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The first official biography of Greek 3-times Olympic champion (and one bronze medal) and VP of the IWF Executive Board is out in Greece. Telling the story of his life to journalist Nikos Efstathiou, who provides context in the roughly 350 pages of the book, Pyrros Dimas talks about authoritarianism, weightlifting, migration, Olympic success, and public service. The biography is already available in Greek and will hopefully also be translated in other languages in the near future.
Santasport in Rovaniemi, Finland, welcomed the Nordic countries Oct. 8-9 to battle for Nordic titles. The best female performance was lifted by Finland’s Saara Retulainen in the women’s 59 kg category. After her personal best performance last week in Meissen with a 208kg total in the 64 kg category, she dropped down to 59 kg and posted a 89 kg snatch together with a 112 kg clean and jerk. Norway’s Ine Andersson won the title in the 64 kg category and posted second best Sinclair points of the weekend. Her best snatch was 86 kg and her best clean and…
The Armenian Weightlifting Federation informed EWF of new email addresses to be used in future correspondence. secretariat@awf.am and a.araik78@yandex.ru www.awf.am is the AWF website.
The EWF has received the most recent information on Covid test prices for the 2022 European Junior and U23 Championships. The AWF President and the AWF Executive Board discussed with the Ministry of Health following certain concerns from the national federations and decided to lower the cost of the COVID test from 50 EUR to 30 EUR due to the high volume of tests. The cost includes the medical staff, three shifts with 2 nurses, accommodation in case someone tests positive. Anyone who requires a test for departure after the competition can get one for free.NOTETHE FEDERATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY PAID, AWF WILL…
In response to additional questions from EWF Member Federations, the European Weightlifting Federation received an email from Albania Weightlifting Federation with an explanation from the Directorate of Health Care regarding current Covid issues.The complete correspondence is available below. You can find the most recent EWF Covid Guidelines and Protocols here.
The Federal Association of German Weightlifting has set itself ambitious goals with the strategy paper “Agenda 2028,” presenting and implementing concrete steps to make the sport more attractive. The BVDG press release is attached.
The 2022 European Junior & U23 Championships will be held this October in Durres, and the Albanian Weightlifting Federation hosted representatives from the EWF, including President Antonio Conflitti, General Secretary Milan Mihajlovic, and Treasurer Astrit Hasani, to discuss the final stage of preparation. During the meeting on September 22, the Mayor of Durres, Ms. Emiriana Sako, and the President of the Albanian Weightlifting Federation, Mr. Elez Gjoza, gave the most essential aspects regarding the upcoming competition, and expressed their strong commitment to organize an exceptional event. Participants’ accommodation and training will be at Fafa Resort, which is around 15-20 minutes…
The “Alpe Adria International Weightlifting Tournament” is the oldest weightlifting Tournament in the IWF and EWF Calendar. The ALPE ADRIA International Weightlifting Tournament was founded in 1965 by Mr. Marcello Zoratti (Friuli Venezia Giulia – ITA), Mr. Janko Groselj (Slovenia – YUG), and Mr. Anton Kofler (Karnten – AUT), among the bordering regions/countries of Slovenia (SLO), Friuli Venezia Giulia (ITA), and Karnten (AUT). Since its inception, the “Alpe Adria International Weightlifting Tournament” has been held as an important and friendly tournament each year. A Master’s tournament has been held on a regular basis since 2003. Due to the difficult problems…
One week of friendship, mutual training, and experience exchange has come to an end. From September 5 to 11, 2022, 40 athletes and 15 coaches from nine countries shared their sports knowledge in Split, Croatia. Besides daily training and theoretical lessons, as well as an anti-doping seminar, developing friendships among young people was something that EWF insisted on in the journey within a clean and safe sport of weightlifting. Lead coaches were Colin Buckley (IRL), the EWF CR&SC Chairman, and Damjan Canzek (SLO), members of the IWF & EWF CR&SC. Amar Music (CRO), CWF General Secretary put in a lot…
The training camp in Split, Croatia, was officially opened on the 6th of September by IWF President, Mr. Mohammed Jalooud and EWF President, Kt. Antonio Conflitti. It is marvelous to see an increase in the number of female coaches, and we appreciate the involvement of 9 EWF Federations, 40 athletes, and 15 coaches. Morning activities outside begin the day. After that, there are two gym sessions as well as evening classes for both the coach and the athlete. Lead coaches are Colin Buckley (Ireland), the EWF CR&SC Chairman, and Damjan Canzek (Slovenia), a member of the IWF & EWF CR&SC.…