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USAW names 2013 IWF World Championships Team

Fifteen of the top weightlifters in the U.S. head to Wroclaw, Poland, Oct. 16-27 for the 2013 IWF World Championships. The decorated group of American athletes looks to continue a strong 2013 international campaign as Team USA begins to pave the road to Rio 2016. Led by National Team Coach Zygmunt Smalcerz, Men’s Co-Head Coaches Christopher Wilkes and Glenn Pendlay, and Women’s Head Coach Jose Victor Gallego, the U.S. Team will be comprised of eight men, seven women and four reserves. “USA Weightlifting is proud to send this group to represent our country at Worlds in Poland,” said USA Weightlifting CEO Michael Massik. “This is an excellent group of athletes who have taken great strides to earn their spots on this team. We are very proud of the work they have done to get here and excited for the work they will do on the world stage.” The 2013 IWF World Championships U.S. Women’s Team: Morghan King, 48kg / Cortney Batchelor, 58kg / Geralee Vega, 63kg / Jenny Arthur, 69kg / Allie Henry, 69kg / Chioma Amaechi / Shelbie Serpan, 75+kg Reserves: Samantha Lower, 58kg and Kelly Rexroad-Williams, 48kg The 2013 IWF World Championships U.S. Men’s Team: Caleb Williams, 69kg / James Tatum, 77kg / Travis Cooper, 85kg / Mike Nackoul, 85kg / Jared Fleming, 94kg / Donovan Ford, 105kg / David Garcia, 105kg / Caine Wilkes, 105+kg Reserves: Darren Barnes, 56kg and Chad Vaughn, 77kg For more information check out

Medal Reallocation

The International Weightlifting Federation is paying special attention to the reallocation of the medals in light of disqualifications at previous events. In the frame of the medal reallocation process the rightful owners are able to receive their well-deserved medals. We kindly request all the Federations involved to reallocate the medals during the IWF World Championships to be held in Wroclaw or send the medals to the respective

IWF Development Program – Deadline Reminder

We remind you that the deadline to return the completed IWF Development Program application forms is 1st October 2013. Please click here to download the Guidelines and Application Form and send the filled in documents to

U17 Pan-American Championships Cancun, Mexico

The 9th U17 Pan-American Championships held in Cancun, Mexico from 3-9 September 2013 ended with the participation of 14 countries from North, Central and South America and The Caribbean. It is important to mention that this event gave great opportunity for weightlifting promotion and development to countries such as Guyana, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The competition marked the first competition after the YOG Qualification Event in Tashkent, Uzbekistan for the U17 athletes trying to qualify at the 2nd YOG in Nanjing. The following Pan-American countries are already qualified: Women: MEX (2), COL (1), ECU (1), VEN (1). Men: MEX (2), COL (1), VEN (1). The host city Cancun and the Mexican Weightlifting Federation gave very good hospitality for the participating teams and organized a successful tournament. The city is the most important tourist destination with beautiful beaches and white sand in The Caribbean Sea. The weightlifting events of the Pan-American Championships were held at the Kuxil Baxal Complex. At the opening Ceremony of the Championships Dr. Rosalio Alvarado, President of the Mexican Weightlifting Federation, thanked all participants for having contributed in the success of these U17 Pan-American Championships in Cancun, Mexico. Mr. David Montero (BRA) IWF Executive Board Member, Mr. Diego German Martinez (COL), IWF Technical Committee Member and Mr. Eddie Suarez (VEZ) General Secretary of the Pan-American Weightlifting Federation also participated in the event. The Trophy of Best Female athlete of the competition went to CANTU Jennifer (MEX), silver and bronze medallist in the YWWC in Uzbekistan while the Best Male athlete of the competition was CAICEDO Andres (COL). In the Women’s categories, 1st place was awarded to Mexico, 2nd place went to Colombia while 3rd place to Ecuador. Brazil and Guatemala followed. In the Men’s categories, 1st place was awarded to Ecuador, 2nd place went to Mexico while 3rd place to Colombia. Guatemala, Brazil and Costa Rica followed. Click here for more

International Council for Coaching Excellence Conference

The International Council for Coaching Excellence organized the 9th Global Conference in Durban, South Africa. Every two years the ICCE Global Coach Conference brings together coaches, coach educators, researchers, sport scientists, technical directors and sport administrators to address issues in coaching, coach education, high performance coaching and coaches representation; and to share experiences with the best coaching experts in the world. The 9th ICCE Global Coach Conference 2013 was jointly organized by SASCOC and the

Deadline Reminder – 2013 IWF World Championships Wroclaw

The deadline for the Final Entry Forms for the 2013 IWF World Championships Wroclaw expires on 4 October. We invite all National Federations to send their Final Entry Forms promptly to the Polish Weightlifting Federation ([email protected]) and to the IWF