Iranian Weightlifting Federation

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Abbreviation IRIWF Type Sports federation		Formation 1939

Headquarters Azadi Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran President Dr. Ali Moradi IRIWF President Affiliations Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF)

Iran Weightlifting Federation (Persian: فدراسیون وزنه برداری جمهوری اسلامی ایران‎‎, IRIWF) is the governing body for weightlifting in Iran. It aims to govern, encourage and develop the sport for all throughout the country.

History

IRIWF has been established in 1939. First president of the IRIWF was Amannollah Padgorni. IRIWF is a member of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and also Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF).

The federation organizes the national weightlifting events, and Asian and World championships hosted by Iran.

The Committees

There are many committees in I.R.I.W.F. structure such as:

Referees Committee: Manouchehr Rezakhani

Coaches Committee: Davoud Ali Maleki

Talent Committee: Omid Rezayani

Education Committee: Dr. Mostafa Hekmatpour

Disciplinary Committee:

Notable weightlifters

Men

Hossein Rezazadeh, twice Olympic four-times World and twice Asian Games Champion.

Mohammad Nasiri, triple Olympic Medalist (1 Gold. 1 Silver and 1 Bronze) five-times World and three-times Asian Games Champion.

Behdad Salimi, Olympic Champion, two-times World Champion and also two-times Asian Games Champion.

Kianoush Rostami, Olympic Champion and Olympic silver Medalist and also two-times World Champion.

Hossein Tavakoli, Olympic Champion.

Sohrab Moradi, Olympic Champion.

Mahmoud Namjoo, twice Olympic Medalist ( 1 Silver, 1 Bronze ), tree-times World Champion and Also Asian Games Champion.

Parviz Jalayer, Olympic Silver Medalist and Asian Games Champion.

Shahin Nasirinia, World and Asian Games Champion.

Nasrollah Dehnavi, Asian Games Champion and World Bronze Medalist.

References

Iranian Weightlifting Federation Wikipedia

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Contents

History

The Committees

Notable weightlifters

References