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EWF was informed about the newly established weightlifting training center by the Swedish Weightlifting Federation. “The Swedish Weightlifting Federation launches on September 1, together with Eleiko Group AB and the University of Halmstad, a national training center where the idea is to bring together Sweden’s best lifters and coaches and at the same time enable the combination of elite sports and university studies. In the last four years, Sweden has won over 20 European Championship medals in senior and youth categories, in addition to a couple of World Championship medals. These are extraordinary results that Swedish weightlifting has not been…
The European Youth and U15 Weightlifting Championships have been successfully concluded. It was held from 10th to 17th August 2022 in the magnificent Sport Centre in Raszyn, Poland, where we saw 141 U15 athletes from 30 European nations and 195 Youth athletes from 33 nations.The Opening ceremony was attended by high Poland representatives, Minister of Sport and Tourism – Kamil Bortniczuk, Deputy Mayor of the Raszyn Commune – Katarzyna Dombska, Director of the Central Sports Center – Witold Roman, Director of the Central Sports Center in Cetniewo – Michał Kowalski, Director General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration…
Following the successful completion of the weightlifting events at the XXII Commonwealth Games, the CWF Electoral Congress was held in Birmingham on August 4, 2022.Dato Ong Poh Eng (MAS) was elected President, and Paul Coffa MBE (AUS) was elected General Secretary .Two Europeans, Heather Allison (GBR) and Jesmond Caruana (MLT), were elected as Vice Presidents of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Federations. The complete election results are as follows: President, Dato Ong Poh Eng (MAS) General SecretaryPaul Coffa MBE (AUS)Vice-President Tom Liaw (SGP) Heather Allison (ENG)Kevin du Plooy (RSA) Jesmond Caruana (MLT)Sir John Dawanincura (PNG) Sahdev Yadav (IND)Executive Board Member John Ogolla (KEN) Della Shaw Elder (FIJ)Salim Musoke (UGA) Coral Quinell…
Result bookScoreboardLivestreamStart BookTraining ScheduleTraining groups 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…
The record update is a process that must be done on a regular basis.We thank EWF TC member, Mr. Tryggve Duun, as well as other members of the committee who completed this important task and updated the European weightlifting records list. We also want to thank NFs for pointing out some specific records.The data is presented in two Excel files, one for men and one for women, in which all age categories are combined.A list of records of all age categories can be found hereSome European records also world records:SeniorNASAR Karlos May (BUL), bw cat 81 kg in C&J,PIZZOLATO Antonino…
It is only ten days until the start of the fifth Islamic solidarity games, which will be held in Konia (Turkey) from August 9 to 18, 2022.Weightlifting is an essential component of this fantastic multi-sport event. We anticipate 31 countries, 76 female and 125 male weightlifters, and numerous new records.https://youtu.be/S97g0LNLq4g
EWF expects the start of the Training Camp, which will take place in Split, Croatia from September 5 to September 11, 2022. Weightlifters and coaches from nine countries will take part in this activity, which had previously been halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Weightlifters from Belgium, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Italy, Romania, and Croatia are expected to learn new skills from experts Damjan Canzek (SLO), IWF and EWF CRC Member and Colin Buckley (IRL), EWF CR&SC Chairman. The Croatian Institute for Public Health will hold a lecture on anti-doping, an activity that EWF strongly…
Two British Weight Lifting (BWL) home nation weightlifters have been selected by their respective Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) to serve as their flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on 28 July. Emily Campbell will fly the flag for Team England. Emily is already a Commonwealth medallist after securing bronze at the Gold Coast 2018 and for these Games, she is ranked no. 1 in the Commonwealth and will compete in the women’s 87+kg category on Wednesday 3 August.Campbell made history at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 by becoming the first British woman in history…
START LIST The Commonwealth Games is a world class, multi-sport event that is held once every four years. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held in venues all across Birmingham and the West Midlands, from 28 July until 8 August 2022. The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) has been selected as the venue for Weightlifting and Para Powerlifting events at Birmingham 2022.
RESULT BOOKSTART BOOKThe Islamic Solidarity Games is a multi-disciplinary sports event held by the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF) and between the countries that are members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. The 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games will be the fifth edition of the event, which will be held from August 9 to 18, 2022 in Konya, Turkey. The 5th Islamic Solidarity Games, planned to be held in Konya in 2021, were postponed to 2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.At the Games to be held at the 14 sports venues in 24 different sports, 355 competitions for medals will be held.…