The European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) Executive Board (EB) recently published developments in forming the EWF Athletes Commission under the new EWF Constitution. Seán Brown was among the applicants who went through a rigorous vetting process. During the process, particular interest was put on the lack of any doping violations during the athletes careers to date. [...]
Congratulations and a massive well done to all the transition year students from John Scottus Secondary School in Bray, Dublin. They participated and completed our "Introduction to Weightlifting" programme in collaboration with Weightlifting Ireland (WI) just before Christmas. This programme ran over four (4) weeks and it was the first all boys group we have [...]
April 2023 awarded goes to Thammy Nguyen! Thammy Nguyen earned her recognition at the European Senior Weightlifting Championships in Armenia. She won a bronze medal and became the first Irish competitor to win a senior medal in the event for Weightlifting Ireland. 🥉 The awards ceremony was hosted today in Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel. Everyone at [...]
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published the 2024 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) on the 22nd of September, 2023. WADA also published: the 2024 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes as compared to the 2023 List; and the 2024 Monitoring Program, which includes substances that are not on the [...]
Weightlifting Ireland are seeking expressions of interest from our qualified Level 1 Coaches to deliver our schools partnership programme to Transition Year (TY) students for the 2023/2024 academic year. This programme was introduced in early 2022 as a Women in Sport (WIS) initiative, in conjunction with Sport Ireland (SI) and the Local Sports Partnerships (LSP). [...]
We are delighted to partner with Student Sport Ireland (SSI) for the 2023-24 Women’s Student Coaching Academy - offering learning opportunities on our Level 1 and Level 2 coaching course. 💜🏋🏻-The Women’s Student Coaching Academy is a collaborative programme between SSI, Sport Ireland, 26 third level institutions and ten national governing bodies of sport (NGBs). [...]
Congratulations and a massive well done to all the transition year students from Presentation Secondary School in Kilkenny. They participated and completed our "Introduction to Weightlifting" programme in collaboration with Weightlifting Ireland (WI). This programme ran over eight (8) weeks with 119 students taking part. We're excited to continue our work with the Kilkenny Local [...]
Congratulations and a massive well done to all the transition year students from Portumna Community School in Portumna, Galway. They participated and completed our "Introduction to Weightlifting" programme in collaboration with Weightlifting Ireland (WI). This programme ran over four (4) week. We're excited to continue our work with the Galway Local Sports Partnership and make [...]
Congratulations and a massive well done to all the transition year students from Presentation Secondary School in Clonmel, Tipperary. They participated and completed our "Introduction to Weightlifting" programme in collaboration with Weightlifting Ireland (WI). This programme ran over six (6) weeks and was our second time working with this school. We're excited to continue our [...]
Weightlifting Ireland is delighted to announce that Tham Nguyen was successful in here application for funding from the PARIS 2024 MAKE A DIFFERENCE FUND. Athletes targeting both the Summer Olympics in Paris 2024 and the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina 2026 will benefit from the fund which will support applications detailing projects from training camps [...]
