The EWF Executive Board resolved to approve the participation of the following athletes in the 2026 European Championships in Batumi, in line with the decision that the event shall serve as a qualification competition for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow:
Cheyenne Smith (RSA), F86, Entry Total: 178 kg
Christoffel Reeders (RSA), M110+, Entry Total: 312 kg
Their participation is approved exclusively for the purposes of Commonwealth Games qualification ranking. Accordingly, their results shall not be included in the official competition results.
EWF EB approved the participation of Mr. Ramiro Mora Romero as an EWF Guest (Out of competition) at the 2026 European Championships in Batumi, in line with the established practice for refugee athletes at previous European Championships.
The 2026 EWF European Championships serve as a qualification event for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. As such, athletes from Commonwealth Sport Nations, including the Home Nations (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland), the Crown Dependencies (Guernsey Jersey, and the Isle of Man), and the British Overseas Territories (Gibraltar) under the jurisdiction of British Weightlifting may participate, even if they don’t represent an EWF Full Member Federation. Their participation is solely for Commonwealth Games ranking purposes, and their results will not be included in the official 2026 EWF European Championships results.
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Regulations for the 2026 EWF European Weightlifting Championships in Batumi, Georgia (19–26 April 2026) are now confirmed.
EWF Member Federations are kindly asked to review the Regulations carefully and plan all entries and procedures in line with the deadlines below.
Key dates include:
- Whereabouts submission (19 January 2026),
- Preliminary entries (16–19 February 2026),
- Final entries (16–19 March 2026),
- Online final verification (30–31 March 2026),
- Team invoices (23–31 March 2026),
- Team payments by bank transfer (1–3 April 2026), and
- the publication of the Start Book (10 April 2026).
The competition will take place from 19–26 April 2026, with departure day on 27 April 2026.
Please note that all official correspondence related to the Championships will be conducted exclusively via @ewf.sport email addresses.
The Local Organizing Committee will communicate through batumi2026@ewf.sport