, where they were also joined by Sonny Webster, Brad Burrowes, Ben Watson and Chris Freebury. The top class facility helped all athletes hone their skills, with 11 lifting platforms available as well as GB coaches and nutritional support and body composition analysis. Bristol-based Webster, 19, is now a UK Sport funded athlete following his winning performance at the British Championship and good level of recent progress. Source: