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The EWF has signed a long-term agreement with SPORTFIVE for its flagship event – the Senior European Championships. SPORTFIVE will be the exclusive distributor of the 2022-2028 events’ broadcasting media rights. “I am glad that the agreement with SPORTFIVE was secured despite an extremely short notice. Having such a well-established partner as SPORTFIVE not only secures the exposure of the EWF’s events, but helps promoting the brand,” says Antonio Conflitti, the EWF president. The 100th edition of the Senior European Championships in Tirana, Albania, this year will be the first installment of the series of the Events to be delivered by SPORTFIVE to the…

Dear Weightlifting friends,Here you will find the results that were obtained by Mr. Marino Ercolani Casadei on the occasion of the Small Nations Tournaments during the competitions starting from the edition that took place in San Marino on April 15, 1978 up to the last edition dated October 16, 2021.These results will be useful to the secretariats to document the sporting history of athletes and the Small Nations of Europe.Special thanks for the contribution given by EWF President Antonio Conflitti for the printing of this booklet.

Sport Psychology is for athletes who understand the importance of a positive attitude and mental toughness. These athletes want every possible advantage they can get including the mental thrill out of a competition.Mind Coaching is the base of sports psychology that concentrates specifically on helping athletes break through the mental barriers that are keeping them from performing up to their peak potential. By focusing on the mental skills needed to be successful in any sporting competition, mind coaching seeks to achieve the overall goal of performance improvement.Sports Psychology is about improving your attitude and mental competitive skills and to help you…

LIFTERS OF THE YEAR: Loredana TOMA and Lasha TALAKHADZEThe European Weightlifting Federation is very happy to announce that its first online poll for the nomination of the 2021 BEST WEIGHTLIFTER OF THE YEAR for female and male athletes is now closed and the winners are Loredana Toma, the Romanian triple Senior Continental champion and record breaker in snatch in the 64 category in Moscow last year’s championships, with 1629 votes, and Lasha Talakhadze, also known as the “world’s strongest man”, from Georgia, European, World and Olympic champion in 2021 and records holder in snatch, clean and jerk and total in…

EWF hopes to target its fans by partner with Weightlifting House.WH was founded by Seb Ostrowicz in 2015 with a mission to bring the sport of weightlifting closer to its fans. Starting with a podcast, it has moved into online video, delivering over 10 million YouTube views.“The WH mission has always been to bring the sport of weightlifting closer to its fans” says Seb Ostrowicz, founder and CEO of Weightlifting House. The EWF Marketing Commission Chairman is fully involved to reach new audiences and help grow the sport. “The EWF’s exclusive media rights partner – SPORTFIVE made it possible to widen…

British Weight Lifting (BWL) appointed Mr. Matthew Curtain as its new CEO / General Secretary. As a dual British and Australian citizen, Curtain is well-renowned both internationally and within the United Kingdom and joins the organization with over 25 years of leadership experience. Specifically, he has worked in the sport of Weightlifting and Para Powerlifting since 1998 in various senior management roles. His experience includes: Weightlifting & Para Powerlifting Manager of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games London 2012; Weightlifting Manager of the Melbourne 2006 and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games; IPC Powerlifting Technical Delegate of the Paralympic Games Beijing 2008,…

The European Weightlifting Federation is very happy to announce its first voting process for the nomination of the 2021 BEST WEIGHTLIFTER OF THE YEAR for female and male athletes is now open. Until May 21, 2022, 12:00 am CET, the EWF will provide members of the weightlifting community and sports lovers, in general, with two lists of the best athletes of the year 2021, female and male. Voters will be able to choose one option with their favorite weightlifter for each gender. The first-place winners in the women’s and men’s categories, from the list approved by the EWF Executive Board, which will…

Mr. Matthew Curtain As the Olympic Movement embarks upon the 10th anniversary of the Olympic Games London 2012, I look back with humility on the opportunity to lead the memorable and successful delivery of the weightlifting competition.  A key metric of the success of any major sporting event is the legacy it leaves behind, and I am immensely proud of the revitalised energy created by the Games for British Weightlifting. In the past 10 years, we can clearly see the impact in terms of elite athlete performance and the renewed popularity of the sport in the United Kingdom. There, I would reference…

We would like to inform you that General Secretary of the Albania Weightlifting Federation, Ms. Renada Kamberaj, informed EWF that only official email of Albania Weightlifting Federation is albaniawf@gmail.com

MWA president, Jesmond Caruana How such a small country managed to produce such high-level results in a short amount of time might seem baffling to some. However, when you combine an extremely hard-working association, with an equally ambitious athlete, it’s not hard to see how they did it. Thus far, Malta’s Yazmin Zammit Stevens has participated in all major IWF championships, won a bronze medal at the 2021 IWF Commonwealth Championships, and also became Malta’s first-ever female weightlifting Olympian.MWA president, Jesmond Caruana, first discovered Yazmin at a local competition in 2016. Despite her poor result, Caruana recognized the then 22-year-olds…