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1 OFFICERS

1.1 EXECUTIVE BOARDPresident Dr. AJÁN Tamás HUNGeneral Secretary MA Wenguang CHN

1st Vice President CHANG Chao-Kuo TPE Vice Presidents Dr. AKKUS Hasan TUR

COFFA Sam AUSCIOROSLAN Dragomir USA VLAD Nicu ROMWASIELA Zygmunt POL

Members BOUKAR Tikire CMRCHALAK Basilio M. ARGESTARLIK Emilio Lozano ESPYODBANGTOEY Intarat THA FRÈRE Ronald NCLONG Poh Eng MASMATTINGSDAL Per NORADEMI Esat ALB

Presidents of Continental FederationsAWF Sheikh Sultan BIN AL MEJREN UAEEWF URSO Antonio ITAOWF STEPHEN Marcus NRU PAWF OZUNA Willian Felix DOMWFA MHALHEL Khaled LBA

1.2 TECHNICAL COMMITTEEChairman COFFA Sam AUSMembers KURLOVICH Alexander BLR

CHINEN Reiko JPNSHOUKRY Mahmoud EGYJOHANSSON Benny SWEDEL FRADE Marcelino Diaz CUBSANCHEZ Pedro AUSNAGY Róbert HUNALVAREZ Celsa S. ESPKLOKOV Viacheslav RUSLASSEN Moira CAN

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1.3 MEDICAL COMMITTEEChairman Dr. AKKUS Hasan TURMembers Dr. HERRICK Richard USA

Dr. RUBIO Maria Dolores ESPDr. IRANI Michael GBRDr. CIOTTA Carmelo ITADr. KRZYWANSKI Jaroslaw POLDr. ATLIHAN Dogan TURDr. IP Wing Yuk HKGDr. CISTARI Jose Mariano ARGDr. SHAHABI Asghar IRIDr. KAMI Lisimoni TGA

1.4 COACHING AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE

Chairman CIOROSLAN Dragomir USAMembers PIERCE Kyle USA

JONES Lyn AUSMIHAJLOVIC Milan SRBSADRES Eliahu ISRKUOPPALA Taisto FINFUH Tracy TPETKACHENKO Kim UKRFATHI Mahmoud Zoraik EGYCHUN Byung-Kwan KORLIMBBOONSUEBSAI Nippon THA

1.5 AUDITORS DUUN Tryggve NORERCOLANI Casadei Marino SMRKROL Petr CZE

1.6 HONORARY MEMBERSHonorary Life President

†JOHNSON Clarence H. USASCHÖDL Gottfried AUT

Honorary Life Vice Presidents† BERGAMASCHI Aldo ITA† POULA Bedrich TCHPETER Wolfgang GERHOLLAND Walter GBRDr. MARCOS Juan F. Becerro ESP†PRZEDPELSKI Janusz POL

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Honorary Life General SecretarySGOUROS Yannis GRE

Honorary Members GUENOV Philip BULDE LEON Leopoldo PANLEVIN Murray USALUNZENFICHTER Alain FRA

1.7 IWF MASTERS COMMITTEE

Chairman HEMERY Bob AUS

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2 IWF SECRETARIAT

NÉMETH-MÓRA Anikó DirectorÁDÁMFI Attila Competition DirectorDr. UNGÁR Mónika Legal CounselMOSKA Éva Assistant to the PresidentBALOGH Éva Office ManagerDOBOR Dezsô Press OfficerCSONTOS Gyula Assistant

Supporting staffNAGY Róbert Technology DirectorBUDAVÁRI Györgyné AccountantAIRIZER Csaba Technology EngineerKELEMEN Mihály Technology Engineer

Seat Maison du Sport InternationalAv. de Rhodanie 54 – 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland

Address Istvánmezei út 1-3.1146 Budapest – HUNGARY

Telephone +36.1.353 0530, +36.1.312 7012Fax +36.1.353 0199, +36.1.269 0208Internet website www.iwf.netE-mail iwf@iwfnet.netBank OTP - National Savings Bank

H-1876 Budapest, Nádor u. 6.Account No. 80934 – HU06 1176 4056 2482 4019 0000 0000

(for US$)80934 – HU51 1176 4056 2482 4882 0000 0000(for EUR)

General Secretary MA WenguangAddress JIA 14, Tiantan Dongli Zhongqu

100061 Beijing, Chongwen District - CHINATelephone +86-10-67021303Fax +86-10-67020296E-mail: iwf_mawenguang@yahoo.cn

World BOSKOVICS Jenô, Editor in ChiefWeightlifting NÉMETH-MÓRA Anikó, Senior EditorAddress Istvánmezei út 1-3.

