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On November 10, 2024, the Electoral Assembly of the Albanian Weightlifting Federation was held in Shkodër. Mr. Fidel Ylli, President of the Albanian National Olympic Committee, was in attendance, as was Dr. Astrit Hasani, Treasurer of the European Weightlifting Federation and EWF representative. Albanian Weightlifting Federation’s Electoral Assembly During the election, Mr. Asim Belinovi and the current President, Mr. Elez Gjoza, competed for the presidency. Mr. Gjoza was re-elected President of the Federation with an amazing 95% of the votes cast. Furthermore, the Assembly chose a new Executive Board consisting of the following members:Mr. Artur LagjaMr. Leonard ToskaMr. Asim BelinovMr.…

Stefan Botev, aged 56, was elected, on November 8, 2024, in Sofia, President of the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation for a 5 year term. In the extraordinary Congress organized at the Sports Palace in the capital of Bulgaria, 27 sports structures from the 33 affiliated to the National Federation participated. Stefan Botev, the only remaining candidate, received the unanimous vote of confidence of the delegates present, replacing Anton Kodjabaschev.On the occasion of the Electoral Congress, the new General Secretary, Marin Milashki, who has held this position in the past and who replaced Dimitar Dimitrov, was also elected. Stefan Botev and Anton…

The last official EWF competition of this year ended successfully in Raszyn, Poland, with very good results and an important number of new records set, celebrated in an elegant Closing Ceremony, organized by the Polish Weightlifting Federation in the Warsaw Airport Hotel, on the 03 rd of November, 2024.The European Junior and U23 Championships, held between October 26 and November 3, 2024, at the Sports Complex Centrum Sportu in Raszyn, a town located in the immediate vicinity of the capital Warsaw, gathered 414 athletes at the start, in both genders and age categories, which makes this extremely successful event register…

The 6th General Election of the Türkiye Weightlifting Federation was held in Ankara on November 2, 2024. The General Assembly convened at the Hilton Garden Inn Ankara Gimat Hotel and was attended by 274 out of 299 delegates. Mehmet Yılmaz ran alongside Talat Ünlü, the current president, in the presidential election. Following the counting of votes, Talat Ünlü was re-elected as president, securing 191 votes from the 274 delegates present. Mehmet Yılmaz received 82 votes, while 1 vote was deemed invalid. EWF congratulates the successful election and wishes the Türkiye Weightlifting Federation the best athletes results. Talat Ünlü President of the Türkiye Weightlifting…

Karoliina Lundahl was re-elected as President of the Finnish Weightlifting Federation for a two-year term during the Finnish Weightlifting Federation Fall Congress on November 1, 2024, in Helsinki.At the same time, half of the Executive Board was elected, including three Board Members and a female athlete Board Member. The Finnish Executive Board presently contains four men and four women, including two athletes and a female president. There was no special voting for gender slots because athlete positions are voted for independently by clubs.The new board has a goal to improve on the financial status of the federation as the Finnish…

The Hellenic Weightlifting Federation conducted its elections in Athens at the end of October 2024, during which Ms. Theano Zagkliveri was re-elected as President of the Federation. Ms. Zagkliveri stood as the sole candidate and secured 38 votes from the 44 voting weightlifting clubs.The elections also resulted in the following appointments to the Board of Directors:1st Vice-President: Anna Stroumbou2nd Vice-President: Heraklis – Charalambos Roditis3rd Vice-President: Chariklia KyriakidouSecretary General: Filippia KochliaridouSpecial Secretary: Stylianos YordamilakisTreasurer: George KouroumihakisMaterial Supervisor: Christos Kamariannakis (representative of coaches)Members: Pyrros Dimas, Valerios Leonidis, Leonidas Sampanis, Evangelos Prokopidis, Polaktsidou Despoina (athletes’ representative).Notably, Olympic Champion Pyrros Dimas will serve as…

The European Weightlifting  Federation and Eleiko AB renewed their partnership in Warsaw, on October 25, following a negotiation for perfecting one of the most interesting collaborations between EWF and Eleiko, in recent years, based on financial and sports materials sponsorship.The signing of the contract took place, at the end of the EWF Special Congress, and the protagonists of this moment were the EWF President, Kt. Antonio Conflitti and Mr. Mathieu Gratereau, Area Sales Manager at Eleiko, who stated at the end of the meeting: “We are pleased to renew our partnership with the EWF for the next four years. It…

The President of the International Weightlifting Federation, Mr.  Mohamed Jalood, visited this week the “Centrum Sportu Raszyn” Sports Complex, where between October 26 and November 3, 2024, the European Championships reserved for athletes of the Junior and U23 age categories are taking place.President Jalood was more than satisfied with the infrastructure and the organization of the Polish Weightlifting Federation, which hosts in partnership with EWF, this continental competition, which gathers in Poland, around 450 athletes from 35 countries on our continent.The presence of the IWF leader in Raszyn is the confirmation of the support and attention that the International Federation…

In Warsaw, Poland, on October 24 and 25, 2024, the EWF Executive Board and Special Congress meetings took place, activities organized also in the context of the celebration of the 55th anniversary from the establishment of the European Weightlifting Federation, which took place in Warsaw on September 20, 1969. EWF EB meeting The EWF Special Congress took place, in the Warsaw Plaza Hotel, just one day before the big start of the Junior and U23 European Championships, organized and hosted by the Polish Weightlifting Federation, between October 26 and November 03, 2024, in the “Centrum Sportu Raszyn”, not far from…

IWF and EWF Presidents Mohammed Jalood and Antonio Conflitti, accompanied by the EWF General Secretary, Dr. Milan Mihajlovic, EWF Treasurer, Dr. Astrit Hasani and EB Member, Alexandru Padure, paid, on Monday, 21 October, 2024, an important visit to the village of the champions of “Shtërmen” in Cërrik Municipality, at the invitation of the mayor and former weightlifter Andis Salla and the National Weightlifting Federation’s President, Elez Gjoza.World Weightlifting medalists Briken Calja and Ertjan Kofsha were also present during this meeting, who have made history together with the “Shtërmeni” Weightlifting Team, a team which has so far collected 93 medals in…