European Weightlifting Federation

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European Weightlifting Federation
Founded 1969
Place of foundation Warsaw
president Antonio Urso
Members 49 (45 full members, 3 associated members, 1 suspended member)
Association headquarters Ankara , Turkey
Official languages) English
Homepage www.ewfed.com

The European Weightlifting Federation is the European continental weightlifting association within the World Weightlifting Association (IWF) . The EWF was founded in Warsaw in 1969 and is headquartered in the Turkish capital Ankara . It has 49 member nations.

Member associations

49 national weightlifting associations are currently members of the EWF. The Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh associations are only associate members, the Portuguese association is currently (2017) suspended. With Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, associations from Eurasian countries are also members of the EWF. As with other European continental sports federations, the Israeli Weightlifting Association is a member of the EWF. In addition, the exotic Monaco and the weightlifting association of Kosovo, which is diplomatically not recognized everywhere, are EWF members. Former influential members were the German Weightlifting Association of the GDR and the Soviet Weightlifting Association.

* Associate member
** currently suspended member

President

No Period Surname country
1 1969 - 1983 Janusz Przedpełski PolandPoland Poland
2 1983 - 1987 André Coret FranceFrance France
3 1987 - 1999 Wally Holland United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
4th 1999 - 2008 Waldemar Baszanowski PolandPoland Poland
5 since 2008 Antonio Urso ItalyItaly Italy

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NATIONS. In: https://www.ewfed.com/ . European Weightlifting Federation, accessed February 25, 2020 .