1146 Budapest – HUNGARYE-mail world.weightlifting@iwfnet.net

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3 RECOGNISED CONTINENTAL FEDERATIONS

3.1 AFRICAWeightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA)President MHELHAL Khaled LBAGeneral Secretary ESHELLI Manareddin LBAAddress Complex of Sport Federations

Sport City – Tripoli – LIBYATel. +218-214780487Fax +218-214780487E-mail newwfa@hotmail.com

3.2 ASIAAsian Weightlifting Federation (AWF)President SHEIKH BIN AL MEJREN Sultan UAEGeneral Secretary MORADI Ali IRIAddress P.O.B. 15815, 1579 Tehran – IRANTel: +98-21-2569192Fax: +98-21-2569292Website www.a-w-f.netE-mail awf@a-w-f.net

3.3 EUROPEEuropean Weightlifting Federation (EWF)President URSO Antonio ITAGeneral Secretary ERCOLANI Casadei Marino SMRAddress P.O.Box 29 – Citta

47890 Republic of SAN MARINOTel. +378-995639Fax +378-335 7330725Website www.ewf.smE-mail ewfsecretariat@omniway.sm

3.4 OCEANIAOceania Weightlifting Federation (OWF)President H.E. STEPHEN Marcus NRUGeneral Secretary COFFA Paul AUSAddress C/-CTOS, BP333

98845 Noumea, CedexNEW CALEDONIA

Tel. +687 948 792Website www.oceaniaweightlifting.comE-mail owf@lagoon.nc

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3.5 PAN AMERICAPan American Weightlifting Federation (PWF)President OZUNA Willian Felix DOMGeneral Secretary MONTERO David BRAAddress Av.Estados Unidos #2, Parque Deportivo del Este,

Pabellón de Halterofilia, Provincia DomingoDOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Tel. +1-809-5992296/3032Fax +1-809-5992296 / 30323Website www.panamwf.orgE-mail info@panamwf.org

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4 INDEX OF AFFILIATED NATIONALFEDERATIONS

(As of May 2009)

Note 1: The following 3-letter codes are officially recognised by theIWF and are to be used in all international events and competitions; onscoreboards, result sheets, referee cards, record protocols, anti-dopingcontrol documents, etc.

Note 2: Due to frequent changes in the addresses and data of affiliatednational federations, the list of addresses is published and permanentlyupdated on the IWF website www.iwf.net

1. AFGHANISTAN AFG2. ALBANIA ALB3. ALGERIA ALG4. AMERICAN SAMOA ASA5. ANTIGUA ANT6. ARGENTINA ARG7. ARMENIA ARM8. ARUBA ARU9. AUSTRALIA AUS

10. AUSTRIA AUT11. AZERBAIJAN AZE12. BAHAMAS BAH13. BAHRAIN BRN14. BANGLADESH BAN15. BARBADOS BAR16. BELARUS BLR17. BELGIUM BEL18. BELIZE BIZ19. BOLIVIA BOL20. BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA BIH21. BRASIL BRA22. BRUNEI BRU23. BULGARIA BUL24. BHUTAN BHU25. CAMBODIA CAM26. CAMEROON CMR27. CANADA CAN28. CAYMAN ISLANDS CAY29. CHILE CHI30. CHINA CHN31. CHINESE TAIPEI TPE32. COLOMBIA COL33. COMORES ISLANDS COM34. CONGO CGO

