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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…

From February 3 to February 10, the Russian Weightlifting Cup was held in Orel. The competition attracted a large number of athletes from all around Russia. In connection with the introduction of restrictive measures due to the inadmissibility of imports and the prevalence of coronavirus infection, all participants were obliged to have a paper certificate or QR code, confirming the completion of vaccination, or a negative PCR test. We support Russian Weightlifting Federation effort in order to protect athletes, TO’s and spectators. During the competition Russian weighlifting federation also held educational seminars : “Actual problems of training a sports reserve…

Update about EWF competitions The EWF Executive Board made several important decisions during its Meeting, whose sessions started on January 31, 2022, in online mode: 2022 EWF European Senior Championships were allocated to Albania. The competition is planned to be held from May 25 to June 5, 2022, in Tirana (ALB). 2022 EWF European Youth & U15 Championships were allocated to Russia. The competition is planned to be held from August 3 to August 10, 2022, in Kazan (RUS). We remind you that the allocation of the EWF European Junior & U23 Championships was previously approved and the competition is…

EWF congratulate to Mr. Danilo Bulzoni the new President of the San Marino Weightlifting Federation, to Mr. Francesco Brigante new Vice President and to Mr. Marino Ercolani Casadei General Secretary. The San Marino weightlifting is a historical component of the EWF and has made a fundamental contribution in the development of the growth of the EWF itself. Mr. Danilo Bulzoni the new President of the SanMarino Weightlifting Federation

EWF has released the rankings of the European weightlifters for 2021. The EWF is pleased to present to the weightlifting community the ranking of the top European weightlifters in 2021. “EWF is constantly working to provide up-to-date information about our athletes, coaches, ITOs and MFs. In the future, we will strengthen our information system and deliver more helpful information to all stakeholders as possible “, according to EWF President Antonio Conflitti. “We are pleased to provide the EWF ranking list for the previous year. I am convinced that we will be able to soon release the guidelines for “2022 The…