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Azerbaijan Weightlifting Cup among women, men, and masters, held on December 21-23 at the competition hall of Weightlifting Academy in Shuvalan settlement, Baku, ended. More than a hundred athletes competed in this tournament. For the first time in the history of Azerbaijani weightlifting 25 women athletes took part in national-level competitions. They defined the absolute winner in different weight categories. Samira Rzayeva, Nazila Ismailova, Seljan Garayeva, Fazilya Imanova, Aisha Aliyeva, Fidan Mirzazade, Rahila Huseynzade, Leyla Maharramova and Elnara Rashidova won gold medals in their weight categories. The absolute winner among women – representative of Lankaran city Rahila Huseynzadeh won the title…
The ten (10) athletes, including two from Europe, who will serve as members of the IWF Athletes’ Commission until the 2024 Electoral Congress, have been announced by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF):Maude CHARRON (CAN)Hidilyn DIAZ (PHI)Fares Ibrahim ELBAKH (QAT)David LITI (NZL)Forrester OSEI (GHA)Luisa PETERS (COK)Marie Hanitra Roilya RANAIVOSOA (MRI)Yasmin Zammit STEVENS (MLT)Cyrille TCHATCHET II (GBR)Keydomar Giovanni VALLENILLA SANCHEZ (VEN)During the World Championships in Bogotá (Colombia) was organized first-time elections for the IWF Athlete Commission. Following the elections, the IWF will set new standards for athlete representation by appointing three athletes to the IWF Executive Board and three athletes to the…
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Mr. Marino Ercolani Casadei, founder, President, and Honorary President of the San Marino Weightlifting Federation. From 1991 to 2016, he was the General Secretary and/or Treasurer of the European Weightlifting Federation. As a manager, he served on the Board of the FILPJ (Italian Weightlifting and Judo Federation) for three Olympic mandates, was a member of the San Marino Olympic Committee Executive Board, participated in the Moscow Olympics with judo, and then as a weightlifting ITO in 1984, 1988, and 1992 Olympic Games. He was active and contributed…
Solfrid Koanda, IWF World Champion Solfrid KOANDA (NOR) became Norway’s first ever female world champion when she won a sweep of golds in the women’s 87kg at the IWF World Championships in Bogotá, Colombia.Koanda suffered such a bad injury in training in August that she thought she might not be fit in time for these Championships. She was in tears on the platform after the medal ceremony as she explained what had happened“Not long ago I didn’t even know if I would be able to compete, and now I am standing here with three gold medals – a dream come…
During the IWF special congress in Bogota, the IWF announced that the International Coach Licence will become mandatory in 2024 following the Olympics in Paris. This license will be mandatory for all coaches seeking accreditation at IWF competitions. It was also announced that the EWF will run the Pilot program during 2023. The EWF Coach Licence program will start March 2023 and the EWF will forward IWF / EWF Pilot program details to the national federations within the next two weeks.
Loredana-Elena TOMA (ROU) won her second world title when she took the 71kg at the IWF World Championships in Bogotá, and in the process she became the only non-Asian holder of a current world record in women’s weightlifting. Toma Loredama, World Champion In a tense finish to the women’s 71kg, Toma had to wait for victory. She had built a big lead by making her first five attempts – including a snatch world record of 119kg – but she looked frustrated when she missed the last clean and jerk.Two Chinese lifters had not finished yet. First, 23-year-old ZENG Tiantian (CHN), in with…
For most athletes, the national championships are the most important event. Most people consider participating in or winning a medal at that competition to be their highest achievement. It is also a popular qualifier for national teams. The EWF attempted to compile the results of the national championships in 2022 in one location to highlight athletes’ accomplishments. At the same time, we are attempting to create a database to prevent European athletes’ results from being forgotten. The EWF wishes to pass on this heritage to the next generation of weightlifters.These results are presented in their “simplest” form, as they were sent or…
The Türkiye Weightlifting Federation will host the European Senior Championships in Antalya, which will take place from February 17 to February 28, 2024. The EWF EB welcomed Türkiye candidacy and made the aforementioned decision. The Türkiye Weightlifting Federation has organized many major weightlifting events, so we are all excited to return to Antalya, which has already hosted European weightlifting championships in 2002 and 2012, as well as World championships in 2001 and 2010. Antalya, a well-known tourist destination, will provide training and competition venues within hotels, providing participants with very comfortable conditions. “I consider it our priority to establish our…
The EWF is pleased to inform that the EWF EB has decided to hold the 2023 European Youth & U15 Championships in Chișinău (Moldova) from July 6-17, 2023. Chișinău is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova, and the European weightlifting Championships will be the first European Championships of any Olympic sport organized in this country. In this regard, EWF congratulates and expresses satisfaction with the selection of Chișinău and Moldova for the organization of the event. EWF recognizes that sport is widely respected in Moldova, and EWF also gets a new cornerstone of our sport, the city/country where…