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35. COOK ISLANDS COK36. COSTA RICA CRC37. CROATIA CRO38. CUBA CUB39. CYPRUS CYP40. CZECH REPUBLIC CZE41. DEM. REP. OF CONGO COD42. DEM. PEOPLE’S REP. OF KOREA PRK43. DENMARK DEN44. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DOM45. EAST TIMOR TLS46. ECUADOR ECU47. EGYPT EGY48. EL SALVADOR ESA49. ESTONIA EST50. ETHIOPIA ETH51. FIJI FIJ52. FINLAND FIN53. FRANCE FRA54. GAMBIA GAM55. GEORGIA GEO56. GERMANY GER57. GHANA GHA58. GREAT BRITAIN GBR59. GREECE GRE60. GUAM GUM61. GUATEMALA GUA62. GUINEA GUI63. GUYANA GUY64. HAITI HAI65. HONDURAS HON66. HONG KONG HKG67. HUNGARY HUN68. ICELAND ISL69. INDIA IND70. INDONESIA INA71. IRAQ IRQ72. IRELAND IRL73. ISLAMIC REP. OF IRAN IRI74. ISRAEL ISR75. ITALY ITA76. JAMAICA JAM77. JAPAN JPN78. JORDAN JOR79. KAZAKHSTAN KAZ80. KENYA KEN81. KIRIBATI KIR82. KOREA KOR83. KOSOVO KOS84. KUWAIT KUW85. KYRGYZSTAN KGZ

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86. LAOS LAO87. LATVIA LAT88. LEBANON LIB89. LESOTHO LES90. LIBERIA LBR91. LIBYA LBA92. LITHUANIA LTU93. LUXEMBOURG LUX94. MACAU MAC95. MADAGASCAR MAD96. MALAWI MAW97. MALAYSIA MAS98. MALDIVES MDV99. MALI MLI

100. MALTA MLT101. MARSHALL ISLANDS MAI102. MAURITANIA MTN103. MAURITIUS MRI104. MEXICO MEX105. MICRONESIA, FED. STATES FSM106. MOLDOVA MLD107. MONACO MON108. MONGOLIA MGL109. MOROCCO MAR110. MYANMAR MYA111. NAURU NRU112. NEPAL NEP113. NETHERLANDS NED114. NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AHO115. NEW CALEDONIA NCL116. NEW ZEALAND NZL117. NICARAGUA NCA118. NIGERIA NGR119. NIUE NIU

120. NORFOLK ISLAND NRF121. NORTHERN IRELAND NIR122. NORTHERN MARIANAS NMI123. NORWAY NOR124. OMAN OMA125. PAKISTAN PAK126. PALAU PLW127. PALESTINE PLE128. PANAMA PAN129. PAPUA NEW GUINEA PNG130. PARAGUAY PAR131. PERU PER132. PHILIPPINES PHI133. POLAND POL134. PORTUGAL POR135. PUERTO RICO PUR136. QATAR QAT

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137. ROMANIA ROU138. RUSSIA RUS139. SAMOA SAM 140. SAN MARINO SMR141. SAUDI ARABIA (KINGDOM OF) KSA142. SCOTLAND SCO143. SENEGAL SEN144. SERBIA SRB145. SEYCHELLES SEY146. SIERRA LEONE SLE147. SINGAPORE SIN148. SLOVAKIA SVK149. SLOVENIA SLO150. SOLOMON ISLANDS SOL151. SOMALIA SOM152. SOUTH AFRICA RSA153. SPAIN ESP154. SRI LANKA SRI155. ST.VINCENT VIN156. SUDAN SUD157. SURINAM SUR158. SWAZILAND SWZ159. SWEDEN SWE160. SWITZERLAND SUI161. SYRIA SYR162. TAHITI TAH163. TAJIKISTAN TJK164. TANZANIA TAN165. THAILAND THA166. TONGA TGA167. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO TRI168. TUNESIA TUN169. TURKEY TUR170. TURKMENISTAN TKM171. TURKS AND CAICOS TCI172. TUVALU TUV173. UGANDA UGA174. UKRAINE UKR175. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UAE176. URUGUAY URU177. USA USA178. UZBEKISTAN UZB179. VANUATU VAN180. VENEZUELA VEN181. VIETNAM VIE182. VIRGIN ISLANDS ISV183. WALES WAL184. YEMEN YEM185. ZAMBIA ZAM186. ZANZIBAR ZAN187. ZIMBABWE ZIM

