Iran Weightlifting Federation

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:

International achievements

Olympics

Year	Host city	Host Country	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1948	London	United Kingdom	5	0	0	1	1
1952	Helsinki	Finland	3	0	1	1	2
1956	Melbourne	Australia	5	0	0	1	1
1960	Rome	Italy	6	0	0	1	1
1968	Mexico City	Mexico	3	1	1	0	2
1972	Munich	West Germany	6	0	1	0	1
1976	Montreal	Canada	9	0	0	1	1
2000	Sydney	Australia	3	2	0	0	2
2004	Athens	Greece	7	1	0	0	1
2012	London	United Kingdom	4	2	3	0	5
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	3	2	0	0	2
-	Host City	Host Country	Total	8	6	5	19

World Championships

Year	Host Country	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1949	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	3
1950	France	3	1	0	0	1
1951	Italy	3	1	1	3	5
1954	Austria	3	0	1	1	2
1955	West Germany	4	0	0	2	2
1957	Iran	3	0	2	3	5
1958	Sweden	4	0	0	3	3
1962	Hungary	7	0	0	1	1
1966	East Germany	6	0	0	2	2
1968	Mexico	3	1	1	0	2
1969	Poland	6	1	0	0	1
1970	United States	4	1	0	0	1
1971	Peru	10	0	0	1	1
1972	West Germany	6	0	1	0	1
1973	Cuba	3	1	0	0	1
1974	Philippines	3	1	0	1	2
1976	Canada	9	0	0	1	1
1999	Greece	7	1	0	1	2
2001	Turkey	9	1	0	1	2
2002	Poland	6	1	0	1	2
2003	Canada	2	2	0	0	2
2005	Qatar	5	1	0	0	1
2006	Dominican Republic	4	1	0	0	1
2010	Turkey	8	1	0	0	1
2011	France	4	2	1	1	4
2013	Poland	8	0	1	0	1
2014	Kazakhstan	5	1	1	0	2
2015	United States	11	0	1	0	1
2017	United States	1	2	1	2	5
-	Host Country	Total	21	11	26	53

Asian Games

Year	Host city	Host Country	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951	New Delhi	India	1	7	3	0	10
1958	Tokyo	Japan	1	3	4	1	8
1966	Bangkok	Thailand	1	3	0	4	7
1970	Bangkok	Thailand	2	2	1	3	6
1974	Tehran	Iran	1	10	11	3	24
1982	New Delhi	India	4	1	2	0	3
1986	Seoul	South Korea	6	0	0	2	2
1998	Bangkok	Thailand	3	1	2	2	5
2002	Busan	South Korea	3	1	3	3	7
2006	Doha	Qatar	4	1	0	0	1
2010	Guangzhou	China	5	1	2	1	4
2014	Incheon	South Korea	5	1	1	0	2

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.

External links

• I.R Iran Weightlifting Federation