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By IWFAfter his first three years at the helm of the International Weightlifting Federation, Mohammed Jalood was re-elected President for the period 2025-2029, at the Electoral Congress taking place in Riyadh, the vibrant Saudi capital.In an impressive demonstration of unity, Mr Jalood, who ran unopposed, received 168 votes from the delegates participating in the Assembly, both in-person and online. After the successful presidential choice, the Congress elected the remaining members of the Executive Board for the upcoming four-year period, a mix of continuity and renovation for a body that will drive our International Federation during the Olympic cycle comprising the…

By IWFThe second and final day of the IWF Electoral Congress in Riyadh (KSA) elected the following members of the IWF Committees and Commissions for the period 2025-2029:IWF TECHNICAL COMMITTEEMilan MIHAJLOVIC (SRB)Pedro SANCHEZ (AUS)Niwat LIMSUKNIRUN (THA)Doris MARRERO (VEN)Mustafa MAHDI (IRQ)Manareddin ESHELLI (LBA)John OGOLLA (KEN)IWF COACHING & RESEARCH COMMITTEEKyle PIERCE (USA)Jorge Luis BARCELAN (CUB)Lawrence IQUAIBOM (NGR)Sajjad ANOUSHIRAVANI (IRI)Arnaud FERRARI (FRA)Song Nam JANG (PRK)Eduards ANDRUSKEVICS (LAT)IWF MEDICAL COMMITTEEAhmed Hassan AL AHMARI (KSA)Victor CARPIO (PER)Lisimoni KAMI (AUS)Yu Mi KIM (PRK)Wutichai ISARA (THA)Wei LI (CHN)Seza TCHOBANIAN (LBN)IWF DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION COMMISSIONPaula ARANDA (USA)Bo MENG (CHN)Kevin DU PLOOY (RSA)Alex PADURE (ROU)Vahid RABIEI (IRI)IWF GENDER EQUITY…

The first day of IWF elections included the election of President, General Secretary, First Vice President, two Vice Presidents and twelve Executive Board members.The incumbent IWF President Mohammed Jalood secured his second term in office in a unanimous vote. The General Secretary position went to José Quiñones (PER) as the EWF Honorary President Antonio Urso (ITA) had declared he is stepping down from the position. Ursula Papandrea (USA) was elected for the position of First Vice President, and Mohammed Ahmed Alharbi (KSA) and Chenliang Liu (CHN) were elected for the two Vice President positions.In the election of twelve Executive Board…

The European Weightlifting Federation is pleased to continue its tradition of organizing the EWF Youth Training Camp, an initiative that has consistently proven to be valuable in developing and promoting weightlifting among the younger generation.We are delighted to inform you that this year’s EWF Youth Training Camp will be held in Madrid, Spain, from 13 to 20 July 2025.EWF would like to express its sincere gratitude to the Spanish Weightlifting Federation for their kind support and for generously hosting this year’s Camp.Please find attached the Regulations, Participation Form, and a Draft Training Schedule for your reference.We kindly ask you to…

Following the election of Dr. Peter Nagy, 3 times Olympian as President on 29 March 2025, the Hungarian Weightlifting Federation (HWF) held its Congress on 10 May 2025 to elect the Executive Board members for the term 2025 – 2028.The delegates elected all 9 EB members, including Attila Adamfi, IWF Vice President, who was elected as HWF Vice President. Dr. Adam Safian was elected as the other Vice President while the following EB members were also elected:- Istvan Juhasz- Norbert Komonyi- Csaba Kovacs- Gabriella Mathe- Jozsef Szeles- Peter Tamtom- Gabor VasporiThe newly established EB started its work right after the…

By German Weightlifting FederationOn Saturday evening, the search for the 2024/2025 Bundesliga Champion of the ESN German Weightlifting Bundesliga reaches its highest point at the hopefully packed Olympic Training Center Rhein-Neckar. Will AV 03 Speyerdefend their title?But that’s not all – the action kicks off earlier in the day with the 2nd Bundesliga finals. In an epic 4-way battle, the group winners from divisions A, B, C & D will fight for promotion!Battling for the Bundesliga title:AV 03 SpeyerChemnitzer ACSV Germania ObrigheimCompeting for promotion from the 2nd Bundesliga:SV 90 Gräfenroda (Group A)Athletenteam Vogtland (Group B)Athletenschmiede Kiel (Group C)SGV Böbingen (Group…

By Brian OliverEmily Campbell won her fifth straight continental title and Varazdat Lalayan claimed his second as the super-heavyweights brought the 2025 European Championships to a close in Chisinau, Moldova. Neither Campbell nor Lalayan started until everybody else had finished, and both won by more than 30kg. Lalayan declined his final two attempts after opening on 240kg in clean and jerk. Lalayan made 210-240-450 from his three good lifts. Mart Seim from Estonia was second at the age of 34, making his best total since 2018 on 180-235-415. Bohdan Hoza from Ukraine was third on 190-216-406 and fourth-placed Bakari Turmanidze…

By Brian OliverTwo of Europe’s medallists at the Paris Olympics won on a busy penultimate day of the European Championships at the Chisinau Arena in Moldova, and an athlete who finished fourth in France was also a champion.Solfrid Koanda from Norway declined her last two attempts after a straightforward fourth 87kg title. The Paris 81kg champion failed once in snatch and finished a long way clear on 122-145-267. Yauheni Tsikhantsou, a 102kg bronze medallist in Paris, won at the same weight in a close tussle with the Spaniard Marcos Ruiz, whose Olympic hopes were ruined by a serious quad injury.…

By Brian OliverKarlos Nasar made a sensational start in his new weight category of 96kg at the European Championships in Moldova. Within six minutes he had taken the snatch world record from Lesman Paredes, and with the last of his six good lifts he bettered the record on total, which had been set six and a half years ago by Sohrab Moradi. That just leaves Tian Tao’s 231kg clean and jerk to complete the set, which will no doubt be one of Nasar’s targets at the World Championships in Norway in October. He took the European clean and jerk record…

By Brian OliverGermany had its best European Championships result for seven years when Raphael Friedrich surprised the home favourite Marin Robu in front of a noisy audience at the Chisinau Arena. Genna Toko Kegne won the women’s 76kg for a second time. Her only two international results have produced senior European titles for the 22-year-old Italian.The tight 89kg contest between Friedrich and Robu was arguably the best men’s session to date at these Championships. Robu earned the loudest cheer of the week when he edged ahead at halfway with his final snatch, but he could not match Friedrich in clean…