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5 IWF PRESIDENTS AND GENERALSECRETARIES

5.1 PRESIDENTS10.6.1905-15.7.1912:Commission without Chairman

15.7.1912-6.6.1913:Provisional President: Dr. TATICS Peter HUN

6.6.1913-23.8.1920:Dr. TATICS Péter HUN

23.8.1920-1.4.1923:ROSSET Jules FRA

1.4.1923-26.7.1924:LINDEN Willem Johannes Marie HOL

26.7.1924-7.7.1937:ROSSET Jules FRA

7.7.1937-13.9.1937:Provisional President: LINDEN Willem J. M. HOL

13.9.1937-14.7.1941:LINDEN Willem Johannes Marie HOL

14.7.1941-17.10.1946:vacant

17.10.1946-23.7.1952:ROSSET Jules FRA

23.7.1952-21.9.1952:WORTMANN Dietrich US

21.9.1952-26.8.1953:Provisional President: NYBERG Bruno FIN

26.8.1953-6.9.1960:NYBERG Bruno FIN

6.9.1960-25.8.1972:JOHNSON Clarence H. USA

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25.8.1972-8.12.2000:SCHÖDL Gottfried AUT

8.12.2000-:Dr. AJÁN Tamás HUN

5.2 GENERAL SECRETARIES

10.6.1905-15.7.1912:Commission without Secretary

15.7.1912-6.6.1913:Eight Secretaries in four working groups

6.6.1913-23.8.1920:CSANÁDY Moritz HUN

23.8.1920-26.7.1924:DUCHATEAU Joseph FRA

26.7.1924-20.10.1938:BOURDONNAY-SCHWEICH Andre FRA

20.10.1938-1942:GOULEAU Eugene FRA

1942-17.10.1946:No activities

17.10.1946-6.9.1960:GOULEAU Eugene FRA

6.9.1960-15.7.1976:STATE Oscar GBR

15.7.1976-8.12.2000:Dr. AJÁN Tamás HUN

8.12.2000-1.4.2009:SGOUROS Yannis GRE

1.4.2009-MA Wenguang CHN

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6 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

