Australian Weightlifting Federation

Australian Weightlifting Federation
Official website
Sport	Weightlifting
Jurisdiction	National
Abbreviation	(AWF)
Founded	1947 (1947)
Affiliation	International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)
Regional affiliation	Oceania Weightlifting Federation (OWF)
Headquarters	Australia
www.awf.com.au

The Australian Weightlifting Federation is the governing body for the sport of Weightlifting in Australia.

Structure

The national body has eight state member associations:

Weightlifting ACT
Northern Territory Weightlifting Assoc Inc
NSW Weightlifting Assoc Limited
Queensland Weightlifting Assoc Inc
South Australian Weightlifting Assoc Inc
Victorian Weightlifting Assoc Inc
Weightlifting Tasmania Inc
Weightlifting Western Australia Inc

References

External links

National members of the International Weightlifting Federation

Disiplines Olympic weightlifting

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Americas (PAWC)	ANT ARG ARU BAH BAR BIZ BOL BRA CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB CUR DOM ECU ESA GUA GUY HAI HON ISV JAM MEX NCA PAN PAR PER PUR SUR TCI TRI URU USA VEN VIN

Asia (AWF)	AFG BAN BHU BRN BRU CAM CHN HKG INA IND IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMA PAK PHI PLE PRK QAT SIN SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TLS TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM

Europe (EWF)	ALB ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FIN FRA GBR GEO GER GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA KOS LAT LTU LUX MDA MLT MON NED NIR NOR POL POR ROU RUS SCO SLO SMR SRB SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR WAL

Oceania (OWF)	ASA AUS COK FIJ FSM GUM KIR MHL NCL NFI NIU NMI NRU NZL PLW PNG PYF SAM SOL TGA TUV VAN

Pinnacle Events Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics World Weightlifting Championships

Sports governing bodies in Australia (AUS)

Summer Olympic sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball/Beach volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed Short track Ice hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross country Nordic combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC recognised sports	Air sports Bandy Baseball Chess Cricket Floorball Karate Korfball Lacrosse Motor racing Motorcycle racing Netball Orienteering Polo Roller sports Rugby union Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Surf life saving Underwater sports Waterski and wakeboard

Paralympics and disabled sports	Blind sports Disabled Winter Sport Australia

Others sports	Arm wrestling Australian rules football Bodybuilding Bowls Broomball Croquet Drag racing Draughts Gaelic games Gliding Greyhound racing Gridiron Harness racing Jujutsu Karting Kendo Mixed martial arts Muaythai Parkour Polocrosse Powerlifting Professional boxing Radio-controlled racing Thoroughbred horse racing Quidditch Real tennis Rugby league Rodeo Sambo Skateboarding Touch football Woodchopping

Australian Olympic Committee Australian Paralympic Committee Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Australian Sports Commission Confederation of Australian Sport Australian Commonwealth Games Association

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