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AWF Executive Board Meeting
08 June 2007- Prague, Czech Republic
Since the beginning of civilization people have been fascinated by power and strength. In many ancient cultures (Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Chinese) it was found traces of people measuring their strength by lifting weights and the weights are generally stones.
Since then the sports evolved and improved into a lot of stages since it was first recognize with its first official competition held on 1891 in London. The first Modern Olympic Games in Greece, Athens of 1896 Weightlifting was already on the program.
At present, the sport of Weightlifting developed simplified procedures and more modern categories has been introduced with additional standard of policies and procedures to be followed for a more presentable and respectable competition in sport. Rightfully, it is my fragile responsibility to uphold and maintain the sport’s reputation for more than 100 years now. But I am very confident that with my dedication towards the sports, combined with my friends, associates and colleagues in the Federation support with their expertise, spirit and repute of Weightlifting in Asia being famous and the biggest by continent will always be in the line of success maintaining the spirit of sportsmanship and the good relations among its members.
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AWF Executive Board Meeting
15th September 2007- Chiang Mai, Thailand
First and foremost, I would like to extend my gratitude to the IWF Executive Board members and federations whom I’ve met during the Junior World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic, in which I am truly glad that I had the privilege to be acquainted and familiar with the affiliated national federations and its leaders not only in the Asian continent but in the whole world and be recognized as well as the new President of Asian Weightlifting Federation.
And once again my congratulation goes to the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA) and to its Organizing Committee for successfully and graciously hosting one of the biggest if not the biggest IWF event this year, the Royal World Weightlifting Championships - Olympic Qualification and the IWF Executive Board and Congress Meeting. While, this event would not be possible without the outstanding job and endeavor of our dear friends and colleagues MAJ GEN INTARAT YODBANGTOEY and his wife MRS. BOSSABA YODBANGTOEY who enormously spend their time for this very special occasion. Hence, weightlifters all over the world in both gender is also expected to excel and set a new Asian and world record, where we expect to see remarkable rivalry of great weightlifters vying
for their flag and country.
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AWF Executive Board Meeting
27th October 2007 – Amman Jordan
To my dear friends and colleagues;
Over the passed eight months in the position as your president of the Asian Weightlifting Federation it is truly my honor to head the biggest continent in the world that derives me to a vision of advocacy in upholding our beloved sport along with bigger responsibilities ensuring that all the affiliated member federations will be provided to their needs in developing the weightlifting sport in their country.
I know that all of us has similar intentions of maintaining our sport to the highest level of competency in the world of sport thus keeping our competitions fair and just will offer us the respect from weightlifting enthusiasts with total confidence and value to each other and with unity in principle towards our shared aspiration will constantly strive for excellence.
My status as president is an obligation towards our affiliated federations who fully entrusted my capability of handling the weightlifting sport in Asia. It is therefore my duty to keep up the desires of all our members not only in my words but to act upon.
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AWF Executive Board Meeting
25th April 2008 – Kanazawa Japan
The Asian Weightlifting Federation is enjoying the robust advocacy expansion because of the good accord we have put in place and the strong effort of the members of the AWF Executive Board wherein I am determined to pursue the transparency of my leadership to maintain unity and cooperation within the AWF family.
A year passed since I was elected as the President of AWF and I am still thrilled and honor to lead the biggest continent of the world which embrace a huge responsibility towards the Federation and hard work to obtain the maximum substantial elements of building a strong and united federation.
In behalf of the Asian Weightlifting Federation I would like to convey my gratitude to the International Weightlifting Federation where we at submits authority and to its outstanding leader President DR. TAMAS AJAN who have been very supportive of guiding AWF in reinforcing its unity towards a better continental federation.
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AWF Executive Board Meeting
1st of December 2008 – Jeonju - KOREA
I welcome you everyone to the AWF Executive Board and Congress Meeting on the occasion of AWF’s annual Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships here in Jeonju, Korea.
I believe that the year 2008 is an enormously promising year for the Asian Weightlifting Federation, aside from celebrating its Golden age since it was founded in 1958, it is also the Olympic year wherein I am very confident that Asia would dominate in gathering most of the gold medals in our sport weightlifting because I have seen the perseverance and determination of every national federation leaders preparing the Olympiads.
After 2004 Athens Olympic Games, there were several qualifying championships conducted by IWF to gather the athletes who will be qualified to compete during the Beijing Olympic Games. Last April 2008 AWF organized the Asian Senior Weightlifting Championships which was the Final Olympic Qualification hosted by the Japan Weightlifting Association under the supervision of the International Weightlifting Federation held in Kanazawa, Japan wherein AWF also held its annual Executive Board Meeting and Congress.
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AWF Executive Board Meeting
2009 – kazhakistan
We are gathered once again here in Kazakhstan in the occasion of our Annual Asian Senior Championship most especially during this very significant meeting of the Executive Board and Congress as well, wherein we will be discussing a lot of matters concerning the future plans and programs that would benefit our athletes, coaches, officials and the whole family of Asia in the weightlifting world.
The first phase in preparation to the next Olympic Games in 2012 London begin today. There will be bunches of events Asian Weightlifting Federation- Office of the President, Dubai and competitions that is coming up under IWF calendar.
Last month I’ve met most of you in Madrid, Spain during the very successful International Weightlifting Federation Electoral Congress which granted six slot positions from Asia. I believe that the result of the IWF election was relevant in the subject of equality and stability. The seats were distributed among all the five continental Federations that would balance the international platform.
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