The EWF was the first Continent to improve its Constitution with the Athlete Commission (AC), made up entirely of athletes, providing the AC Chair voting rights in the EWF EB.
Given that we are in a transitional period until the 2025 EWF Elections, including those for athletes, we decided to appoint a temporary Athlete Commission using the same criteria as the IWF.
EWF President, Antonio Conflitti; EWF EB Member and current EWF Athlete Commission Chair, Jesmond Caruana; EWF EB Member and EWF Legal Adviser, Oren Shai; and IWF Athlete Commission Chair and IWF EB member, Forrester Osei compose the EWF Working Group in charge of managing the process of forming the first EWF Athlete Commission.
The EWF Athletes Commission will be formed with the role to ” represent active Athletes and to give them a voice in the governance of the European Weightlifting Federation, including providing advice to the Executive Board on matters affecting the EWF from the Athletes’ perspective …” (from the EWF Constitution).
The EWF Athletes Commission Nomination Form can be found here.
The form must be returned to the EWF Secretariat by 29/12/2023. (the twenty-ninth
of December 2023), via email
secretariat@ewf.sport
Relevant information:
In the second half of January 2024, the EWF Athletes Commission Working Group will meet to select six candidates for the EWF Athletes’ Commission (3 men and 3 women).
The process will include two steps: an examination of the professional criteria and a check to verify that there is no history of doping violations.
A vote on those proposals will be held by the board at the EWF EB meeting on February 10, 2024.
From the EWF Constitution:
9.1 THE ATHLETES COMMISSION
The role of the Athletes’ Commission is to represent active Athletes and to give them a voice in the governance of the European Weightlifting Federation, including providing advice to the Executive Board on matters affecting the EWF from the Athletes’ perspective. Proposals from the Athletes’ Commission will be tabled at the next Executive Board meeting for approval.
9.1.2 The Athletes Commission will have representatives sit on the Executive Board of the EWF.
9.1.10 The Athletes Commission shall be made up of no more than Six (6) members and will have a balance of male and female members and representation from different countries who are eligible according to the criteria outlined in Article 12.11. The Athletes Commission must at all times have at least Three (3) members who are female, and Three (3) members who are male.
9.1.10.1 The Athletes Commission will not have Two (2) athletes from the same country.
9.1.11 Athletes Commission members shall be elected based on the following eligibility criteria:
(a) Athlete must be at least eighteen (18) years of age at time of application.
(b) The Commission should be composed of a majority of athletes who, at the time of their election/nomination, are participating at international level or have done so within the previous four years.
(c) A person is ineligible for appointment if the person has at any time been found to have committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation.
(d) The person must have represented their National Federation in at least one (1) of the following:
(i) At least one (1) of the two (2) most-recent Olympic Games.
(ii) At least one (1) of the two (2) most-recent Youth Olympic Games.
(iii) At least one (1) of the two (2) most-recent Youth, Junior, or Senior World Championships.
(iv) At least one (1) of the two (2) most-recent European Championships.
(e) The working language of the Federation is English, and the candidates must have a minimum of a conversational capability.
9.1.13 The Commission will have One (1) voting seat on the EWF Executive Board. This seat will be made up of the chairperson of the Athletes Commission.
9.1.14 The Commission will hold a minimum of one (1) meeting a year.
Should you have any further questions, we remain at your disposal.
EWF is looking forward to receiving your proposals!