Weightlifting Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Weightlifting Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Official website

Sport	Weightlifting
Jurisdiction	Kazakhstan
Abbreviation	WFRK
Founded	1935 (1935)
Affiliation	IWF
Headquarters	2, Samal-1, Almaty
President	Zhanat Tusupbekov
www.wfrk.kz

Weightlifting Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (WFRK) (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасының ауыр атлетика федерациясы) is the governing body for the sport of weightlifting in Kazakhstan.

History

Officially, the development of weightlifting in Kazakhstan begins in 1935. The first Republican championship held in 1937. In 1954, became the starting point for Kazakh weightlifters in the direction of establishing global and all-Union records.^[1]

References

↑ "History of Federation". Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved December 15, 2013.

External links

Official website

National members of the International Weightlifting Federation

Disiplines Olympic weightlifting

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Pinnacle Events Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics World Weightlifting Championships

Sports governing bodies in Kazakhstan (KAZ)

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