News

Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes re-elected to preside French Federation

Today, on 29 March 2009, at the General Assembly of the French Weightlifting Federation (FFHMFAC), one of the world's largest and oldest, Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes was re-elected as President for another term with 93% of the votes.President Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes has chaired various Organising Committees for World and Continental Championships and the French Federation will be the host of the 2011 World Weightlifting Championshis in Paris.

Peruvian Weightlifting President elected to the head of the NOC

Jose Quinones, President of the Peruvian Weightlifting Federation, was elected as President of his country's National Olympic Committee. Under his chairmanship, Peru was the host of the 2007 University World Cup and the Pan-American Olympic Qualification Championships in 2008.

Hayworth Sets Sights on London Olympics

Three-time Olympian Cheryl Haworth is off to train at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Olympic bronze medallist (2000) Savannah weightlifter starts training for the 2012 Olympics in London. During an announcement Haworth also donated the uniform she wore at the 2008 Beijing Games during the Opening Ceremonies. She suprised SCAD president Paula Wallace with the uniform at a ceremony on the SCAD campus. (by WSAV3)

Pacific Islands Cup Email Tournament

127 lifters took part in this very successful first ever Pacific Islands Cup Email Tournament. There was some outstanding performances with Ele Opeloge from Samoa in the 75+kg category totaling 265kg and winning the best female lifter. Whilst in the men division, the best lifter went to Yukio Peter from Nauru with a total of 355Kg competing in the 85kg category. Other excellent performances came from Manueli Tulo of Fiji in the 56kg category, breaking the Oceania total junior total with 228kg. (by

European National Championships before Bucharest meet

Finnish Championships 23 women and 51 men participated in the National Finnish Championships in Tampere. The nominees for the European Championships 2009 in Bucharest demonstrated good form.Heidi Harju achieved the highest women's result with 226.21 points ahead of Anna Everi with 219.34 points and Jenni Puputti with 210.37 points. The best male lifter was Antti Everi with 344.23 points, followed by Miika Antti-Roiko with 363.49 points and Toni Lintula with 360.08 points. Italian Championships The Italian Championships were held at Fondazione M. Bentegodi Sports Centre in Verona. Italy's weightlifting lady no. 1, Genny Caterina Pagliaro, could not perform because of bad stomach. Altogether 36 women and 55 men participated. The best results were achieved by Annarosa Campaldini with 211.3 points in the women's competition and Olympic participant Giorgio de Luca with 389.9 points in the

2008 Annual World Ranking Lists now published!

Compiled from the major international events' results on the IWF 2008 Calendar, the Annual World Ranking Lists for Men and Women are now available on this website.