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European Weightlifting Federation
AbbreviationEWF
Formation1969; 55 years ago (1969)
TypeFederation of national associations
HeadquartersChișinău, Moldova
Region served
Europe
AffiliationsInternational Olympic Committee
Websiteewf.sport

The European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) was founded in 1969,[1] and is the body governing and organizing the European Weightlifting Championships.[2] The EWF is a "recognized continental body" under the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).[3] Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EWF took away from Russia the right to host the European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Russia in August 2022.[4]

Events

Number Events First Last
1 European Weightlifting Championships 1896 2017 (96th)
2 European Union Weightlifting Championships 1973 2009 (37th)
3 European Union Weightlifting Cup 2014 2017 (4th)
4 European U23 Weightlifting Championships (U23) 2009 2017 (9th)
5 European Junior Weightlifting Championships (U20) 1973 2017 (45th)
6 European Youth Weightlifting Championships (U17) 2003 2017 (15th)
7 European Cadet Weightlifting Championships (U15) 2013 2017 (4th)
8 European Masters Weightlifting Championships (35 to +80)[5] 1992 2017 (24th)

Members

References

  1. ^ "History of the European Weightlifting Federation by Gottfried Schödl / EWF Honorary President". European Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of Associations: International organizations. Gale. 2003. p. 1014. ISBN 978-0-8103-8957-1.
  3. ^ "EWF Governance - European Weightlifting Federation". March 7, 2022.
  4. ^ "European Weightlifting Federation follows IOC line and ditches Russia as hosts". www.insidethegames.biz. February 28, 2022.
  5. ^ www.europeanmasterswl.com https://web.archive.org/web/20180816170900/http://www.europeanmasterswl.com/results.html. Archived from the original on 2018-08-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ "Kosovo Weightlifting Federation Annual Congress". European Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Nations member of EWF". Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2017-12-14.

External links

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