International Weightlifting Federation

NameInternational Weightlifting Federation
AbbreviationIWF
Founded1905
SportsWeightlifting

Description

Founded as the Amateur-Athletik Weltunion in 1905, which governed both weightlifting and wrestling. In 1912, it took the name Internationaler Weltverband für Schwerathletik, changing to Internationaler Amateur-Weltverband für Schwerathletik only one year later (1913). In 1920 the weightlifting and wrestling federations separated and this group became the Fédération Internationale de Poids et Halteres. It became the Fédération Haltérophile International (FHI) in the 1920s until 1972, when it took the English version of the name as the International Weightlifting Federation.

Presidents

Tenure Name Country Notes
1920—1923 Jules Rosset FRA
1923—1924 Willem Linden NED
1924—1937 Jules Rosset FRA
1937—1941 Willem Linden NED
1946—1952 Jules Rosset FRA vacant 1941-1946
1952—1960 Bruno Nyberg FIN as acting president 1952-1953
1952—1952 Dietrich Wortmann GER
1960—1972 Clarence H. Johnson USA
1972—2000 Gottfried Schödl AUT
2000—2020 Tamás Aján HUN
2020—2020 Intarat Yodbangtoey THA ad interim
2020—2022 Mike Irani GBR ad interim
2020—2020 Ursula Garza Papandrea USA ad interim
2022— Mohammed Jalood Al-Shammari IRQ