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SPORTLAND Lower Austria hosted an event to recognize the Best athletes in 2021. The ceremony “Sport Lounge Lower Austria” took place on October 19th in Grafenegg, Lower Austria. Sarah Fischer finished second in the athlete of the year award in lower Austria, after winning 33 medals at the European and World Championships. Winning three bronze medals at the European senior championships decided her finish second. Tomorrow, October 25, 2022, at 4:30 p.m., Sarah Fisher will compete in the 2022 European U23 championships. Good luck to all participants on the last day of the European Championships in Durres, Albania, tomorrow. Sarah…
The Dutch Nikki Löwik (b.2001) won gold for the snatch, the clean & jerk and the total in the -76kg class for U23 athletes at the 2022 European championships in Durres, Albania. It is the first time a Dutch female has won an international medal outside of the masters categories. After snatching 92 and 95 kilos, she ended with a convincing personal best of 97 kilos. After her 110 and 114 clean and jerk, her total was enough to beat the Finnish Jutta Selin by 10 kilos. Having already won gold and not wanting to aggravate a recent injury, the…
The weightlifting federation of Iceland, established on the 27th of January 1973, celebrates its first European championship title after almost 50 years of operation. Eygló Fanndal Sturludóttir (b.2001) made a convincing victory in the -71 kg U23 category at the European championship held in Durres, Albania. She exceeded the silver medalist Lara Dancz of Germany by 12 kg and the bronze medalist Vicky Graillot of France by 15kg, making all good lifts, 90kg, 94kg and 97kg in snatch and 114kg, 117kg and 120kg in clean and jerk. Improving her own Icelandic senior records in c&j and total by 4kg. Eygló…
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan participated at the inauguration of the weightlifting club in “Zangazur Dost”, which was installed in “Dost Agropark”. At the opening ceremony, members of the national weightlifting teams of Türkiye and Azerbaijan, as well as amateur athletes of the sports club, had a conversation with the two heads of states. Famous Turkish weightlifter, three-times Olympic champion Halil Mutlu also took part at the ceremony. The ceremony was also marked by a very interesting moment when the President Ilham Aliyev lifted the bar over the head and making a good promotion for…
The 2022 European Junior and U23 Championships, currently being held in Durres, Albania, has started very successfully. After three competition days, we have seen several new European and World records.In the second session of the competition, the excellent Mihaela Valentina Cambei (ROU), competing in the 49kg category, set three new Junior European records with the result of 87kg in Snatch, 102kg in Clean and Jerk, and a Total of 189kg. On day 2, we saw an amazing performance by Nina Sterckx (BEL), who previously won the 2022 IWF Junior World Championships and competed at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Sterckx set…
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The EWF Congress took place in Durres on October 14, 2022. In the presence of delegates from 30 different nations, the European Weightlifting Federation expressed its special appreciation to the host, Albanian Weightlifting Federation who conducted three significant events this year — the European Championship for Senior, the IWF Electoral Congress, and now the European Championship for Junior & U23. Reports on the work done between the two congresses were accepted, timeline for adopting the new EWF Constitution at the following congress’s session were announced, and the latest information about 2024 Olympic games were presented. The European Championship for Juniors…
Mrs. Nadezda Masjukova was elected as acting president of the Estonia weightlifting federation after Dr. Margus Annuk left position as president. He will remain a member of the EWF Medical Committee.You can contact the Estonia Weightlifting Federation via email info@etl.ee, or through their website www.tosteliit.ee