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The 10th International Women’s Weightlifting Tournament will be held on February 22, 2025, at Gymnase FAVIER in Lyon. This milestone event continues the tradition of celebrating women’s weightlifting, which began with the inaugural tournament in 2014. Initially focused on regional athletes, the event has since grown to include international participants.Over the years, the tournament has welcomed numerous champions, including Anaïs Michel. The 2023 edition was particularly special, marking the 130th anniversary of La Gauloise de Vaise, the club hosting this prestigious event.2025 tournament promises to bring together top French and international athletes for a memorable day of competition.For further details,…

Serbian Weightlifting Federation Elects New Executive BoardOn December 20, 2024, the Electoral Assembly of the Serbian Weightlifting Federation convened in Belgrade. During this assembly, Dr. Milan Mihajlovic was re-elected as Federation President, with the entire backing from Federation members.Additionally, the Assembly elected a new Executive Board, comprising the following members:* Mr. Branko Calic, Vice President* Ms. Tamara Jovic, General Secretary* Ms. Jovana Stajic, Executive Board Member* Mr. Ervin Rosznyik, Executive Board Member* Mr. Vojislav Ilic, Executive Board Member* Mr. Andrej Rang, Executive Board MemberSerbian weightlifters have made considerable development, capturing 47 medals at World and European Championships in various age…

Zdzisław Żołopa was elected President of the Polish Weightlifting Federation (PZPC) for a four-year term. The election of new President and new Management Board of PZPC took place on 19 December 2024 in Warsaw with 87 delegates present (100 percent turnout). Before the election, Żołopa served as vice president of PZPC for Organization Planning. The new board of the Polish Weightlifting Federation consists of 15 members. With 5 women amongst them, it is an unprecedented story in European weightlifting.The new President of PZPC is an IWF Category 1 Technical Official, officiating at the highest level including the Rio 2016 Olympic…

Ten days of competition, 48 competition sessions, 448 female and male athletes from 75 participating countries from the 5 continents and over 20 new senior and junior world records set. These are just some of the numbers that summarize the resounding success of one of the most spectacular competitions that the IWF has had for a long time: the Senior World Championships held in Manama BRN, between the 06 and 15 of December 2024.This event enjoyed an Opening Ceremony, opened and coordinated by the President of the host Federation, Eshaq Ebrahim Eshaq and by the speech of the IWF President…

Result BookDay 9 ResultsDay 8 ResultsDay 7 ResultsDay 6 ResultsDay 5 ResultsDay 4 resultsDay 3 ResultsDay 2 ResultsDay 1 ResultsStart BookAccommodation by CountryFinal Entries by BWFinal Entries by CountryMedia Accreditation FormPreliminary_Entries_by_BW_rev3Preliminary_Entries_by_Country_rev32025 EWC Transport & Accomodation formv2 REGULATIONSThe v1 Regulations have been updated in item 2. ACCOMMODATION AND FEES, Hotel “No-Show” charges. Cancellations will not be accepted after 25/03/2025 and no refunds will be given. The EWF cordially informs you that the next European Senior Championships will be hosted in Chisinau, Moldova, from April 13 to 21, 2025. As a reminder, the EWF Congresses are scheduled for April 11, 2025, with the championship opening…

We are pleased to inform you that the voting for the EWF Athletes Commission will take place in the room adjacent to the Chisinau Arena Training Area, conveniently located near the main entrance.Voting hours are as follows:09:00 – 12:00 17:00 – 19:00We welcome your participation and wish you the best of luck in the voting process.ELECTION RESULTSEWF 2025 ELECTIONS – LIST OF CANDIDATES2025 EWF ELECTORAL CONGRESS AGENDA2025 EWF ORDINARY CONGRESS AGENDAREPLACEMENT – CONGRESS DELEGATE FORM Considering the EWF Constitution article 13.2.1 “All documents or communications to the EWF will be in English”, all the original documents presented for the 2025 EWF election that are not in English…

On November 22 and 23, 2024, the International Competition and Anti-Doping Seminar workshop, organized as part of the IWF and EWF Level 2 Conversion Course for coaches, was held in Bucharest, with the organizational support of the Romanian Weightlifting Federation.51 participants from Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Kosovo, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Romania took part in the 14 presentations and intensive working sessions proposed by the meeting program. The working sessions were held by presenters and lecturers in physical format and in electronic format via the Zoom platform.The chairmen of the Coaching, Research and…

The 9 th International Tournament “Milen Dobrev” was successfully held on the 16 th of November, 2024, in Plovdiv. The competition organized in memory of the great Bulgarian weightlifter and gold Olympic medallist at Athens 2004, Milen Dobrev took place in the weightlifting hall in the Bulgarian city, in front of an impressive audience of world champions and Olympians from Bulgaria who have written history in our sport over the decades, including Zlatan Vanev, Sevdalin Marinov, Ivan Ivanov, Neno Terziyski and the newly elected president of the National Federation, Stefan Botev. 44 weightlifters, female and male, from Albania, Croatia, Greece,…

During the Ordinary and Electoral Congress of the Weightlifting Federation of the Republic of Moldova, held in Chisinau, on the 14 November, 2024, Antonio Conflitti and Maxim Cojocaru were reconfirmed President and Secretary General of the national weightlifting governing body, unanimously, in the presence of the observer of the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova, the State Secretary in charge of sports, Mr. Sergiu Gurin.The first part of the congress was focused on reporting the results and activities of the National Federation in the last Olympic cycle, emphasizing the exponential growth of performance by the members…

Dmitry Vasilenko has been elected the new President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation, with 65 votes of the 77 available, during the Electoral Congress held in Moscow, on Sunday, the 10th of November 2024.Vasilenko, who was born on February 28, 1982, served as Secretary General of the Russian Federation and a Member of its Executive Board. He holds the title of Candidate for Master of Sports in weightlifting and Master of Sports International Class in short track.He is a former speed skater who won, in 2004, a silver medal at the European Championships in the 5.000 metre short track relay. Apart from that,…