Weightlifting

Hall of Fame

Was established on 12th January 1992, in Paris (France), to pay due tribute to the sport's most prominent representatives.

The Founder – and at the same time President – of the Hall of Fame is Frenchman Alain Lunzenfichter, a journalist of great international renown, Former Chairman of the A.I.P.S. Weightlifting Commission, Chairman of the IWF Press Commission, Honorary Member of the IWF Executive Board.

The Board of Trustees of the Weightlifting Hall of Fame is composed of top officials of the IWF.
Every year, the Board of Trustees shall nominate members for election.

Nominees may be athletes, coaches, officials, journalists, sponsors. Only persons so nominated may be elected. Any representative of an IWF member country is entitled to be awarded membership. It takes 50% plus one vote of the Board of Trustees to be elected. The number of members elected to the Hall of Fame cannot exceed ten per year.

Nominated may be

1 - Athletes having been retired for at least 5 years

2 - Coaches having worked for weightlifting for at least 25 years

3 - Officials with at least 25 years of service in weightlifting

4 - Individuals having significantly assisted the weightlifting sport

LIST
OF MEMBERS

2011

Robert Nagy, Official (HUN)

2010

Kakhi Kakhiasvilis, Athlete (GRE)

Andrei Chemerkin, Athlete (RUS)

Myrddin John, Official (WAL)

2009

Sam Coffa, Official (AUS)

Pyrros Dimas, Athlete (GRE)

Chun Byung-Kwan , Athlete (KOR)

2007

Kurt Wegmann , Official (GER)

Stefan Botev, Athlete (BUL)

Yurik Sarkisian, Athlete (ARM)

Lennart Blomberg, Sponsor (SWE)

2006

Mária Takács, Athlete (HUN)

Nicu Vlad, Athlete (ROU)

Alexander Kurlovich, Athlete (BLR)

Viacheslav Klokov, Athlete (RUS)

2005

Philippe Saint-Cyr, Official (CAN)

Dr. Marta Baroga, Official (ROU)

Marcus Stephen, Athlete (NRU)

2004

Naim Suleymanoglu, Athlete (TUR)

Marino Ercolani Casadei , Official (SMR)

2002

Zygmunt Smalcerz, Athlete (POL)

Tadamasa Uesaka, Sponsor (JPN)

1999

Yannis Sgouros, Official (GRE)

Nikolai Parhomenko, Official (RUS)

David Rigert, Athlete (RUS)

1998

Dr. Juan F. Marcos Becerro, Official (ESP)

Kaarlo Kangasniemi , Olympic and World champion (FIN)

Jaan Talts, Athlete (EST)

1997

Norbert Schemansky, Olympic and world Champion (USA)

Vladan Mihajlovic, Official (SRB)

1996

Sebastiano Mannironi, Olympic medallist (ITA)

Lazar Baroga, IWF Technical Committee President (ROU)

1995

Bob Hasan, IOC Member (INA)

Wally Holland, EWF President (GBR)

Hilmar Bürger, journalist (GER)

Mohammad Nassiri, Olympic Champion (IRI)

Arkadi Vorobyev, Two times Olympic Champion (RUS)

1994

Yurik Vardanian, Olympic Champion (RUS)

Jing-Kai Chen, World Record Holder (CHN)

Louis Hostin, Two time Olympic Champion (FRA)

Norair Nurikian, Two times Olympic Champion (BUL)

Wolfgang Peter , IWF Vice President (GER)

Janusz Przedpelski, EWF Honorary Life President (POL)

1993

Juan Antonio Samaranch, IOC President (ESP)

Vasili Alexeev, Two times Olympic Champion (RUS)

Waldemar Baszanowski, Two times Olympic Champion (POL)

Imre Földi , Olympic Champion (HUN)

Tommy Kono , Two times Olympic Champion (USA)

Yoshinobu Miyake, Two times Oympic Champion (JPN)

Yanko Rusev, Olympic Champion (BUL)

Clarence H. Johnson, IWF Honorary Life President (USA)

Kun Bae Park, sponsor (KOR)

Mieczyslaw Szyk, journalist (POL)

1992

Paul Wallwork, IOC Member (SAM)

Gottfried Schödl, IWF President (AUT)

Dr. Tamás Aján, IWF General Secretary (HUN)

Alain Lunzenfichter, president AIPS Weightlifting Commission (FRA)

Jenő Boskovics, General Secretary AIPS Weightlifting Commission (HUN)

Tasos Papachristou, Vice President AIPS Weightlifting Commission (GRE)