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The 100th European Senior Weightlifting Championships will be held from May 28th to June 5th, 2022 in Tirana, Albania.The EWF Congress will be held on May 26th, 2022 in Durres, Albania.EWF Committees and EB Meetings shall be held on May 25th, 2022 in Durres, Albania.Result BookStart BookStart list by BWAlbania COVID GuidelinesFinal entries by nationFinal entries by BW2022 May 26 EWF Congress – Tirana ALB – AgendaEWF REGULATIONS 2022 Albania European Senior ChampionshipsPreliminary entries by nationsPreliminary entries by BWEWF INVITATION 2022 CONGRESS & SENIOR CHAMPIOSHIPS – ALBANIAALB Invitation 2022 SENIOR CHAMPIOSHIPS – ALBANIA

The EWF Technical Committee wishes to encourage everyone with an interest in ITOs work to participate in the following 2022 EWF online seminars: • March 23rd, 19.00-20.30 CET — Mr. Patrik HELGESSON, EWF TC member will make a lecture about the role of CHIEF MARSHALL • March 29th, 19.00-20.30 CET – Mr. Taisto KUOPPALA, Int. Ref. cat. 1. will make a lecture about the role of TECHNICAL CONTROLLER • April 6th, 19.00-20.30 CET — Ms. Tina BEITER, Chairwoman of the EWF Technical Committee, will make a lecture about the role of the JURY • April 12th, 19.00-20.30 CET – Mr.…

The European Weightlifting Federation shows full unity with the International Weightlifting Federation and strongly shares the commitments and measures imposed by the international governing body in the context of the IOC’s clear recommendations regarding the dramatic conflicts in Ukraine and participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials in the international and continental sport events. The EWF Executive Board supports the IWF Decision to suspend the participation of all athletes, team officials and technical officials from Russia and Belarus from any international or continental weightlifting event and decided to extend IWF restrictions to the EWF U15 and U23 competitions, until…

On February 22, 2022, H.E. Ilir Meta, President of Republic of Albania decorated the best Albanian weightlifter Briken Calja and his coach Gerald Toska for their outstanding sports results. The EWF is very grateful to H.E. Ilir Meta for his contribution to the development of weightlifting in Albania and not only. As former weightlifter, he fully understands the needs of our sport and will give his full support in the organization for the upcoming 100th Edition of the European Weightlifting Championships that will be held by the capital city of Tirana between 28 May and 05 June, 2022.

The EWF President, together with the EWF General Secretary and EWF Treasurer, conducted a four days (19-22 February 2022) technical visit in Tirana (ALB) and Durres (ALB), as first step of evaluation of the various aspects related to the organization of the 2022 European Senior Weightlifting Championships. EWF Delegates visited the competition hall located in the Tirana Olympic Park. Inside the Olympic Park and near the sports hall there are also the headquarters of Albanian NOC, the Albania Weightlifting Federation and other national federations and sports organizations. The official hotel for accommodation and training activities will be at the Grand…

EWF is determined to prioritize sports values and to respect, as much as possible, the conduct of the competition calendar in Europe, for the common good of our athletes. In this sense, following the decision to revoke the hosting right for the RWF, the EWF reopened the application procedure for hosting the 2022 European Youth and U15 Championships. The EWF invites MFs interested in organizing the 2022 European Youth & U15 Championships to fill out the Organization Application Form and send it to the EWF Secretariat at the following e-mail address: secretariat@ewf.sport It should be noted that, depending on the…

The European Weightlifting Federation acted following the IOC Press Release and IWF official communication and withdrew the right to host the 2022 European Youth and U15 Championships from the Russian Weightlifting Federation, event initially planned from the 3rd to the 10th of August this year, in Kazan. The EWF President promptly informed the RWF about the continental body’s decision. The IOC’s press release can be found here: The EWF is deeply concerned about the safety of the weightlifting community’s members located in the conflict areas and expresses its full solidarity. We live in a very painful time in the contemporary…

Result bookDear Mediterranean Weightlifting national federations,The Mediterranean Weightlifting event has been concluded. These were fantastic 4 days of competition, with many emotions and good results. We are all very thankful to the Algerian weightlifting federation and IWF for providing great conditions for this event. The Result book is attached. Thank you Davide, Aldo, and team for fantastic IT support.I wish you safe travel home and I am looking forward to meeting you at the 2026 Mediterranean Games.  StartbookWEIGHTLIFTING Daily Schedule CompetitionWEIGHTLIFTING ParticipantsTechnical meetingCalendarThe 2022 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the 19th Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran 2022, is a forthcoming international multi-sport…

Yazmin Zammit Stevens was the first Maltese female athlete ever to compete in the Olympics in weightlifting ! Yazmin Zammit Stevens won bronze in the Commonwealth division at the IWF World Championships. In competition, finished rankink 13th in the world, the country’s greatest senior ranking ever ! Photo by: Bulletproof rolls of honors Malta Young Tenishia Thornton won “The Rising Stars of the Year” award and also won the Diamond Award for her exceptional results last year. Tenishia was also awarded for most national records broken in 2021. She has broken 83 records across the 49kg, 55kg and 59kg weight…

The Championships served as a major qualifier tournament for British Nation weightlifters seeking to participate in the Commonwealth Games, which will be held in Birmingham in July 2022. The Championships were also used to qualify the Malta weightlifting team. British Championship Ashley Metcalfe, CEO of British Weight Lifting commented “As a Commonwealth qualifier, the British Championships was an important event and following a fantastic year for the sport, a true celebration. We were delighted to see so many lifters on the two platforms as well as a record number of spectators turning out to cheer on lifters. Derby arena provided…