6.1 MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

1st London 1891

2nd Vienna 1898

3rd Milan 1899

4th Paris 1903

5th Vienna 1904

6th Berlin 1905

7th Duisburg 1905

8th Paris 1905

9th Lille 1906

10th Frankfurt 1907

11th Vienna 1908

12th Vienna 1909

13th Dusseldorf 1910

14th Vienna 1910

15th Stuttgart 1911

16th Berlin 1911

17th Dresden 1911

18th Vienna 1911

19th Breslau 1913

20th Vienna 1920

21st Tallin 1922

22nd Vienna 1923

23rd Paris 1937

24th Vienna 1938

25th Paris 1946

26th Philadelphia 1947

27th Scheveningen 1949

28th Paris 1950

29th Milano 1951

30th Stockholm 1953

31st Vienna 1954

32nd Munich 1955

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33rd Tehran 1957

34th Stockholm 1958

35th Warsaw 1959

36th Vienna 1961

37th Budapest 1962

38th Stockholm 1963

39th Tokyo 1964

40th Tehran 1965

41st Berlin 1966

42nd Mexico City 1968

43rd Warsaw 1969

44th Colombus 1970

45th Lima 1971

46th Munich 1972

47th Havana 1973

48th Manila 1974

49th Moscow 1975

50th Montreal 1976

51st Stuttgart 1977

52nd Gettysburg 1978

53rd Saloniki 1979

54th Moscow 1980

55th Lille 1981

56th Ljubljana 1982

57th Moscow 1983

58th Los Angeles 1984

59th Sodertalje 1985

60th Sofia 1986

61st Ostrava 1987

62nd Athens 1989

63rd Budapest 1990

64th Donaueschingen 1991

65th Melbourne 1993

66th Istanbul 1994

67th Guangzhou 1995

68th Chiangmai 1997

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69th Lahti 1998

70th Athens 1999

71st Antalya 2001

72nd Warsaw 2002

73rd Vancouver 2003

74th Doha 2005

75th Santo Domingo 2006

76th Chiangmai 2007

77th Goyang City 2009

78th Antalya 2010

79th Paris 2011

6.2 JUNIOR MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

1st Marseille 1975

2nd Gdansk 1976

3rd Sofia 1977

4th Athens 1978

5th Debrecen 1979

6th Montreal 1980

7th Lignano-Sabbiadoro 1981

8th Sao Paulo 1982

9th Cairo 1983

10th Lignano-Sabbiadoro 1984

11th Edinburgh 1985

12th Donaueschingen 1986

13th Belgrade 1987

14th Athens 1988

15th Fort Lauderdale 1989

16th Sarajevo 1990

17th Wolmirstedt 1991

18th Varna 1992

19th Cheb 1993

20th Jakarta 1994

21st Warsaw 1995

22nd Warsaw 1996

23rd Cape Town 1997

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24th Sofia 1998

25th Savannah 1999

26th Prague 2000

27th Thessaloniki 2001

28th Havirov 2002

29th Hermosillo 2003

30th Minsk 2004

31st Busan 2005

32nd Hangzhou 2006

33rd Prague 2007

34th Cali 2008

35th Bucharest 2009

6.3 WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

1st Daytona Beach 1987

2nd Jakarta 1988

3rd Manchester 1989

4th Sarajevo 1990

5th Donaueschingen 1991

6th Varna 1992

7th Melbourne 1993

8th Istanbul 1994

9th Guangzhou 1995

10th Warsaw 1996

11th Chiangmai 1997

12th Lahti 1998

13th Athens 1999

14th Antalya 2001

15th Warsaw 2002

16th Vancouver 2003

17th Doha 2005

18th Santo Domingo 2006

19th Chiangmai 2007

20th Goyang City 2009

21st Antalya 2010

22nd Paris 2011

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6.4 JUNIOR WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

1st Warsaw 1995

2nd Warsaw 1996

3rd Cape Town 1997

4th Sofia 1998

5th Savannah 1999

6th Prague 2000

7th Thessaloniki 2001

8th Havirov 2002

9th Hermosillo 2003

10th Minsk 2004

11th Busan 2005

12th Hangzhou 2006

13th Prague 2007

14th Cali 2008

15th Bucharest 2009

6.5 UNIVERSITY WORLD CUPS

1st Tel-Aviv 1998

2nd Chiba 1999

3rd Montreal 2000

4th Ruzomberok 2001

5th Izmir 2002

6th Pavia 2003

7th Frederick 2004

8th Villeneuve-Loubet 2005

9th Izmir 2006

10th Lima 2007

6.6 WORLD UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIPS (FISU)

1st Komotini 2008

2nd Taichung 2010

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8 BARBELL MANUFACTURERS WITHIWF LICENCE

Shanghai Double Happiness Co., Ltd.917 Zhong Shan Road, (South) Shanghai 200011, ChinaTel.: +86-21-63783784, 63787544, Fax: +86-21-63789086, 83787863E-mail: intl@dhs-sports.comWebsite: www.dhs-sports.com

Eleiko Sport AB

Korsvägen 31, SE-302 56 Halmstad, SwedenTel.: +46 35-17 70 70, Fax: +46 35-17 70 79 E-mail: info@eleikosport.seWebsite: www.eleikosport.se

Barbell Company

UESAKA T.E. Co. Ltd. 4-28-8 Honjo – Sumida-kuTokyo, JapanTel.: +81-3-3622-8171 Fax: + 81-3-3622-8175E-mail: uesaka@uesaka.co.jp Website: www.uesaka.co.jp

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Plevne Cad. No. 19 Gülveren, Ankara, TurkeyTel.: +90.312.320 3530 Fax: +90.312.319 0198E-mail: werksan@werk-sansport.comWebsite: www.werk-sansport.com

Zhangkong Barbell Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Boyan Road of Botou City, Hebei Province Zip. 062150, ChinaTel.: +86-317-8220178, Fax: +86-317-8282317E-mail: zhangkong968574@yahoo.com.cnWebsite: www.zhangkong.com

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