International Weightlifting Federation
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The International Weightlifting Federation ( IWF ) is the world weightlifting association . The IMF was founded in 1905 , has its headquarters in Budapest and 187 member nations.
history
The association was founded on June 10, 1905 in Duisburg as the “World Amateur Athletes Union”. The re-establishment after the First World War takes place in August 1920 under the title "Fédération Internationale Haltérophile". After several name changes, it has had its current name since 1972.
The president from 2000 to 2020 was Tamás Aján from Hungary .
Corruption and doping
At the beginning of January 2020, the ARD doping editorial team uncovered systemic doping in weightlifting, a sale of indulgences in the world association and the misappropriation of millions of dollars over many years in their documentary Doping Secret Matter - Der Herr der Heber ; At the center of the allegations is IMF President Tamás Aján. The IMF denied the allegations in a statement.
As a result, Aján was suspended from the IMF's Executive Committee for 90 days and the US official Ursula Papandrea was appointed as the IMF's interim president. Nonetheless, Aján tried to continue in office and refused to leave the IMF headquarters in Hungary or to allow access to documents. When Papandrea submitted an application to the IMF Executive Committee for final expulsion, the 81-year-old resigned in April 2020 after more than 20 years in office. Despite all the allegations, Aján was appointed an "honorary ambassador" in negotiations between him, Papandrea and Secretary General Mohammed Jaloud (Iraq) and is to receive financial compensation.
An investigative committee chaired by Richard McLaren investigated the allegations. Richard McLaren's final report, published in early June 2020, confirmed all the major allegations against Aján that had come to light in the ARD documentation and painted a devastating picture of the IMF under Aján's leadership. Aján claims that the IMF is like an “autocracy” with an “iron hand”, and with regard to finances there is a “jumble of incomplete and inaccurate figures” that make it “absolutely impossible” to determine what has been used for “legitimate expenditure”. In addition, new abuses such as election fraud in Aján's 2013 and 2017 election as well as hushed up doping results from World Cup medal winners became known.
Competitions
The IMF organizes the following competitions:
- World Championships for women and men ;
- Junior World Championships;
- University World Championships;
- Weightlifting at the Olympics .
Continental Associations
The IMF is divided into five continental associations:
| Surname | Headquarters | Associations |
|---|---|---|
| Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA) | Tripoli , Libya | 34 |
| Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) | Tehran , Iran | 45 |
| European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) | Ankara , Turkey | 49 |
| Oceania Weightlifting Federation (OWF) | Nouméa , New Caledonia | 22nd |
| Pan American Weightlifting Confederation (PAWC) | Belo Horizonte , Brazil | 37 |
President
| No | Period | Surname | country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1905-1912 | Commission without a president | |
| 2 | 1912-1920 | Péter Tatics |
 Hungary
|
| 3 | 1920-1923 | Jules Rosset |
 France
|
| 4th | 1923-1924 | Willem JM Linden |
 Netherlands
|
| 5 | 1924-1937 | Jules Rosset |
France
|
| 6th | 1937-1941 | Willem JM Linden |
Netherlands
|
| 7th | 1941-1946 | Vacant | |
| 8th | 1946-1952 | Jules Rosset |
France
|
| 9 | 1952 | Dietrich Wortmann |
 United States
|
| 10 | 1952-1960 | Bruno Nyberg |
 Finland
|
| 11 | 1960-1972 | Clarence H. Johnson |
United States
|
| 12 | 1972-2000 | Gottfried Schödl |
 Austria
|
| 13 | 2000-2020 | Tamás Aján |
Hungary
|
| 14th | 2020– | Ursula Papandrea (Interim) |
United States
|
Individual evidence
- ↑ Affiliated National Federations: Alphabetical Order Archive Link ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed December 13, 2009).
- ↑ Austrian Weightlifting Association (history)
- ↑ IWF Executive Board archive link ( Memento of the original dated December 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed January 13, 2009).
- ^ "Herr der Heber" surrenders - longtime IMF President Ajan resigns " , on spox.com, from April 15, 2020.
- ↑ Suspected corruption: Weightlifting President Aján threatens prosecution , on sportschau.de, from January 5, 2020.
- ↑ Is the Swiss judiciary now indicting an honorary member of the IOC? (tagblatt.ch of January 5, 2020, accessed January 5, 2020)
- ↑ 'Corruption, doping cover-up' at International Weightlifting Federation: report (france24.com from January 5, 2020, accessed on January 5, 2020, French)
- ↑ L'haltérophilie au banc des accusés pour dopage (rds.ca from January 5, 2020, accessed on January 5, 2020)
- ↑ Corruption: The weightlifting boss who pays his son-in-law (zeit.de, May 22, 2013, accessed January 5, 2020)
- ↑ IWF rejects ARD allegations , IMF press release, January 6, 2020
- ↑ Controversial President resigns (April 15, 2020)
- ↑ Resignation of Weightlifting President Aján - End of a Dark Era (April 17, 2020)
- ↑ https://www.sportschau.de/verbindungen/Doping-Skandal-Gewichthaben-McLaren-leitet-Untersuchung-Ruecktritt-Thailand-100.html
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- ↑ Affiliated National Federations: Continental Federations archive link ( memento of the original from October 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed December 13, 2009).
Web links
- Official website of the IMF
- Continental Associations: