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The '''International Weightlifting Federation''' ('''IWF'''), headquartered in [[Lausanne]], Switzerland, is the international [[Sports governing body|governing body]] for the sport of [[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]. It has 193 affiliated national federations,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/aboutus/ |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=International Weightlifting Federation |language=en-US}}</ref> and its president since June 2022 is Mohammed Hasan Jalood of Iraq.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/its-olympic-future-in-doubt-weightlifting-names-new-leader/2022/06/25/e02903ca-f4a4-11ec-ac16-8fbf7194cd78_story.html|title=Its Olympic future in doubt, weightlifting names new leader|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=25 June 2022|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref>
The IWF organizes the [[World Weightlifting Championships|World Weightlifting Championship]]<nowiki/>s, as well as world championship events for [[World Youth Weightlifting Championships|Youth]] and [[World Juniors Weightlifting Championships|Juniors]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-14 |title=Competitions |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1032575/competitions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805141632/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1032575/competitions |archive-date=2016-08-05 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=inside the games}}</ref> It also cooperates with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in the organization of [[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Weightlifting events at the Olympic Games]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwf.net/focus-on-iwf/about/|title=About|publisher=International Weightlifting Federation|access-date=8 November 2015}}</ref> however weightlifting's inclusion in the [[2028 Summer Olympics|2028 Olympics]] is uncertain, due to doping issues within the sport, and governance issues within IWF, and weightlifting's inclusion is expected to be decided by an IOC meeting in 2023.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Edward |date=2021-12-16 |title=Weightlifting Won't Be In 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles |url=https://www.menshealth.com/uk/fitness/lifestyle/a38536489/weightlifting-wont-be-in-the-2028-los-angeles-olympics/ |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=Men's Health |language=en-GB}}</ref> Weightlifting is scheduled as a sport in the upcoming [[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2024 Olympics]], but with reduced numbers of athletes and events.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2021-12-21 |title=Only four of Tokyo Olympic weight classes retained for Paris 2024 weightlifting |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1117123/paris-2024-olympics-weightlifting |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=www.insidethegames.biz}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Perelman |first=Rich |date=2020-12-08 |title=LANE ONE: Paris 2024 program approved, with four added sports, eight event changes and punishment for weightlifting |url=https://www.thesportsexaminer.com/lane-one-paris-2024-program-approved-with-four-added-sports-eight-event-changes-and-punishment-for-weightlifting/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=The Sports Examiner |language=en-US}}</ref>
IWF traces its history to the formation of the "Amateur-Athleten-Weltunion" (Amateur Athletes World Union) in 1905.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Weightlifting History |url=https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/history/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=International Weightlifting Federation |language=en-US}}</ref>
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In response to the scandal, IWF, being run by interim acting president Ursula Papandrea, relocated its headquarters from Aján's home city of Budapest to [[Lausanne]], Switzerland, where the IOC is also based;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-23 |title=IWF moves from Hungary to Lausanne under new American leadership |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1093521/iwf-moves-from-hungary-to-lausanne |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.insidethegames.biz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-23 |title=IWF Welcomes the Sports World to its Headquarters in Lausanne |url=https://iwf.sport/2022/04/23/iwf-welcomes-the-sports-world-to-its-headquarters-in-lausanne/ |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=International Weightlifting Federation |language=en-US}}</ref> and in June 2022, a new IWF executive board was elected by IWF's member federations, with the new president Mohammed Hasan Jalood saying he is "dedicated" to "positive change".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-26 |title=New IWF leader Jalood and his team "ready for change" |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1124965/iwf-board-positive-change |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.insidethegames.biz}}</ref>
Weightlifting [[Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|is scheduled as part of the 2024 Olympics]] program in Paris, although with reduced numbers of athletes, weight-classes, and events.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
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