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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…

The Balkan Weightlifting Federation was founded on the 21 st of October, 2024, in Golem, Albania. The organization recognizes, in general, the activity of 11 National Federations from the Balkan region (ALB, BIH, BUL, CRO, GRE, KOS, MKD, ROU, SRB, SLO, TUR) and aims to develop our sport on the regional level, trying to create opportunities and competitions for the weightlifting community in this area of ​​Europe.The weightlifting activity in the Balkans is not a first, taking into account the many competitions held over time in this region and which, at some point, began to be recognized for the high…

On October 20, 2024, the Austrian Weightlifting Federation held its elections at the Hotel Schillerpark in Linz, Upper Austria. The newly elected leadership is as follows:President: Gerhard PeyaVice President: Patrick E. DürnbergerVice President: Herbert SchandlProtocol: Sarah Fischer1st Treasurer: Herbert Schandl2nd Treasurer: Katharina Rimböck-PeyaMedia Officer: Konrad HoeggSport Director: Patrick E. DürnbergerSport Director Women: Victoria HahnSport Director Men: Sargis MartirosjanReferee chairman: Harald ReschAuditors Committee: Gottfried Langthaler, Gerhard Muckenhuber, Erwin StiegThe Austrian Weightlifting Federation and its members are well-known for their high activity levels. During the next EWF Special Congress in Poland, a book written by Gerhard Peya outlining the history of the Danube Cup, which was published with EWF support, will be presented.The EWF…

ITO Seminar and Workshop has been conducted in Faroe Island in conjunction with the Nordic Senior Championships from October 17 to October 19, 2024.Tina Beiter, EWF Vice President and TC Chairwoman, as well as TC members Tryggve Duun and Patrik Helgesson, delivered lectures. The seminar was attended by 16 ITOs from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Germany, Tyrkiye, and Ireland, as well as local NTOs from Faroe Island. The topics included Athletes’ outfit, The role of the TC, The weigh-in rule, and The role of the CM.The ITOs also discussed Bend/Extend and Press-out rules and viewed a lot of videos…

EWF President and IWF Executive Board Member, Kt. Antonio Conflitti, who is also President of the Moldavian Weightlifting Federation, was elected Member of the Executive Board of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova, for the term 2024 – 2028. This achievement is very important considering that it is the first time that a representative of the Moldavian weightlifting movement holds such a position. The election took place on Friday, 18 October, 2024, in Chisinau, when the Moldavian NOC General Assembly re confirmed Nicolae Juravschi, for his sixth mandate, to the organisation’s leadership. Juravschi is a former canoe…