International Weightlifting Federation

IWF

Last modified: 2011-02-25 by zoltán horváth
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image by Zoltan Horvath, 20 February 2011

• Overview
• The Flag

See also:

• International sporting organizations
• International organizations
• Asian Weightlifting Federation

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Budapest, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting. The IWF was founded in 1905, and has 187 member nations. Originally, it was called the Fédération Haltéphile International (FHI), it changed its name to IWF between the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. It has five affiliated continental federations.
Home page: www.iwf.net/
Zoltan Horvath, 20 February 2011

IWF flag is white with its logo in the middle of the flag. Ratio is 2:3.
http://www.iwf.net/doc/handbook/Handbook(2009)_Constitution.pdf (Page 10 - Emblem and flag)

Images of flag:
www.iwf.net/event_images/41/Closing%20ceremony-27_resize.JPG
www.iwf.net/event_images/41/Closing%20ceremony-29_resize.JPG
Zoltan Horvath, 20 February 2011